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addition to the eleven organisations under § 44 SNG, two representatives of the
Saarland Youth Council are assisted in an advisory capacity. The management of
the Sustainability Advisory Council is in the responsibility of the supreme nature
conservation authority. To coordinate sustainability activities, the state government
has set up a Head Office at the Ministry of the Environment and Consumer Protection
(Saarland Government 2017, p. 64), (Saarland—Ministry for the Environment and
Consumer Protection, n.d.).
3.6 State of Thuringia
The sustainability architecture of the federal state of Thuringia is essentially based
on the three committees: State Secretary Working Group, Sustainability Advisory
Council, Parliamentary Advisory Board, the latter was set up in 2017. The Sustainability Advisory Council was founded in 2008 on the recommendation of the State
Parliament of Thuringia and is appointed by the Prime Minister of the Free State
of Thuringia. In the current third appointment period, the Sustainability Advisory
Council is made up of 15 actors. The work of the Sustainability Advisory Council
is supported by a Head Office that is located at the Thuringia Ministry for Environment, Energy and Nature Conservation. The Sustainability Advisory Council´s
central tasks include advising the Thuringia state government on an ecologically,
economically and socially balanced policy and participating in the continuation of
the Thuringia sustainability strategy and its evaluation (Free State of Thuringia 2012,
p. 9), (Head Office of the Advisory Council on Sustainable Development Thuringia,
n.d.), German Council for Sustainable Development 2009).
4 Sustainability Architecture of the Federal State of North
Rhine-Westphalia
The sustainability architecture of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia for developing
and implementing the NRW sustainability strategy consists of an inter-ministerial
working group “IMAG Sustainability Strategy”, dialogue and consultation procedures and three accompanying projects. With the interdisciplinary approach, which
follows an integrative perspective on the three dimensions of sustainability, the
accompanying projects and in particular their committees for the integration of nonstate actors are a central component of the sustainability architecture of the state
of NRW even though they have not been directly convened by the NRW state government. The following figure systematises the elements of the NRW sustainability
architecture and their interaction (Fig. 2).
The inter-ministerial working group “IMAG Sustainability Strategy”, established
in 2013, coordinates the implementation of the sustainability strategy under the chair-
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addition to the eleven organisations under § 44 SNG, two representatives of the
Saarland Youth Council are assisted in an advisory capacity. The management of
the Sustainability Advisory Council is in the responsibility of the supreme nature
conservation authority. To coordinate sustainability activities, the state government
has set up a Head Office at the Ministry of the Environment and Consumer Protection
(Saarland Government 2017, p. 64), (Saarland—Ministry for the Environment and
Consumer Protection, n.d.).
3.6 State of Thuringia
The sustainability architecture of the federal state of Thuringia is essentially based
on the three committees: State Secretary Working Group, Sustainability Advisory
Council, Parliamentary Advisory Board, the latter was set up in 2017. The Sustainability Advisory Council was founded in 2008 on the recommendation of the State
Parliament of Thuringia and is appointed by the Prime Minister of the Free State
of Thuringia. In the current third appointment period, the Sustainability Advisory
Council is made up of 15 actors. The work of the Sustainability Advisory Council
is supported by a Head Office that is located at the Thuringia Ministry for Environment, Energy and Nature Conservation. The Sustainability Advisory Council´s
central tasks include advising the Thuringia state government on an ecologically,
economically and socially balanced policy and participating in the continuation of
the Thuringia sustainability strategy and its evaluation (Free State of Thuringia 2012,
p. 9), (Head Office of the Advisory Council on Sustainable Development Thuringia,
n.d.), German Council for Sustainable Development 2009).
4 Sustainability Architecture of the Federal State of North
Rhine-Westphalia
The sustainability architecture of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia for developing
and implementing the NRW sustainability strategy consists of an inter-ministerial
working group “IMAG Sustainability Strategy”, dialogue and consultation procedures and three accompanying projects. With the interdisciplinary approach, which
follows an integrative perspective on the three dimensions of sustainability, the
accompanying projects and in particular their committees for the integration of nonstate actors are a central component of the sustainability architecture of the state
of NRW even though they have not been directly convened by the NRW state government. The following figure systematises the elements of the NRW sustainability
architecture and their interaction (Fig. 2).
The inter-ministerial working group “IMAG Sustainability Strategy”, established
in 2013, coordinates the implementation of the sustainability strategy under the chair-