The Local Agenda 21 Survey sought to identify the level of LA21 activity worldwide, the areas of priority for local communities, the issues that were being successfully addressed through the process, the barriers to implementation, and the opportunities to enhance and increase local success.

The survey results indicate that in the past ten years more than 6,000 local governments and their partners have embraced LA21 as a framework for good governance and advancing sustainable development. In 113 countries around the world, local government leaders, staff and citizens are working in partnership to accelerate the transition to sustainable, equitable and secure communities. Through their ongoing consultative LA21 planning processes, which include target setting, action planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, they are acting on diverse priority issues such as water management, unemployment, poverty, health and climate change.

Local Agenda 21 Survey (original surveys sent to Local Authorities and Associations)

Local Agenda 21 Survey Report (pdf format)

For complete survey results click here.

Local Governments' Response to Agenda 21 summarizes the results of the Second Local Agenda 21 Survey Report with special emphasis on regional findings. It has been prepared to inform local governments, their associations and their partners-- non-governmental organizations (NGOs), international agencies, donors, subnational, national and regional governments, and local and regional stakeholders-- of the regional priorities for LA21. It identifies areas of past success and the ways in which this work can be supported most effectively.

Local Governments' Response to Agenda 21 is available in hardcopy by contacting publications@iclei.org. It is also available online in English, French, Spanish, Portugeuse and Japanese.

Local Governments' Response To Agenda 21:
Summary Report of Local Agenda 21 Survey With Regional Focus
(pdf English format)

Réponse des gouvernements locaux à Action 21:
Rapport sommaire de l?enquête à portée régionale sur les programmes action 21 locaux
(pdf French version)

Local Governments' Response To Agenda 21:
Summary Report of Local Agenda 21 Survey With Regional Focus-
Japanese version
(pdf format -- part 1 - cover pages & part 2 - inside pages)

Resposta Dos Governos Locais A Agenda 21:
Relatorio Resumido Da Pesquisa Sobre As Agendas 21 Locais Com Enfoque Regional -
Portugeuse Version
(pdf format -- part 1 - cover pages & part 2 - inside pages)

Respuesta De Los Gobiernos Locales A La Agenda Local 21:
Resumen De La Encuesta Agenda Local 21 Con Foco Regional -
Spanish Version
(pdf format -- part 1 - cover pages & part 2 - inside pages)