Sustainable Municipalities Program (PMS)
Description
The PMS governance bases follow the principle of connecting local (bottom-up) and state government (top-down) decisions regarding environmental and agricultural agendas as well as increase participation of CSOs in these decisions. The PMS' high-level decision arena receives inputs from local government through target plans. These target plans are discussed at the bottom, with local governments together with their local environmental councils (attended by the local civil society). The target plan discussions are guided by the priority agendas described in each of PMS axis.
The PMS governance model is composed by a Management Commitee (MC), a Executive Commitee (EC), and five Work Groups (WG - land tenure, financial resource, productive sustainable chain, target plan, training and learning). All those PMS governance components have representatives from civil society organizations, private sector and state government. The MC is the PMS high level decision body. It meets four times a year and aims to discuss structural problems faced by PMS. The WGs are not permanent bodies, but they change accordingly to PMS needs and they gather to discuss specific issues or to respond to specific needs. The only two WG which have remained over the years are the WG for financial resource and the WG for training and learning with have constantly had activities regarding PMS structural concerns.The Mato Grosso municipalities are a diffuse component of PMS' governance arrangement. In order to be part of PMS actions, each municipality has to commit itself to a target plan. The target plan is a sort-long term plan to be designed by the municipality government according to the PMS three axis. In this plan, each municipality describes its needs for each goal, identifies the financial resources needed as well as the timeframe in which to achieve the goal. The local government commits itself to hold these goals together with the PMS support.
The PMS high-level decision arena (HLDA) has been directing its efforts to respond to all target plan demands and to guide environmental and agricultural state agenda, throughout PMS umbrella. PMS has strengthened horizontal decisions at the bottom (local government) and top arenas (HLDA, state secretaries, CSO, and private sectors) toward a common environmental agenda (3 axis). It has been implementing decision arenas where state secretaries can discuss and plan together strategies and either influence each other process and outcomes (Work Groups). PMS is improving vertical (bottom-up and top-down) relationship toward local target plan and the implementation of a broader discussion arena among government and civil society different sectors. PMS has started a new paradigm toward environment governance in MT by means of improvement multilevel governance: <br />
<br>-Strengthening top horizontal decisions toward a common environmental agenda (PMS axis);<br />
<br>-Bolster bottom environment agenda toward a common environmental agenda (PMS axis);<br />
<br>-Intensifying bridging social capital vertical, between local and state government, by implementation of bottom-up actions (target plan) and discussion arenas. Currently, PMS has more than 53 target plans and 2 projects approved (USD 51,192.80) in response to municipalities goal described in their target plans.
SDGS & Targets
Goal 11
Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
11.1
By 2030, ensure access for all to adequate, safe and affordable housing and basic services and upgrade slums
11.1.1
Proportion of urban population living in slums, informal settlements or inadequate housing
11.2
11.2.1
Proportion of population that has convenient access to public transport, by sex, age and persons with disabilities
11.3
11.3.1
Ratio of land consumption rate to population growth rate
11.3.2
Proportion of cities with a direct participation structure of civil society in urban planning and management that operate regularly and democratically
11.4
Strengthen efforts to protect and safeguard the world’s cultural and natural heritage
11.4.1
Total per capita expenditure on the preservation, protection and conservation of all cultural and natural heritage, by source of funding (public, private), type of heritage (cultural, natural) and level of government (national, regional, and local/municipal)
11.5
By 2030, significantly reduce the number of deaths and the number of people affected and substantially decrease the direct economic losses relative to global gross domestic product caused by disasters, including water-related disasters, with a focus on protecting the poor and people in vulnerable situations
11.5.1
Number of deaths, missing persons and directly affected persons attributed to disasters per 100,000 population
11.5.2
Direct economic loss attributed to disasters in relation to global domestic product (GDP)
11.5.3
(a) Damage to critical infrastructure and (b) number of disruptions to basic services, attributed to disasters
11.6
By 2030, reduce the adverse per capita environmental impact of cities, including by paying special attention to air quality and municipal and other waste management
11.6.1
Proportion of municipal solid waste collected and managed in controlled facilities out of total municipal waste generated, by cities
11.6.2
Annual mean levels of fine particulate matter (e.g. PM2.5 and PM10) in cities (population weighted)
11.7
11.7.1
Average share of the built-up area of cities that is open space for public use for all, by sex, age and persons with disabilities
11.7.2
Proportion of persons victim of non-sexual or sexual harassment, by sex, age, disability status and place of occurrence, in the previous 12 months
11.a
Support positive economic, social and environmental links between urban, peri-urban and rural areas by strengthening national and regional development planning
11.a.1
Number of countries that have national urban policies or regional development plans that (a) respond to population dynamics; (b) ensure balanced territorial development; and (c) increase local fiscal space
11.b
By 2020, substantially increase the number of cities and human settlements adopting and implementing integrated policies and plans towards inclusion, resource efficiency, mitigation and adaptation to climate change, resilience to disasters, and develop and implement, in line with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, holistic disaster risk management at all levels
11.b.1
Number of countries that adopt and implement national disaster risk reduction strategies in line with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030
11.b.2
Proportion of local governments that adopt and implement local disaster risk reduction strategies in line with national disaster risk reduction strategies
11.c
Support least developed countries, including through financial and technical assistance, in building sustainable and resilient buildings utilizing local materials
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Patrícia Lemos, Executive Secretary of PMS