Abarán City Council has approved in Parliament to vote in favor of the three political groups in the constitution of the Commission on Sustainability of Local Agenda 21, an administrative body dedicated to management, information and referral of all initiatives of this agenda.
Besides the plenary adopted in the Ordinary Session held on April 16 the formation of the Municipal Council of Sustainability, a complementary body of the Municipal Organization and the Forum 21, for the promotion of local sustainable development.
April 17, 2009 .- The council of the Environment, José Gabriel Cano Montoro said that "continuing the Municipal Socialist Group's management, the current government team now performs the task of approving the organs of government, whose constitution is similar in all municipalities.
After doing this, "he went there to be meetings and committees for naming the various structures that appear without nomination."
Cano Montoro said that the implementation of Local Agenda 21 "is still positive in those municipalities where it is taking place especially in this because through this tool address environmental issues on the culture of stewardship and sustainability, which are quite important. "
The Councillor for Environment said that April 29 will be officially launched.
The functions of political, technical and administrative Sustainability Committee is to advise and guide municipal environmental policy, to coordinate all initiatives, projects and plans of the Local Agenda 21, to develop and approve proposals for the OPAL and the Council, preparing Council meetings and keep track of municipal environmental policy.
The composition of this Commission is composed of a Chairman (Member-Delegate for the Environment), two technicians, a clerk of the various municipal departments (technical and administrative aspects of the various councils), one of whom shall act as Secretary, two representatives of FORUM 21 (Chairman and Secretary) and a representative from each political party.
Also, the City Council will now inform the municipal environmental groups and organizations represented on the Council, propose initiatives to the Commission and the Opal, assist in the preparation of studies, projects and regulations, discuss and propose solutions to environmental problems, present initiatives and proposals to the Commission and, where appropriate, approved in plenary.
The composition of the board shall consist of a chairman, who is the mayor of the municipality, a vice president (councilor-delegate for the Environment), a general secretary of the Corporation and eleven other members.
Forum 21 is a tool designed for consultation and participation of associations and citizen groups in the discussion of measures for the conservation, protection and protection of the natural and urban setting and will consist of a chairman, secretary and the full board to be open and flexible structure.
On Local Agenda 21
Local Agenda 21 is an instrument to develop a Strategic Plan for integrating environmental, economic and social of the municipality and that springs from the participation and consensus decision-making among political representatives, technical staff, stakeholders and citizens Abarán .
The Cooperation Agreement concluded between the Ministry of Industry and Environment of the Autonomous Community and the Federation of Municipalities of the Region of Murcia will consolidate Abarán Environmental Cabinet in the near future.
The name "Book" refers to the annotation of the issues and commitments still to be made.
The added "21" refers to 21 points or objectives achieved, plus the fact that it will be necessary throughout the century to be applied and developed in all municipalities in the Metro.
The portal www.abaran.es has a link with detailed information about this instrument.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Abarán