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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
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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.

* * *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
to follow

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 to follow

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

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Message to follow

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

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Message to follow

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 to follow

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
to follow

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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