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The National Associationof Swedish Eco-Municipalities“Sekom”

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Where are we?

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What is Sekom?

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Sveriges Ekokommuner (Sekom) is the oldest
sustainability network for municipalities in theworld

We are working for a balanced ecosystem as a basis
for sustainable economic and social development

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Swedish Municipalities havelarge possibilities to work onsustainability• 290 self-governed units with their own

taxation, only a small amount of the direct
taxation is national• Runs most of public service from schools toelderly care. Monopoly on physical planningand land use.

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The four sustainability principles
In a sustainable society nature is not subject to systematicallyincreasing…
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.. concentrations of substances from the earths crust2.

.. concentrations ofsubstances produced by society

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.. degradation by physical means

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And in that society there are no structural obstacles topeoples health, influence, competence, impartiality
and meaning.

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Sustainable Development Goals

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Sekom shall be a leading
network for a sustainable Sweden

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Short facts on Sekom• The first Eco-Municipality in Sweden, Övertorneå,was declared in 1983

• The networking started in mid eighties and the

National Association of Swedish Eco-Municipalities(Sekom) was founded in 1995.

• 90 municipalities (of 290) and 2 county councils aremembers• Largest Member: Stockholm (912 000 inhabitants)• Smallest member: Sorsele (2 600 inhabitants)

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We are proud of our 110
members

90

Ecomunicipalities

and2Ecoregions

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Organisation• A board of 12 leading politicians from themembers lead the association. Chaired by Kjell
Bergkvist from Sundsvall municipality.

• 8 skilled officials from the members support theboard in a staff committee.

• Head office in Karlskrona municipality.
• Communications office in Borås municipality.
• More info on the web site, www.sekom.se

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The way we are networking andlearning from each other• 12 green indicators reported annually• Conferences and seminars, web meetings, newsletter• Annual meeting• Joint summer meeting with the board & staff committee• Sustainable Sweden Tour partner• Two regional networks (Halland and Västernorrland)• Growing international partnershipIntern information

12 Green Indicators reported annually by the members
The municipality as geographic area
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CO2 from fossil fuels sold in the municipality (ton/inhabitant)
Number of journeys with public transportation (journeys/inhabitant)Renewable fuel in public transportation (%)
Farmland with support for ecological farming (%)
Forestry with environmental certification (%)
Land and water areas with nature protection (% of municipality area)
Collected waste (kg/inhabitant), including recycled
Heavy metals in sludge: lead, cadmium, mercury (mg/kg)

The municipality as organization
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Amount renewable and re-used energy in municipality buildings (%)
a. Transport energy for missions with car (kWh/annual employee)b. CO2 from missions with car (ton/annual employee)
Purchase of organic food (%)
Environmentally certified schools and preschools (%)

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International partnershipIntern information

Ecomuna – InternationalWeb campus

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Thank You!
www.sekom.sekansliet@sekom.se
and also on Facebook:www.facebook.com/sverigesekokommuner