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Message to Stockholm


These are the messages of appreciation that have come in expressing thanks for the leadership and support of the Stockholm Partnerships team. And some of the thoughts of those invovled about the future.

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Message from: Nazareno Stanislau Affonso, Traffic Taming in Brasilia: a Revolution in Attitudes, Brazil (Aug-29-2002).

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Seriousness in the organization of the whole event, starting from the good quality of the jury (there should have been a larger number of jurors from South America), the good website, the selection of the ambassador projects ending with the final selection of the winners.

Spirit of Alliance and Solidarity as opposed to competition: Characterized by the simple and respectful way the presentation, the ceremony and the giving out of prizes were conducted, as well as the touching homage paid to the ambassador projects not awarded.

Commitment to the Agenda 21 in structuring the side activities, such as lectures and team works.

We think a final colored publication in a Latin language and another in English should have been made available, showing the integral texts of the lectures, the conclusion of team works, pictures of the activities and the complete ambassador projects to enable us to publicize them to governments and agencies. Besides, the existing financial sources of the projects presented should be divulged to the participants.



Message from: Lalan B. Prabhu, Sensitising little citizens of Belgaum, India (Aug-03-2002).

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try to be more inclusive and encourage small cities



Message from: Gail Watt, Public direct participation in Borough decision-making via Internet, Sweden (Jul-22-2002).

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We in Kista are a vital Borough in the City of Stockholm. When Stockholm gets your message through this fantastic voluntary collective effort, you are also writing to us in Kista. For your many words of encouragement we are indeed thankful. With our warm Kista regards,
Gail Watt
Permanent Secretary of the Kista e-Parliament



Message from: Sheo Shekhar Shukla, Lake Bhopal Conservation & Management Project, India (Jul-19-2002).

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South Asian region including India is lagging behind all other regions of the world, mainly with respect to its income and human development levels. The per capita GNP of this region is also much lower than that of any other region of the world. The high population growth putting tremendous strain on the existing urban infrastructure, and availability of safe drinking water becoming a limiting factor for urban development. Therefore, for the sustainable development of cities of this region, following vision elements have to be considered – i) Linking of city development with availability of adequate water. ii) Priority for conservation & management of existing surface water resources in and around urban areas. iii) Regulated development in catchment area so that the feeding channels to the water body remain undisturbed. iv) Proper maintenance of infrastructure to ensure sustainable delivery of water services. v) Prevention of contamination of water resources due to discharge of sewage, industrial effluents and religious activities. vi) Hundred percent coverage for sanitation and effective collection, treatment and disposal of sewage and solid wastes. vii) Recycling of waste water with appropriate treatment for ancillary usage. viii) Improvement in road network facilities. ix) Reduction of vehicular pollution load through an effective monitoring programme. x) Development of an appropriate and effective institutional framework to ensure carrying capacity based development of the city. xi) Ensure public participation to promote wise-use of water resources, proper waste management, prevention of pollution of air & water, etc. through on effective public awareness programme.



Message from: Tracey Axelsson, car sharing organization, Canada (Jul-19-2002).

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Hej Hej! Sverige och Gratis til din 650 ar! I truly love your city - as my husband is Swedish it would be about the only other city I would choose to live in if we left Vancouver. Thank you for your leadership in so many wonderful projects, events and initiatives.



Message from: Chris Zegras, Designing, Implementing and Measuring Sustainable Urban Development, No country affiliation (Jul-18-2002).

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Thank you Stockholm for offering a model and inspiration for collaboration. We hope that the seeds are spread widely and given the necessary nurturing to blossom world-wide.



Message from: Monika Jansson, A rose-red sea, Finland (Jul-14-2002).

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Stockholm is my springboard out into the world. I have been very warmly received and looked after, both by the Jury and by the Stockholm Team. It is fantastic that an ordinary individual citizen can get as far as this. Thank you for believing in me. Stockholm is an excellent, important idea!



Message from: Laura Aldrete, Sustainable Stapleton, United States (Jul-12-2002).

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To the City of Stockholm and organizers of the event- Kudos on a marvelous invention of bringing people, projects and ideas together in a fruitful manner to share experiences. Clearly the event proved the importance of sharing information and cross-germinating ideas. It will be imperative to continue the "Olympics" of Sustainability.



Message from: Mark Erickson, 5Comm Connected Communities Project, United States (Jul-12-2002).

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As we all work toward a better world for all people, the power of collaboration at all levels is the most powerful tool we have to affect that positive change. The work of the Stockholm Partnership has been invaluable to begin, in some instances, and extend in other the work dedicated people have begun to bring about positve change.



Message from: Gloria Gabriel, Internet Journey Matching Service, United Kingdom (Jul-10-2002).

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Stockholm has provided a fantistic forum to bring out the best of a variety of ideas and new developments on the web from grass roots to business ventures promoting sustainable cities - Keep up the good work!



Message from: Karl Fjellstrom, Sustainable urban transport project in Surabaya, Indonesia (Jul-09-2002).

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We would like to announce a new initiative of GTZ, called the Sustainable Urban Transport Program - Asia (SUTP-Asia). This program, to commence in October 2002, aims to work with developing city governments in Asia to develop sustainable urban transport policies in selected cities. Please check out the project website, www.sutp-asia.org, which will be launched in October 2002.

Also we think relevant to mention here, is the fact that late in 2002 GTZ will be releasing the 'Sustainable Transport Sourcebook for Policy-Makers in Developing Cities'. This will consist of around 22 modules covering a wide range of urban transport policies. Contributors are leaders in their fields; Eric Britton for example is contributing guidelines for developing cities which want to carry out Car Free Days!

 



Message from: Mikel Murga, Leber/MIT, Spain (Jun-27-2002).

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To follow



Message from: Eric Britton, Stockholm Jury Chairman , France (Jun-22-2002).

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Thank you Stockholm and the wonderful Stockholm Partnerships team up there for all you are doing for a more sustainable world. It has been an honor and wonderful learning experience to be associated with this pioneering international sustainability initiative. I am grateful to the organizers, jury and above to all the project teams for all they have shared with and taught me.

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I have spent this last year observing and working with the Stockholm Partnerships team, and some thirty times that as an observer of the progress and achievements of the City of Stockholm as a practitioner of environmental concern, sustainability, quiet but stubborn citizen participation, and social justice. And I come away from this long voyage grateful and energized (if for the moment a bit exhausted). What impresses me most about, let's call it, The 'Stockholm Long Term Sustainability Project' is not that the city is a perfect practitioner in all its decisions and practices (as any Stockholmer will readily tell you) -- but that if we take it from the long view what we can observe is (a) the tenacious drive in the right directions and (b) the quiet force which has made the city not only a pretty good sustainability model (in a world of mostly less than pretty bad ones), but also one that makes us all think.

Your wonderful city has now spent the better part of two years in planning and no small quantity of resources in initiating and supporting the Stockholm Partnerships for Sustainable Cities program, which on the evening of June 5th reached an apogee with the solemn 2002 banquet and ceremony in the Great Blue Hall under the benevolent eye of His Majesty, the King of Sweden. At the end of all this world wide cooperative activity you brought together more than 220 hard-working innovative project teams for more than fifty countries to create the first raw materials of what may now become the World Sustainable Cities Innovations Knowledgebase. This fine contribution is now freely available on the web through the site you have set up as a continuing source of information and inspiration for cities and team around the world looking for new ideas and approaches to the very tough challenge of sustainability and social justice.

Which brings up the very real question: What are you going to do next? Is the final banquet and 2002 awards ceremony for the invited Ambassador projects, who in turn are representing the more than 150 Stockholm Partner Projects, going to be the end of all this hard work, successful networking and creative interaction? Or, alternatively, have you and we all learned something from this collaborative process that suggests that this is just a first step that gives us something truly valuable to build on? We are already hearing that the city of Stockholm stands ready to support this kind of collaboration for the next several years. Which is wonderful news.

But if you are ready to do your part, what is it that we – your hard working international jury, your sponsors, all the project teams, and the speakers, panelists and others who worked to hard to make all this work -- can do in order to build creatively on this great new base of people, projects and accomplishments? This is a question that all of us will do well to ask ourselves.



Message from: Jan Visser, Learning Development Institute, United States (Jun-22-2002).

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Thanks for pulling this off and setting an example for the rest of us.



Message from: Theresa Williamson, Catalytic Communities Innovative Solutions Database, Brazil (Jun-14-2002).

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Thank you for organizing such a democratic and transparent process! We are looking forward to working with partner projects and bringing their ideas to the communities we work with!



Message from: Mats E P Lindqvist, , Sustainable livinghood in Farsta, Sweden (Jun-07-2002).

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If someone superior being one day comes and ask us what we have done with that earth we got, it is good to be able to answer that we did our best, not our worst.



Message from: Doctors of hapiness, Brazil (Jun-05-2002).

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Laughter is still the best medicine!



Message from: Andrey Andreevsky, Executive Director, The Blue Corridor Project, Russia (Jun-05-2002).

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On behalf of Russian NGOs the Non-governmental Ecological Vernadsky Foundation congratulates Stockholm with its 750 anniversary and highly appreciates its role in the sustainable development process.

Stockholm has given the impetus to the establishing of World Environment Day which was inaugurated by the milestone UN Conference on the Human Environment in 1972. The first Stockholm conference also led to the creation of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP).

Thus, the coming Johannesburg World Summit could by right be referred to as “Stockholm+30”. We highly appreciate also the interest in environmental issues of His Majesty the King of Sweden, Carl ХVI Gustaf who was elected the Chairman of the Swedish branch of the World Wide Fund for Nature and the holder of the US Environment Protection Agency Award. It’s momentous that the King will hand out the awards at the Stockholm Partnerships.



Message from: Jeb Brugmann, SPSC 2002 Keynote Speaker, Canada (Jun-03-2002).

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If only we all lived in cities with the dedication of Stockholm! For decades you have been a modest paragon of the effort to build a more sustainable urban world. At times you have been so far in front-- in the fields of water and sustainable consumption, for instance-- that we have perhaps taken you for granted. Oftentimes, we celebate the 'best practices' of other cities but to encourage these other communities to more carefully study the model you have set.

Few cities have done both the hard work of setting their local practices on a more sustainable course and of actively supporting and investing in sustainable development outside of their jurisdications. For models of this essential dual commitment, we can again look to Stockholm. You seem to be a city with a conscience. Where the culture of NIMBY and beggaring one's neighbors dominates contemporary life, Stockholm has invested to strengthen its Baltic neighborhood and to support communities and NGOs in their efforts worldwide. What are your plans? What challenges do you pose for us as you evaluate your responsibilities for the decade ahead?



Message from: Tony Verelst,, Tony Verelst, ISDAC chairman, Belgium (Jun-03-2002).

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Thank you Stockholm, for hosting this wonderful event. The presented projects indicate that still today REAL people from the field are making a REAL difference for everyone on the planet. The message they are giving is one of hope to the world for a bright future.

A world where not only everyone can enjoy the earth's limited ressources, but where they also co-operate to use it wisely, ensuring a sustainable world for many centuries to come.



Message from: Liz Reynolds, AutoShare - Retire your car for good, Canada (Jun-02-2002).

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The wonderful hard work of the jury and organizers, the submissions of so many inspiring and worthwhile projects cannot end at this one event in Stockholm in June. It must be seen as the birth of a process of meaningful exchange that will propel us all toward meaningful and much needed changes in how we live and work and care for our small planet.



Message from: Prof. Anil Laul, Anangpur Building Centre,, Interlocking Hollow Core Blocks, India (May-31-2002).

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The Stockholm Partnerships for Sustainable Cities and the Partners in this endeavour, draw considerable world attention to the Unsustainable Practices that threaten the very existance of man and the need for urgent addressal.



Message from: Emilia Purcaru, Developing local capacities for LA 21 in Giurgiu, Romania (May-31-2002).

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Thanks to the entire team, to the Jury, and personally to President Eric Britton, for the opportunity, for being in touch in such a creative manner, for the guidelines, for close and permanent coordination and for the encouragement throughout the competition. Without this special team, our efforts would not be made known and the project would be staying in the shadow instead of being put in the forefront. Once again the importance of the communication and of the information technology shared has proven to be highly useful and successful. The leadership of this competition has exhibited outstanding support and enthusiasm which has been invaluable and much appreciated.



Message from: Ms. Tian Jun , Chengdu Fu-Nan Rivers Comprehensive Revitalization Project, China (May-31-2002).

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Thanks a lot for Stockholm Team. You provide a good opportunity for the developing countries and developed countries so that they can have a better understanding of each other and more communications and exchanges between them.



Message from: Miranda Brugi, David Rossi, Mario d'Alfonso, Siena, a medioeval city projected into the future, Italy (May-31-2002).

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The work carried out here in Stockholm is an important basis to devolop a closer network of relation, of events all over the world



Message from: Päivi Lohi-Aalto , Environmental co-operation in the Lohja area, Finland (May-31-2002).

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Thanks to the City of Stockholm for the opportunity to explore new solutions for sustainable cities from all over the world. The Mayor of Lohja, Juhani Rinne had chance to be present when the city of Stockholm deservingly got the award in 1997 for the sustainable cities. Now the City of Lohja is proud to be in Stockholm in this high standard competition for the award of “New Solutions for Sustainable Cities”.

The City of Lohja and all the member companies and actors in the project of “Environmental co-operation in Lohja area” want to thank and send their best wishes to the city of Stockholm, the organizing committee, and the Stockholm partnerships jury. Keep up the good work for the sustainable world!



Message from: Daniela Todeschini, School and Territory: Environmental Participated Education, Italy (May-31-2002).

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The way of making education is changing and it’ll completely modify our classical institutions as School. This change is more philosophical than technical or technological; it is a new model moving forward that needs new strategies. The hope is to recover a development opportunity concerning with a new philosophy of educational project focused on learning by experience.



Message from: Geetam Tiwari and Dinesh Mohan, IIT Delhi, Transportation Research and Injury Prevention Programme (TRIPP), India (May-31-2002).

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The Stockholm Partnership for Sustainable Cities has given a novel opportunity for a very large number of dedicated workers around the world to present their ideas and aspirations in a creative way. Stockholm celebrating its 750th year shows it is possible to build and oragnise a city that is beautiful, attempts to be inclusive and that is trying hard to show the way forward for sustainable ways of living. All of us who gather here know that there must be many different ways of achieving such goals in different socio-cultural contexts but don't get the opportunity of finding out each others successes and failures. Especially the small efforts. Stockholm gives us a rare opportunity to do that and we hope this gathering points us in more innovative ways of doing things and the opportunity to think laterally.

Thank you Stockholm!



Message from: Peter Johnston,, Peter Johnston, Information Society, European Commission, Belgium (May-31-2002).

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Partnerships are essential to the new sustainable development opportunities in a networked knowledge society. The City of Stockholm has shown us the way. Keep going. Keep the leadership; provide the knowledge and enthusiasm. There is no greater contribution you can make.



Message from: Ingrid Wijngaarde, Energy Vision, Netherlands (May-31-2002).

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“The Stockholm Sustainable Initiative, as I prefer to call this happening, has already proven to be a great stimulus to cities around the globe to think, plan and act responsible.
Since the Brundtland Commission first invented the definition of sustainable development in 1987 we’ve come a long way. Much would have not been achieved if there were no visionaries like us all here. Lets bare in mind that we’re the foreboders of something worth striving for.
I sincerely hope that all the delegates present will definitely decide to give a follow-up into continuing inspiration for efforts to maintaining an inhabitable world for our children and grandchildren.
It is theirs; we are only treasurers in their service.”



Message from: Nieuw Terbregge, Rotterdam, Netherlands (May-31-2002).

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It's very stimulating to see all over the world cities are developing solutions for a better balance between human lifestyles and the ecosystem called earth.



Message from: Carlos Braga, World Bank Development Gateway , Brazil (May-31-2002).

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Message to follow



Message from: Ghazal Badiozamani, UN Division for Sustainable Development, United States (May-31-2002).

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Though I am, unfortunately, not able to attend the wonderful events in Stockholm, I send my warmest wishes of success and great thanks to the City for initiating and hosting this most important event. As part of the Secretariat of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, I have been given the opportunity to watch as governments grapple with how to further the goals of sustainable development and implement Agenda 21. In the end, I am convinced that it is the local, creative, ongoing efforts that will have the greatest impact on the way we live with and view our world. The Stockholm Partnerhsips for Sustainable Cities accomplishes a great deal in furthering the ability of our cities to meet this challenge. By crating a forum for the sharing of experience, the Partnership allows for the spread of new and innovative ideas among participants. By honoring cities and projects, Stockholm brings the wieght of these efforts into the public view and makes sustainability a goal all can strive toward. This is exactly the type of Partnership the WSSD seeks to promote and I hope that the City of Stockholm will use this event as a first step toward creating a long-term programme of partnerhsip, exchange of ideas, and encouragement of success. I have greatly enjoyed my short tenure as a member of the Jury and look forward to the next Sustainable Cities award ceremony.



Message from: Donald Brackenbush, Donald Brackenbush, , United States (May-31-2002).

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First, you are blessed with a wonderful city. I came to Stockholm 30 years ago as an architecture/city planning student to study Sweden's New Town Program which was, of course, known throughout the world. Coming back as a jurist in the Stockholm Partnership Program in 2002 was such a pleasure - the City has been renewed, refined and polished.

As I spread the word in Los Angeles about the program, my colleagues are fascinated with what was accomplished and the breadth of material that is in the archive.

I am very appreciative of the enormous effort that your City undertook with such great style and care. I hope there is a way to sustain and foster this great achievement.

Donald Brackenbush

Chairman
The Urban Land Institute, Los Angeles District Council



Message from: David Greenstein, Director, Continuing Education and Public Programs, Cooper Union University , United States (May-31-2002).

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Message from: Peter Wiederkehr, OECD Environment Directorate, France (May-31-2002).

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This partnership initiative is to be commended, as it encourages sustainable development projects at the local level, exactly where the three pillars of sustainable development need to be put to make it happen.



Message from: Nicholas You, , Best Practices & Local Leadership Programme, Kenya (May-31-2002).

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Message from: Marie Tamoifo Nkom, Jeunesse Verte du Cameroon, Cameroon (May-31-2002).

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Message from: Wendell Motley, Wendel Mottley, Kiskadee: A Cultural Laboratory, Trinidad and Tobago (May-31-2002).

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Message from: Sue Zielinski, Sue Zielinski, Moving the Economy, Toronto, Canada (May-31-2002).

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YES! (because we need more yeses in the world)



Message from: Jose Felix Basozabal, Minister of Public Works and Transport , Jose Felix Basozabal - International Jury Member, Spain (May-31-2002).

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Message from: Green Network, Denmark (May-31-2002).

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Every day in the year, 185 environmental flags are waving in Vejle County in Denmark, giving a signal of the outstanding results, which can be achieved in a confident, privat-public co-operation.

Today, on World Environmental Day - and by the way Denmarks Constitution Day - we dedicate all the Green Network flags to the city of Stockholm, acknowledging the importance of the comprehensive work towards a more sustainable world.

Green Network is very honoured to be a little part of this.



Message from: Antonio Mazzon, Car Sharing in Palermo, Italy (May-31-2002).

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The main challenge of a city is to reduce air pollution and convince people to leave their cars at home because of the high level of air pollution. Palermo experienced the car sharing system, with electric cars, as one of the solutions.

Two parking areas were built and more are planned in the near future. One parking area was built using PV panels to charge electric cars.

A limited traffic area was thought to reduce traffic congestion during rush hours. Car free sundays are nowadays a tradition in the city and many people discovered a new style to live the city. Palermo is moving towards a sustainable mobility by means of eco-friendly initiatives and stimulating citizens to use public means of transport and sharing electric cars.



Message from: Tan Pek Leng, Sustainable Penang Initiative, Malaysia (May-31-2002).

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Thanks Stockholm for this tremendous effort to bring us all together to share our knowledge and experiences.



Message from: Ken Cameron, Greater Vancouver Livable Region Strategic Plan, Canada (May-31-2002).

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Coastal cities are the departure point for journeys of discovery and commencement of trade - in goods, services and ideas. With the greatest of humility, Vancouver, a coastal city only 118 years old, aspires to partner with Stockholm in discovering new ways to exhalt the human spirit in city-building as a force in harmony and not in competition with nature.



Message from: Joanne Tate, Lab's Alive, Australia (May-31-2002).

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Thanks for leading the world in highlighting efforts to make a difference to issues of global concern.



Message from: Saira Shameem, The Urban Governance Initiative , Malaysia (May-31-2002).

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In this world, you sometimes find individuals who have an indefatigable belief in the human spirit, and sometimes you find whole communities inspired by the same hope, but it is rare to find an entire city committed to achieving full human potential, in all senses of the word, for all people, all over the world. The City of Stockholm has given us this incredible opportunity to infuse a troubled planet with the inspiration drawn from this core of the human spirit - hope. Despite the odds we face, this event here in Stockholm is a beacon confirming that there is a way forward out of the dark, and that there definately is sunlight streaming in somewhere up ahead.



Message from: Sean Southey, Equator Initiative, UNDP, United States (May-31-2002).

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Thirty years since Stockholm, ten years since Rio, and the one thing we have clearly learned the wonder of partnership -- the value and power of working together. Partnerships facilitate the articulation and implementation of a shared vision. They foster innovation. They allow a more comprehensive analysis of issues than any one group can achieve. They allow markets and business to deliver on public goods. They help leverage additional resources. And perhaps most importantly, they offer a new form of governance that recognizes the comparative advantage of governmental, inter-governmental and non-governmental partners.

Thank you -- for your continued to efforts to help foster and enhance our global efforts at effective partnerships. Keep up the good work.



Message from: Marylyn Barden, Mulle in Russia, Russia (May-30-2002).

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Stockholm Partnerships for Sustainable Cities is a marvelous opportunity for people throughout the world to exchange their concerns for all life on earth.Mulle in Russia thanks you for giving us the opportunity to show others how children around the world can become nature ambassadors, the catalysis that changes attitudes in society towards a more sustainable future.



Message from: Mikael Schultz, Development cooperation between Emthanjeni in South Africa and Karlstad in Sweden, Mikael Schultz, South Africa (May-30-2002).

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Thank you for very nice arrangements for this conference, making new partnerships possible and old partnerships to flourish! We hope you will feel that your efforts have been worth continuing after the conference has closed.

We also congratulate Stockholm for 750 yers anniversery!



Message from: Evelyn Hanlon, Ballymun Regeneration Project, Ireland (May-30-2002).

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The Stockholm Partnership gave Ballymun the opportunity to become involved in sharing our thoughts and experiences with other cities who are trying to be the best they can. Stockholm is to be congratulated for coming up with the idea and providing the forum for showcasing projects which are striving to deliver excellence.



Message from: John Warren , City of Toronto Waterfront Scan and Environmental Improvement Strategy, Canada (May-30-2002).

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We would like to express our gratitude to the Stockholm Partnerships 2002 Team, who have worked so hard in co-ordinating such an important global event. We hope to participate in future events, and send much encouragement to all others with similar visions. Thank you!



Message from: Thomas Schneider, Berlin Ministry of Urban Development, Berlin Digital Environmental Atlas (BDEA), Germany (May-30-2002).

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Congratulations for all efforts Stockholm has made in the last 30 years in the field of international environmental politics.

It was an excellent idea to create a platform for sustainable projects and enable an easy access to informations to these approaches, spred all over the world.

The digital edition of the Berlin Environmental Atlas serves the steadily growing demand for digital information on the environment and ecology as a basis for sustainable urban and landscape development. Our innovative information system enhances the opportunities and improves the working possibilities for all those interested in the diverse facets of environment and ecology - whether professionals or engaged citizens - who wish to contribute to the further development of spatial planning and the shaping of urban and natural landscapes in an environmentally-friendly manner.



Message from: Chris Shirley - Smith, Albion Water, BedZED Green Water System , United Kingdom (May-30-2002).

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We would like very much to thank Eric Britton, Adam Holmstrom, and their hard working band of colleagues who have had the vision and energy to put the Stockholm Partnerships for Sustainable Cities 2002 together. We look to Sweden to continue to be leading at the active forefront of sustainable development for a better world, and we hope that the beacon you are providing will inspire others, especially in the political arena, to begin taking major and decisive steps in the same direction on behalf of all humanity.



Message from: Lenka Zackova, Humanized Housing Estates in Hradec Králové, Czech Republic (May-30-2002).

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Many thanks to Eric Britton, Adam Holmstrom and all the team of Stockholm Partnerships 2002 for their nice work.



Message from: María Maack, Icelandic New Energy, Iceland (May-30-2002).

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Thank you for the opportunity you provide for all of us to meet, to acknowledge the individuals, recognise the diversity, feel the power of cooperation, allowing us to support each other and celebrate the results! It is very valuable for the continuation of our important work.



Message from: J.H. Crawford , Carfree Cities, Netherlands (May-30-2002).

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The carfree city offers an enormous improvement in the quality of life while simultaneously greatly reducing the environmental burden and improving the prospects for sustainable cities. The problems to be overcome are not large, and existing technology requires only a few embellishments to meet the demand for both passenger and freight transport. It is time to move this idea into bricks-and-mortar.



Message from: Dr Neale Thomas, BlueWater, United Kingdom (May-30-2002).

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Blue Water … an aptly named conveyance for webbing my warmest wishes to all honoured guests in the Blue Hell

My gratitude to the Jury also for this chance to host virtual visits via my Ecard Neale.Thomas.net where you will discover how civilianisation of a “Cold-War” underwater gizmo game courtesy of the EC will deliver enhanced assurance of water quality and cheaply enough to be of sustainable benefit for everyone.



Message from: Palle R Jensen, RUF Dual Mode Transport, Denmark (May-30-2002).

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The biggest problem for sustainability is the life style of the developed countries, since it is a role model for developing countries. Consequently the efforts should be concentrated about reducing the harmful effects of the modern life style.

Combining car and train technology as in the RUF concept can reduce the energy consumption from transport very much without limiting mobility.



Message from: Monika Jansson, A Rose-Red Sea, Finland (May-30-2002).

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Stockholm is my springboard out into the world. I have been very warmly received and looked after, both by the Jury and by the Stockholm Team. It is fantastic that an ordinary individual citizen can get as far as this.

Thank you for believing in me. Stockholm is an excellent, important idea!



Message from: Louis Carlier, nGroups - New Ways To Work, France (May-29-2002).

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nGroups has been pleased to contribute as a volnuteer partner with and for the international jury of the Stockholm Partnerships team in order to help in preparing this interactive Matrix in support of the Homage to Stockholm. We feel strongly that this concept of creative, free-wheeling international partnerships in favor of sustainable cities, sustainable lives and social justice, without looking to be paid money at every turn of the road, is a great way to move ahead on the real agenda. And if you ever need us again, well here we are.



Message from: Paul Swider, Greenstar, Palestinian Territories (May-29-2002).

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Sustainability is as much about peace and respect as it is about creative projects. Stockholm represents these ideals and should carry forward. The next step, though, is to take the message beyond special events and bring it to the attention of all, every man, woman and child, through the Internet.

The World's leaders may struggle with the ideas that will bring us sustainable development but ordinary people, such as the Palestinian artist of this simple wish for peace, know that sustainability is all around us, if we would but grasp it.



Message from: Robert Smith, IWALK (International Walk To School Initiative), No country affiliation (May-29-2002).

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On behalf of the International Walk To School Working Group, I would like to say a huge Thank You to the Stockholm Partnership organisers, and in particular, Eric Britton, as chair of the Jury, for the opportunity to share our experiences of successful networking between like-minded creative and innovative individuals.

What a wonderful platform to bring together such a diverse collection of outstanding projects.



Message from: Jan Pivecka, Pivecka´s Forest Park, Czech Republic (May-29-2002).

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Our thanks to the City of Stockholm for the work well done. We promise that we shall "NEVER GIVE UP" fighting for a better and happier world.



Message from: Boris Berenfeld, Boris Berenfeld, United States (May-27-2002).

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Message from: Omini Kumar Acharya, , Water for Community Empowerment, Nepal (May-26-2002).

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It is indeed a great honor and privilege for me to extend heartfelt "thanks" to the organizer of Stockholm Award Ceremony; Hon. Eric Britton, chairman of jury; all highly qualified and intellegent jury members; Hon. Adam; Hon. Sham; Hon. C. Ruben of SEI; Hon. Maria and others directly / indirectly involved and who worked very hard to full fill objective of this valuable "Stockholm Partnerships Conference", on behalf of my project village community and my country who has given me opportunity to participate in "one of the most prestigious Stockholm Conference".

Last but not least, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to all above said members for their full support right from beginning.


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