Strategic Planning

Building Resilience for an Interdependent World

The UK Department for International Development (DFID) has recently consulted widely on a new White Paper setting priorities and ways of working for the government on eliminating world poverty.

IIED has contributed to these consultations with this paper which provides six recommendations for action:

Project Update: Environmental Mainstreaming

First draft of IIED Guide to Environmental Mainstreaming available for comment

For the past 18 months IIED has been coordinating an initiative on environmental mainstreaming (EM), guided by an International Stakeholder Panel. This project has examined the institutional context, drivers and challenges to EM and the approaches/tools/methods that work best and are favoured and used by a range of stakeholders.

A sustainable future for the polar regions

With climate change the environment in the polar regions is changing significantly – with increasing opportunities and pressures for development in these regions.

User Guide to tools for environmental integration

www.environmental-mainstreaming.org
IIED has launched an initiative toproduce a ‘User Guide’ to approaches (tools, methods and tactics) for mainstreaming (or integrating) environment into development decision-making (environmental mainstreaming).

Rural and land use planning

Promoting more sustainability-orientated approaches to rural and land use planning, integrated planning, and interaction between rural and urban planning processes.

Sustainability appraisal framework for southern Africa

Awareness and commitment to the idea of sustainable development is increasing around the world.

Piloting sustainability appraisal experimentation

As part pf its review of experience and practice in sustainability appraisal, SPA has engaged in consultations with potentially interested partners around the world.

Peer review / shared learning for French NSDS

The project set out to develop and test a methodology for ‘peer review’ of, and shared learning about, national strategies for sustainable development, using the French strategy as an experimental case.

Strategies for sustainable development

www.nssd.net
Strategic Planning and Assessment (SPA) is one of the leading centres in the world working in this field and continues to investigate approaches to NSDS, working with and advising governments, agencies and organisations, and promoting good practice at national, sub-national levels (e.g. district) and local levels (eg through local Agenda 21s).

Sustainability appraisal framework for southern Africa

Awareness and commitment to the idea of sustainable development is increasing around the world. Yet there remain real challenges concerning how it can be achieved and how progress might be measured.

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