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Project on the assessment of the local sustainable development status

Absrtact	The implementation of local sustainable development project in Taiwan was initialized in 2004 by the Council for Economic Planning and Development (CEPD) through subsidizing 10 cities/counties to participate in the program. In 2005, the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) became the central competent authority of Local sustainable development and responsible for administering and subsidizing cities and counties in implementation of local sustainable development project. At the end of 2008, a total of 24 out of 25 cities and counties have successfully implemented the project. There are 2 main tasks in this project which includes the assessment of all the local sustainable development projects, and the formulation of the suitable local sustainable development indicators. Regarding the assessment of the local sustainable development programs, the project team first established the assessment committee which consists of experts from the various disciplines and formulated the assessment procedure with the information submission guideline which explains the information requirement for the assessment process to the various local government departments. Concerning the formulation of assessment indicators for local sustainable development, the project team compared 5 different indicator systems and formed a indicator pool of over one hundred indicators. With the aid of the assessment committee, the indicator system consists of 52 indicators covering environmental, economic and social perspectives were formulated. The project team obtained quantitative data from the central statistical database published by the Directorate-general of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, Executive Yuan to calculate the results and analyze the sustainable development trend shown by each city/county. A total of 8 meetings were held during the project which consists of 2 sessions of open discussion meeting with the local authorities, 3 sessions of expert assessment meeting and 3 sessions of expert consultation meeting.
Keyword	Sustainable Development, Indicator, Local

Absrtact

The implementation of local sustainable development project in Taiwan was initialized in 2004 by the Council for Economic Planning and Development (CEPD) through subsidizing 10 cities/counties to participate in the program. In 2005, the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) became the central competent authority of Local sustainable development and responsible for administering and subsidizing cities and counties in implementation of local sustainable development project. At the end of 2008, a total of 24 out of 25 cities and counties have successfully implemented the project. There are 2 main tasks in this project which includes the assessment of all the local sustainable development projects, and the formulation of the suitable local sustainable development indicators. Regarding the assessment of the local sustainable development programs, the project team first established the assessment committee which consists of experts from the various disciplines and formulated the assessment procedure with the information submission guideline which explains the information requirement for the assessment process to the various local government departments. Concerning the formulation of assessment indicators for local sustainable development, the project team compared 5 different indicator systems and formed a indicator pool of over one hundred indicators. With the aid of the assessment committee, the indicator system consists of 52 indicators covering environmental, economic and social perspectives were formulated. The project team obtained quantitative data from the central statistical database published by the Directorate-general of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, Executive Yuan to calculate the results and analyze the sustainable development trend shown by each city/county. A total of 8 meetings were held during the project which consists of 2 sessions of open discussion meeting with the local authorities, 3 sessions of expert assessment meeting and 3 sessions of expert consultation meeting.

Keyword

Sustainable Development, Indicator, Local