LEEUWARDEN IN 2028: THE KICK-OFF FOR A NEW (ENVIRONMENTAL) VISION!
When formulating the new Environmental Vision, the Commission drew up an initial memorandum in which clear reference was made to the Global Goals. To include the population in this process around the new Environmental Vision, we have used Panorama 2028. Panorama 2028 is a social knowledge dialogue, in which the social field of governments, citizens, entrepreneurs and educational institutions discuss future challenges through a "soft-space" approach. In Panorama 2028 we will organise meetings with "viewers" from Frisian society with whom we will try to forge the future image of 2028 together. In concrete terms, this means the organisation of dialogue evenings and work or design workshops. In this way, we provide step-by-step substance to the tasks for our region.
The municipality of Leeuwarden, together with the province of Fryslân, is a "founding" partner in this process. Not only by making resources available, but also by using Panorama 2028 in the process of arriving at a new Environmental Vision.
| "The Global Goals help us to find solutions and ambitions for social, ecological, economic and spatial challenges. The "wedding cake", in which the SDGs are arranged in three layers (living environment, society, economy), forces us to make the right choices that are good for the future of our city and our countryside. Panorama 2028 is a method that we apply in which we work on our long-term vision together with citizens and other important stakeholders." - Hein de Haan, Councillor for Spatial Planning |
2018 was a special year for the municipality of Leeuwarden as the heart of the province of Fryslân. With the appointment as European Capital of Culture an ambition was achieved that arose in 2008 as a joint mission of citizens, entrepreneurs, educational institutions and the government. They all saw culture as a catalyst for tackling societal challenges. For example, the black-tailed Godwit so associated with our culture is the narrator of the global problem surrounding biodiversity. In this way, new perspectives and solutions for global problems arose locally. Gradually, Fryslân turned from a "mienskip" (community) into an "iepen mienskip" (open community). Connected to each other, but also connected to the world around us.
We also wanted to use this energy and approach to form the new environmental vision. Looking across different policy areas together and involving the local population and stakeholders are central to this approach.
We have used the SDGs as a framework for our approach. What do these tasks mean for our regional challenges? How will we contribute to the realisation of global goals through interventions in our own backyard?
From the basis of the Cultural Capital and the realisation that social challenges can only be solved in conjunction with one another, Panorama 2028 emerged: an environment for a social dialogue between governments, citizens, entrepreneurs and educational institutions about tackling future challenges. In this Panorama 2028, we are organising meetings with "viewers" from Frisian society, committed people who are organised by content through SDG theme alliances. Together we try to forge the future image of 2028. Hundreds of people are now part of this network of various alliances, in which the quadruple helix partners are again represented.
Document "Leeuwarden in 2028, Aftrap voor een Omgevingsvisie" based on the Global Goals: https://omgevingswet.leeuwarden.nl/nl/file/36629/download
https://www.leeuwarden.nl/nl/leeuwarden-als-global-goals-gemeente