1) The document discusses a task given to the author by the mayor to evaluate and make suggestions on how to plan their hometown according to Local Agenda 21 principles. 2) Local Agenda 21 aims to define sustainable development at the local level through consultation, consensus building, and identifying policies and plans to achieve long-term sustainable development. 3) The author evaluates six key elements of Local Agenda 21 - managing environmental performance, integrating sustainability, awareness raising, public consultation, partnerships, and monitoring progress - and provides suggestions for improving implementation in their hometown for each element.

1. JABATAN KEJURUTERAAN AWAM DAN STRUKTUR
FAKULTI KEJURUTERAAN DAN ALAM BINA
KKKH 4284 PERANCANGAN BANDAR LESTARI
SEMESTER 2 2013/2014
TASK 5: LOCAL AGENDA 21
NAME : NURUL IMAMAH BINTI TAJRI
NO. MATRIC : A132955
LECTURER : Prof. Ir. Dr. RIZA ATIQ ABDULLAH BIN O.K. RAHMAT
Dr. MUHAMAD NAZRI BIN BORHAN

2. You are given a task by the mayor of your hometown to evaluate and give suggestion on how to
plan the town in accordance with Local Agenda 21. Write a brief report on your evaluation and
suggestion.
Local Agenda 21 is part of the process of defining and articulating sustainable development
consideration at a local/regional level and identifying how they can be approached and achieved.
It presupposes local policies, plans or program, the implementation of which will place
development on a sustainable path for the long-term. Consultation and consensus-building are
essential elements, but local authorities may choose different ways of reporting its outcome and
defining an appropriate Local Agenda 21 for their areas. It is important, however, that the
process should have concrete results which reflect local dialogue, review or redirect current
program and activities, and place a new focus on sustainable development as both a strategic and
a practical goal.
Founded on a strong partnership between local government and the community, the progress
towards local sustainable development will be guided by the preparation of a long term strategic
action plan that integrates existing policies and programs and an agreed future direction. Local
Agenda 21 provides the basis for debate on and awareness of sustainable development at the
community level. The main focus of Local Agenda 21 is to involve all groups in sustainable
development planning in the major areas of economic, social and environmental development.
This focus on participation clearly sets Local Agenda 21 apart from other initiatives which focus
more on the achievement of outcomes for sustainable development.
The Local Agenda 21 needs cooperation of many parties. It includes society, private sector and
local authorities. So each party has their basic own role. These are some of them:
1. Individual or Society
Give cooperation to any program or event that private sector or local authorities invented.
Mass media need to announce the activity relate to this sector.
2. Associations and Companies
An association of Local Agenda 21 needs to be established to focus on the vision of this
principle for the hometown.

3. Any companies surround my hometown need to be alert to the necessity of the residential
of the hometown by providing the requirement for residents
3. Government representatives or local authorities
Doing campaign and kind of same activity or event relate to Local Agenda 21
Making collaboration within the authorities to execute any activities
There are six key elements of Local agenda 21. Based on these, the evaluation and suggestion are
committed.
1) Managing and improving the local authority's own environmental performance
Evaluation
For my hometown evaluation, this element is still lack of implementation.
Suggestion
It needs corporate commitment by cooperating with related local authorities to do any campaign
for staff training and awareness rising among the residents. They should plan a good
environmental management systems and environmental budgeting based on the capability and
aim for our hometown. Policy integration also needs to be applied across the sectors.
2) Integrating sustainable development aims into the local authority's policies and activities
Evaluation
The term of sustainable development still not being implement in my hometown.
Suggestion
The need of implementation of sustainable development is very good way in order to
appreciating our nature and preserves it. It still needs a very good collaboration of the local
authorities and the resident. But still the private sector need to help in commercialized it and hold
the events. The local authorities should plan policies that the vision is based on sustainable
development. Some of the activities that can be apart of the program are green housekeeping and

4. housing services. They should be plan the policy like transport policies and program that
encourage the use of electric or hybrid car that more environmental friendly. If tourism and
visitor strategies want to be applied, they need to encourage the residents to more conserve our
surrounding area towards sustainability and implement the services that also sustain.
3) Awareness raising and education Evaluation
My hometown needs an improvisation regarding on this element.
Suggestion
An initiative to encourage change behaviour and practical action need to be applied. For
examples is awareness campaign and so on. It still need support by private sector and authorities
by doing publication of local information and do some press releases. Supports for voluntary
group also need to be given by local authorities.
4) Consulting and involving the general public Evaluation
In my opinion this element is cultivated in my hometown even not thoroughly. The forum is
being held once in a month in order to do some discussion regarding what happen in our
residential area. And to get the feedback, some of questionnaire being distribute to get the
feedback from residents in some problem and solution.
Suggestion
Some of suggestions that can be implementing for this element are the public consultation
processes, doing some forums and planning our hometown in Parish maps to divide the area
according to the economic base maybe.
5) Partnerships Evaluation
There is no implementation in my hometown.
Suggestion
Partnerships can be done by doing meetings, workshops and conferences. And all these must be
based on sustainability development. It will be more efficient if the residents working in groups

5. or advisory groups. Round tables should be done to go through any issue arising from any
members. A plan on how environment city model should be improvised can be a good idea as
Local Agenda 21 is promoting sustainable development.
6) Measuring monitoring and reporting on progress towards sustainability Evaluation
There is no implementation in my hometown.
Suggestion
There are so many activities can be done for this element. Aim a target for developing the
hometown for every month and try to do some environmental monitoring to make sure the
planning is implementing properly and continuously. Put the sustainability indicator as a target.
To make the planning more based on the requirement, make sure the Environmental Impact
Assessment (EIA) is done thoroughly and strategic environmental assessment should be carried
out.