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research projects and their work packages. The support of the TEAM Sustainability
ensures right from the start that the accompanying projects of the Wuppertal Institute
for the Sustainability Strategy NRW are processed application-oriented. The TEAM
Sustainability thus serves as an advisory board and discursive support of the projects
of the Wuppertal Institute on the sustainability strategy NRW and thus indirectly
the development and implementation of the sustainability strategy NRW from the
stakeholder perspective by means of an open, internal factual discussion. The TEAM
Sustainability also discusses and reflects on the state sustainability process and proactively provides its own impulses for the further development of the sustainability
strategy NRW. Thus, the TEAM Sustainability is initially the project advisory board
of the Wuppertal Institute, but indirectly the TEAM Sustainability is also available
to the NRW state government as an advisor for the development and implementation
of the sustainability strategy NRW—a Sustainability Advisory Council. The TEAM
Sustainability brings together the central stakeholders from the economy, municipal associations, civil society and science in North Rhine-Westphalia. It is made up
of sustainability-relevant social actors of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and
thus unites different social perspectives for the sustainability debate. Due to personnel restructuring and the expansion of the stakeholder base, the composition of the
TEAM Sustainability team has changed at individual institutions since they were
first set up.
The Head Office of the TEAM Sustainability for the preparation, follow-up and
organisation of the meetings is located at the Wuppertal Institute. The supervision of
the TEAM Sustainability is in the responsibility of the executive management of the
Wuppertal Institute and for the coordination and organisation scientific employees
are involved. The TEAM Sustainability has given itself in the beginning rules of procedure in which agreements were made on the occasion, the function and working
methods of the TEAM Sustainability as well as the handling of publications. The
TEAM Sustainability meets three to four times a year. If required, smaller workshops
on specific topics are also held. In addition, the exchange takes place in written form
by e-mail or via telephone or videoconference. In total, 12 meetings of the TEAM
Sustainability took place between March 2014 and March 2018. The Membership in
TEAM Sustainability is both institutional and personal so that personal and continuous participation is guaranteed. The Ministry for Environment, Agriculture, Nature
Conservation and Consumer Protection of North Rhine-Westphalia participates as
an observer in the meetings of the TEAM Sustainability and informs the TEAM Sustainability about the status of the (further) development of the sustainability strategy
for North Rhine-Westphalia as far as the confidentiality agreements with the other
ministries allow it. The meetings and the minutes of the meetings are not public.
If required, guests (e.g. external experts; representatives of other ministries; other
researchers involved in the Wuppertal Institute research project) can be invited on a
case-by-case basis.
The TEAM Sustainability has produced a total of three written statements during
the development process of the Sustainability Strategy NRW. The first statement, in
the form of improvement notes from the TEAM Sustainability (Part A) on the process of strategy development for a state sustainability strategy in NRW, focused on
D. Schostok
research projects and their work packages. The support of the TEAM Sustainability
ensures right from the start that the accompanying projects of the Wuppertal Institute
for the Sustainability Strategy NRW are processed application-oriented. The TEAM
Sustainability thus serves as an advisory board and discursive support of the projects
of the Wuppertal Institute on the sustainability strategy NRW and thus indirectly
the development and implementation of the sustainability strategy NRW from the
stakeholder perspective by means of an open, internal factual discussion. The TEAM
Sustainability also discusses and reflects on the state sustainability process and proactively provides its own impulses for the further development of the sustainability
strategy NRW. Thus, the TEAM Sustainability is initially the project advisory board
of the Wuppertal Institute, but indirectly the TEAM Sustainability is also available
to the NRW state government as an advisor for the development and implementation
of the sustainability strategy NRW—a Sustainability Advisory Council. The TEAM
Sustainability brings together the central stakeholders from the economy, municipal associations, civil society and science in North Rhine-Westphalia. It is made up
of sustainability-relevant social actors of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and
thus unites different social perspectives for the sustainability debate. Due to personnel restructuring and the expansion of the stakeholder base, the composition of the
TEAM Sustainability team has changed at individual institutions since they were
first set up.
The Head Office of the TEAM Sustainability for the preparation, follow-up and
organisation of the meetings is located at the Wuppertal Institute. The supervision of
the TEAM Sustainability is in the responsibility of the executive management of the
Wuppertal Institute and for the coordination and organisation scientific employees
are involved. The TEAM Sustainability has given itself in the beginning rules of procedure in which agreements were made on the occasion, the function and working
methods of the TEAM Sustainability as well as the handling of publications. The
TEAM Sustainability meets three to four times a year. If required, smaller workshops
on specific topics are also held. In addition, the exchange takes place in written form
by e-mail or via telephone or videoconference. In total, 12 meetings of the TEAM
Sustainability took place between March 2014 and March 2018. The Membership in
TEAM Sustainability is both institutional and personal so that personal and continuous participation is guaranteed. The Ministry for Environment, Agriculture, Nature
Conservation and Consumer Protection of North Rhine-Westphalia participates as
an observer in the meetings of the TEAM Sustainability and informs the TEAM Sustainability about the status of the (further) development of the sustainability strategy
for North Rhine-Westphalia as far as the confidentiality agreements with the other
ministries allow it. The meetings and the minutes of the meetings are not public.
If required, guests (e.g. external experts; representatives of other ministries; other
researchers involved in the Wuppertal Institute research project) can be invited on a
case-by-case basis.
The TEAM Sustainability has produced a total of three written statements during
the development process of the Sustainability Strategy NRW. The first statement, in
the form of improvement notes from the TEAM Sustainability (Part A) on the process of strategy development for a state sustainability strategy in NRW, focused on