664
D. Schostok
96
44
26
17
38
13
12
28
yes
largely
partly
no
Number of proposals implemented
in the NRW Sustainability Strategy
Number of proposals implemented
in the NRW Sustainability Indicator
Report
Fig. 4 Results of the impact analysis on the proposals of the TEAM sustainability for the NRW
sustainability strategy
had an influence on the content of the NRW sustainability strategy. With reference to
the NRW Sustainability Indicators Report, the results of the Impact Analysis show
that 56% of the proposals and recommendations are completely or largely implemented. The lower degree of consideration of the recommendations of the TEAM
Sustainability for the NRW sustainability indicator report can be explained by several factors: Firstly, a draft of the NRW Sustainability Indicators Report was not
publicly accessible by the North Rhine-Westphalia State Office for Information and
Technology so that no direct reference was possible. Secondly, the abstract, statistically designed format of the NRW Sustainability Indicator Report only provides
general (improvement) information without access to a draft version. The results
suggest that indicator-specific proposals of the TEAM Sustainability were increasingly considered in Part II “Goals and indicators; background indicators” in Chap. C
“Implementation of the NRW Sustainability Strategy” of the Sustainability Strategy
NRW (State Government 2016a, pp. 58–69) and not directly in the Sustainability
Indicator Report NRW (State Government NRW 2016b).
5 Discussion and Conclusions
The results of the analyses of the sustainability architectures of the Federal Republic of Germany and the federal states of Baden-Wuerttemberg, Hesse, Saarland,
Thuringia and NRW differ in central structural elements. The following overview
lists the main features (Table 2).
With reference to the participation of non-governmental actors, the following
question goes along: Is it advantageous to institutionalise an Advisory Council
for Sustainable Development at the coordinating office of the state government
for the sustainability strategy, as is the procedure of the federal states of BadenWuerttemberg, Hesse, Saarland and Thuringia? Against the background of the exist-
D. Schostok
96
44
26
17
38
13
12
28
yes
largely
partly
no
Number of proposals implemented
in the NRW Sustainability Strategy
Number of proposals implemented
in the NRW Sustainability Indicator
Report
Fig. 4 Results of the impact analysis on the proposals of the TEAM sustainability for the NRW
sustainability strategy
had an influence on the content of the NRW sustainability strategy. With reference to
the NRW Sustainability Indicators Report, the results of the Impact Analysis show
that 56% of the proposals and recommendations are completely or largely implemented. The lower degree of consideration of the recommendations of the TEAM
Sustainability for the NRW sustainability indicator report can be explained by several factors: Firstly, a draft of the NRW Sustainability Indicators Report was not
publicly accessible by the North Rhine-Westphalia State Office for Information and
Technology so that no direct reference was possible. Secondly, the abstract, statistically designed format of the NRW Sustainability Indicator Report only provides
general (improvement) information without access to a draft version. The results
suggest that indicator-specific proposals of the TEAM Sustainability were increasingly considered in Part II “Goals and indicators; background indicators” in Chap. C
“Implementation of the NRW Sustainability Strategy” of the Sustainability Strategy
NRW (State Government 2016a, pp. 58–69) and not directly in the Sustainability
Indicator Report NRW (State Government NRW 2016b).
5 Discussion and Conclusions
The results of the analyses of the sustainability architectures of the Federal Republic of Germany and the federal states of Baden-Wuerttemberg, Hesse, Saarland,
Thuringia and NRW differ in central structural elements. The following overview
lists the main features (Table 2).
With reference to the participation of non-governmental actors, the following
question goes along: Is it advantageous to institutionalise an Advisory Council
for Sustainable Development at the coordinating office of the state government
for the sustainability strategy, as is the procedure of the federal states of BadenWuerttemberg, Hesse, Saarland and Thuringia? Against the background of the exist-