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ICLEI UPDATE

FEBRUARY–MARCH 2009

NEWS FROM ICLEI OCEANIA

Registrations for ICLEI World Congress and North America Study Tour close Friday 6 March

: Vancouver trolley bus by Jeffrey Beall

The Study Tour registration form contains details of costs for the World Congress delegation and Study Tour [PDF document, 70 KB].

Registration forms must be returned by Friday 6 March 2009.

We are excited to announce the destinations on the ICLEI Oceania North American Study Tour, which will take place after the ICLEI World Congress in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, from Sunday 14 – Thursday 18 June 2009.

The cities we will visit on the tour are:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: Friday 19 – Sunday 21 June 2009
Seattle, Washington, United States: Sunday 21 – Monday 22 June 2009
San Francisco, California, United States: Monday 22 – Wednesday 24 June 2009

: Vancouver by Road Fun

: Seattle by Benson Kua

: San Francisco by Jono Kane

These three cities offer numerous examples of practical and successful local government approaches to sustainability and liveability, which will be directly relevant to delegates.

A Study Tour webpage has been created to provide information on the developing itinerary.

See the ICLEI World Congress website for more details about the Congress.

Please contact Milly Bartlett, Delegation and Study Tour Coordinator, on +61 (0)3 9660 2246 for further information.

ICLEI Executive Committee 2009-12 elections

The ICLEI Executive Committee represents ICLEI's Members from around the world.

Elections for the 2009-12 committee will close on 31 March 2009, with the first meeting to be held during the Edmonton World Congress.

Four ICLEI members in Oceania have nominated: Melbourne, Brisbane, Frankston and Kogarah.

See the ICLEI Global website for more details about the election process.

Building Resilient Indonesian Cities Project – new MOUs signed.

: Steve's apartment complex in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Steve Gawler, Country Director Indonesia, is now based in Jakarta overseeing the Building Resilient Indonesian Cities Project.

Steve is writing a blog to keep us all up to date on his work.

In recent news, ICLEI Oceania has signed new Memorandums of Understanding with the United Cities and Local Governments Asia-Pacific Regional Section (UCLG-ASPAC) and the Association of Indonesian Municipalities (APEKSI) in order to further our important work in the region.

: Drs. H. Sarimun Hadisaputra, Executive Director, APEKSI, and Wayne Wescott, CEO, ICLEI Oceania

: Drs. H. Sarimun Hadisaputra, Executive Director, APEKSI, Peter Woods OAM, Secretary General, UCLG-ASPAC, Wayne Wescott, CEO, ICLEI Oceania

More information about the project is available from the Building Resilient Indonesian Cities webpages.

Opportunities to ‘step up’ with ICLEI Oceania in 2009–10

The new ICLEI Oceania Opportunities Brochure is now available to download.

This publication details the achievements we have made in collaboration with local government over the past year, plus opportunities for further action in 2009–10.

We thank our councils for their commitment to achieving sustainable change through local action, and encourage them to think about how ICLEI Oceania can assist them to ‘step up’ their responses to the ongoing challenges of a changing climate.

For more information about ICLEI programs available in the Oceania region, contact Martin Brennan, Deputy CEO, Ph: +61 (0)3 9639 8688.

UPCOMING ICLEI OCEANIA EVENTS

Local Government Leadership Forums on Climate Change Adaptation

: Photo by Damien K. Sourced from Flickr Creative Commons.

Melbourne, 4 March 2009
Brisbane, 17 March 2009 – RSVP by 6 March 2009
Sydney, 7 April 2009 – RSVP by 27 March 2009

ICLEI Oceania is conducting a series of Local Leadership Forums on Climate Change Adaptation to give councils a holistic look at what is involved in taking a leading approach to adaptation – one that enhances the existing risk-management frameworks that councils already use. more>

NEW RESOURCES

Local Government Climate Change Adaptation Toolkit

The Local Government Climate Change Adaptation Toolkit will be launched at the Adaptation Forum being held in Melbourne on 4 March 2009.

This toolkit has been developed with funding from the Australian Government Department of Climate Change and has been piloted with five local councils from around Australia. more>

NEWS FROM ICLEI INTERNATIONAL

Online City Climate Catalogue

: The City Climate Catalogue website

The City of Copenhagen, working with ICLEI Europe, has launched a new website to record local government reduction goals to strengthen the argument for city involvement in post-Kyoto agreements.

The City Climate Catalogue is linked to the Local Government Climate Roadmap – a global process supported by leading local government associations worldwide that leads up to a post-2012 climate agreement. The Catalogue will be used to send a strong message to the United Nations, national governments and other important actors around the globe, showcasing the ambitious climate work of cities and local governments around the world.

All local governments are invited to register (for free) and upload their climate protection commitments. Given that CCP Australia is the largest CCP program in the world, ICLEI Oceania hope to see good representation of Australian cities on the City Climate Catalogue. Please pool your information to help us build a strong argument and profile your community’s climate actions.

Please check if your community is already listed. If yes and you wish to have more data added, send an email to ccp@iclei.org. If not, register and complete the profile.

Together we can send a strong message to the UN and other key actors.

ICLEI MEMBERSHIP

ICLEI currently has 144 members within Oceania. Members are serviced from both the World Secretariat and the Oceania Secretariat.

We welcome our newest member councils:

Fraser Coast Regional Council, Queensland
Holroyd City Council, New South Wales
Kogarah Council, New South Wales
Sunshine Coast Regional Council, Queensland

Welcome to our first Individual Associate Member:

Mike Galea, ESD Director of EnvironArc Pty Ltd

Join the movement – become an ICLEI member!

ICLEI's growing membership is comprised of 1065 cities, towns, counties and their associations, in 66 countries worldwide.

ICLEI members are part of an international network of local government representatives tackling similar challenges for sustainability.

As a member of this international organisation, your council can take advantage of individual workplans, significant discounts on other programs and support services and access to a diverse series of publications, tools, workshops and online materials.

View a selection of initiatives being implemented by members around the world on the ICLEI Global website and see the councils featured in 'ICLEI Member News'.

For more information about the benefits of ICLEI membership, see the Joining ICLEI webpage.

To become an ICLEI member please contact Bree Nicoll, ICLEI Oceania Finance Administration Officer, Ph: +61 (0) 3 9660 2230.

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