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Good Afternoon . Dr Sidney Sullivan SGS Environmental & Management Consultancy England. Policy and Planning – An external view. Green Growth: New Shoots 10th May 2012. Delivering Quality Landscapes & ‘Place’. The Policy & Planning Context within a Political Economy. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Good Afternoon
Dr Sidney Sullivan SGS
Environmental & Management Consultancy
England
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Green Growth: New Shoots
10th May 2012
Policy and Planning – An external view
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Delivering Quality Landscapes & ‘Place’
The Policy & Planning Context within
a
Political Economy
The Art of Socio Landscape Management
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Overview of the UK Sector
Ø Parks, Approx 12% of the UK’s land mass Ø More than 300 Parks Services Ø More than 32,000 Parks and Open SpacesØ Budget £640,000,000m - 3/4 of a billion £s pa
Ø The multiplier Ø 93,000 employees in UK
Ø RSLs, manage approx 3% of UK’s land massØ 8.5 million residents Ø Visitor numbers
Ø Parks 3 billion per annum
Ø RSLs, 17m people per day, 119m per week!
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People, not Customers . . .
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It is a juggling act
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Overview of Approach
Ø Coordination of Strategic & Operational practice!
Ø The Journey is as important as the destination
Ø Engagement
Ø Local Variations
Ø Peer Reviewed Research
Ø Joint Advocacy & Marketing
ØQuality Assure Partnerships/Alliances
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Economic and Societal Value
Ø Make it Visible?
Ø PeopleØ multi-cultural
values and normsØ Require a
strong engagement ethos
Ø Life-Style & ‘Place’
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Partnerships & Alliances
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The Challenge
To be ‘smart’
“Be wary of partners who are more interested in extracting your resources than in building your capacity”
Hillary Clinton, Financial Times 1 December 2011
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The Essence of ‘Green Shoots’
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Economic and Social Challenges
Ø The power of ‘volunteerism’
Ø Joint advocacy will displace a single channel professional ‘voice’
Ø Discussion not referenda
Ø Shorter product and practice ‘life cycles’
Ø CLERE Model (Barber, 2005)
Ø No perfect knowledge
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Evidenced Supported Practice
AffordableOutcomes
A Culture of Continuous Improvement
“Capacity Building”
Strategy intoPractice
How we can improve the current policy framework for place-keeping?
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Thank you . . .
Imagine a new ‘Green Shoots Future’ . . .
Le Prophète