ecoBUDGET webcentre
“As we can manage artificial resource - money - in terms of budget, why shouldn’t we do the same with natural resources?”
Welcome to the ecoBUDGET Web Centre!
Within the different rooms of this web centre you have the opportunity of learning everything about ecoBUDGET, the environmental management system towards sustainability, developed by ICLEI for and with local authorities.
In some mouse-clicks you can learn about the methodology, download examples and manuals, visit project's sites, get to know about current developments.
Moreover, the local authorities belonging to ecoBUDGET community, have the full access to all technical features. Namely they have access to several databases, including case case-studies and instruments, also supporting the cities in the selection of resources, indicators and targets. ecoBUDGETcities can use the web centre to fix their Master Budget in a pre-formatted table and automatically to calculate their Budget Balance. Other templates, such as monitoring, accounting, measures definition are included.
"Only resource efficient cities will ensure the livelihoods of their citizens. The challenges of Climate Change and the scarcity of natural resources such as water are becoming very relevant topics for the daily agenda of local governments around the globe. UCLG encourages its members to using tools and systems such as Environmental Budgeting and to gain support for its implementation world-wide"
Elisabeth Gateau
Secretary General of United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG)
