AN APPRAISAL OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. ......EXPLAIN AND NO SPAMS❌
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⇒In United Kingdom planning law, a sustainability appraisal is an appraisal of the economic, environmental, and social effects of a plan from the outset of the preparation process to allow decisions to be made that accord with sustainable development.
⇒Since 2001, sustainability appraisals have had to be in conformity with the EU directive on strategic environmental assessment.
⇒Dr. Nick Plant of the University of West England studied and wrote extensively about sustainability appraisals as a solution for information and communications technology challenges facing small non-profit organizations. He concluded that "Sustainability Appraisals promote inclusion and collaboration, and the facilitative approach can lead to empowerment and organizational learning."
The Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Protocol is a sector specific sustainability appraisal method.
⇒Sustainable development can be defined as "development which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs" (The Brundtland Report: Our Common Future - the report of the 1987 World Commission on Environment and Development). Sustainability is not just about protecting the environment, it is about ensuring stable social and economic growth for all. For this reason sustainable development is often defined as being based on three main pillars:
✔social
✔environmental
✔economic
⇒There is now a statutory duty on public authorities to promote sustainable development. This new duty is given legal force in the Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006, which was introduced following the publication of 'A Sustainable Development Strategy for Northern Ireland: First Steps towards Sustainability' in March 2006.
⇒OFMDFM updated the sustainable development strategy in May 2010 with the publication of 'Everyone's Involved Sustainable Development Strategy'. This document reinforces the Executive's commitment to sustainable development and sets out a number of new priority areas for action and a number of strategic objectives to achieve in the pursuit of sustainable development. The new strategy reiterates that all new strategies and policies should be subject to a sustainability scan as part of the impact assessment process. Moreover the strategy makes a commitment to ensure that policy, strategy, procurement and investment decisions taken by government are based on strategic consideration of their whole life consequences and to measure this against the achievement of long-term economic, social and environmental impacts.
⇒DAO(DFP)05/08 introduced departments to specific guidance produced by the Central Procurement Directorate (CPD) and the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland on 'Equality of Opportunity and Sustainable Development in Public Sector Procurement'. The purpose of this guidance is to embed consideration of equality of opportunity and sustainable development into procurement practice. The guidance states that Northern Ireland procurement policy recognises that the primary objective should be to achieve best value for money, defined as "the optimum combination of whole life cost and quality (or fitness of purpose) to meet the customer's requirements." [Note: In November 2010 the NI Procurement Board revised this definition to “the most advantageous combination of cost, quality and sustainability to meet customer requirements.”]. This definition was drawn up to stress that value for money does not mean lowest price. Any procurement must meet its requirements for equality of opportunity and sustainable development to be deemed good quality and fit for purpose. Sustainable development must be considered at the outset of any procurement process and then throughout the life of the project.
⇒This guidance provides a step by step guide to integrating sustainable development and equality of opportunity into procurement projects from the strategic development stage right through to contract management. It applies equally to large and small procurements and irrespective of the form of procurement, but is to be applied with proportionate effort. The full text is available at the equality of opportunity and sustainable development in public procurement page of the CPD website.
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Explanation:
⇒Sustainable development can be defined as "development which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs" (The Brundtland Report: Our Common Future - the report of the 1987 World Commission on Environment and Development). Sustainability is not just about protecting the environment, it is about ensuring stable social and economic growth for all. For this reason sustainable development is often defined as being based on three main pillars:
✰social (people)
✰environmental (planet)
✰economic (prosperity)
⇒There is now a statutory duty on public authorities to promote sustainable development. This new duty is given legal force in the Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006, which was introduced following the publication of 'A Sustainable Development Strategy for Northern Ireland: First Steps towards Sustainability' in March 2006.
⇒OFMDFM updated the sustainable development strategy in May 2010 with the publication of 'Everyone's Involved Sustainable Development Strategy'. This document reinforces the Executive's commitment to sustainable development and sets out a number of new priority areas for action and a number of strategic objectives to achieve in the pursuit of sustainable development. The new strategy reiterates that all new strategies and policies should be subject to a sustainability scan as part of the impact assessment process. Moreover the strategy makes a commitment to ensure that policy, strategy, procurement and investment decisions taken by government are based on strategic consideration of their whole life consequences and to measure this against the achievement of long-term economic, social and environmental impacts.
⇒DAO(DFP)05/08 introduced departments to specific guidance produced by the Central Procurement Directorate (CPD) and the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland on 'Equality of Opportunity and Sustainable Development in Public Sector Procurement'. The purpose of this guidance is to embed consideration of equality of opportunity and sustainable development into procurement practice. The guidance states that Northern Ireland procurement policy recognises that the primary objective should be to achieve best value for money, defined as "the optimum combination of whole life cost and quality (or fitness of purpose) to meet the customer's requirements." [Note: In November 2010 the NI Procurement Board revised this definition to “the most advantageous combination of cost, quality and sustainability to meet customer requirements.”]. This definition was drawn up to stress that value for money does not mean lowest price. Any procurement must meet its requirements for equality of opportunity and sustainable development to be deemed good quality and fit for purpose. Sustainable development must be considered at the outset of any procurement process and then throughout the life of the project.
⇒This guidance provides a step by step guide to integrating sustainable development and equality of opportunity into procurement projects from the strategic development stage right through to contract management. It applies equally to large and small procurements and irrespective of the form of procurement, but is to be applied with proportionate effort. The full text is available at the equality of opportunity and sustainable development in public procurement page of the CPD website.