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ing NRW sustainability architecture, however, any transferability to the state of North
Rhine-Westphalia requires a differentiated consideration. The institutionalisation of
the Sustainability Advisory Council and the founding of a Head Office by and within a
federal state department, which is responsible for the sustainability strategy, is accompanied by advantages. In particular, direct involvement in the discussion and design
of the implementation of the NRW sustainability strategy and a possible stronger
link within the framework of vertical integration via the inter-ministerial working
group “IMAG Sustainability Strategy”. In contrast, however, the non-governmental
advisory councils with the participation of non-governmental organisations like the
TEAM Sustainability also show the strength of such a participation structure for the
sustainable development in NRW.
With the TEAM Sustainability, which is organised by the Wuppertal Institute,
the state of North Rhine-Westphalia has an architectural component that clearly
distinguishes it from the sustainability architectures of other federal states. As the
observations on the other sustainability architectures have shown, the Sustainability
Advisory Boards of the federal states are institutionally located with the state government via a Head Office or with the department responsible for the sustainability
strategy as coordinator. In contrast, the involvement of central actors in an advisory
body via a non-governmental institution such as the TEAM Sustainability via the
Wuppertal Institute has considerably less direct (formal) networking in the state institutions, but it also has advantages: On the one hand, impulses can be bundled and
Table 2 Specifics of the sustainability architectures examined
Baden-Wuerttemberg
• Youth advisory board, direct involvement of
young people in committee structures
Saarland
• Legislative establishment of the
appointment of an Advisory Council with
the participation of non-governmental
members
Hesse
• Task-Force “Targets and Indicators”
• Sustainability Conference brings together
actors from governmental and
non-governmental institutions
• Chair and participation in the Sustainability
Conference of the highest management
level (ministers of the country)
Federal Republic of Germany, Thuringia
• Parliamentary Advisory Board
Baden-Wuerttemberg,
Hesse,
Saarland,
Thuringia
• Head Office of the Sustainability Advisory
Council located at the State Government
(state ministry)
North Rhine-Westphalia
• Sustainability Advisory Board organised
through a non-governmental “Third Party”
institution
• Head Office of the Sustainability Advisory
Council located at a scientific institution
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ing NRW sustainability architecture, however, any transferability to the state of North
Rhine-Westphalia requires a differentiated consideration. The institutionalisation of
the Sustainability Advisory Council and the founding of a Head Office by and within a
federal state department, which is responsible for the sustainability strategy, is accompanied by advantages. In particular, direct involvement in the discussion and design
of the implementation of the NRW sustainability strategy and a possible stronger
link within the framework of vertical integration via the inter-ministerial working
group “IMAG Sustainability Strategy”. In contrast, however, the non-governmental
advisory councils with the participation of non-governmental organisations like the
TEAM Sustainability also show the strength of such a participation structure for the
sustainable development in NRW.
With the TEAM Sustainability, which is organised by the Wuppertal Institute,
the state of North Rhine-Westphalia has an architectural component that clearly
distinguishes it from the sustainability architectures of other federal states. As the
observations on the other sustainability architectures have shown, the Sustainability
Advisory Boards of the federal states are institutionally located with the state government via a Head Office or with the department responsible for the sustainability
strategy as coordinator. In contrast, the involvement of central actors in an advisory
body via a non-governmental institution such as the TEAM Sustainability via the
Wuppertal Institute has considerably less direct (formal) networking in the state institutions, but it also has advantages: On the one hand, impulses can be bundled and
Table 2 Specifics of the sustainability architectures examined
Baden-Wuerttemberg
• Youth advisory board, direct involvement of
young people in committee structures
Saarland
• Legislative establishment of the
appointment of an Advisory Council with
the participation of non-governmental
members
Hesse
• Task-Force “Targets and Indicators”
• Sustainability Conference brings together
actors from governmental and
non-governmental institutions
• Chair and participation in the Sustainability
Conference of the highest management
level (ministers of the country)
Federal Republic of Germany, Thuringia
• Parliamentary Advisory Board
Baden-Wuerttemberg,
Hesse,
Saarland,
Thuringia
• Head Office of the Sustainability Advisory
Council located at the State Government
(state ministry)
North Rhine-Westphalia
• Sustainability Advisory Board organised
through a non-governmental “Third Party”
institution
• Head Office of the Sustainability Advisory
Council located at a scientific institution