local agenda 21 local plan for sustainable development of bistriþa ...

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II. THE LOCAL ACTION PLAN
II.1. VISION AND GENERAL
OBJECTIVES
Sustainable development offers a long-term positive
vision for the society – one that is much more
prosperous, providing a cleaner, more secure and
healthier environment – a society that offers a better
standard of living for present and future generations.
Putting it into practice requires increasing economic
support, social progress and respect for the
environment, in order that the social politics upholds
economic performance.
Eliminating environmental degradation and irrational
consumption of resources in the process of economic
and social development can be done by reorienting
new public and private investments and using
technology that is environmentally friendly. The local
plan for sustainable development should be a catalyst
for establishing policies and public opinion in the
following years, motivating institutional reform and
changes in the consumer behaviour, creating
conditions so that each business invests in innovative
solutions and creates new, quality work places.
The long term development vision of Bistrita
municipality is that of ensuring PROSPERITY for all
the members of the community, by:
- Environmental protection
- Urban regeneration
- Occupation of the labour force
- Quality services in: administration, education,
health, public services
- Public-private partnership, regional and
-
European cooperation
The economy of resources
- Rehabilitating the historical centre
- Improved city, business and transport
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infrastructures
Tourism and entertainment
- Attracting and encouraging investment
- The transparency of decisions
- Equality of opportunity, economic and social
cohesion
Bistrita municipality aims to achieve the following
objectives, until 2015, by involving all the sectors of
the local community in the local planning process and
decision making process:
- ensuring access for all citizens to basic
services: education, health, living space, energy
supply, professional training, transport;
- creating the necessary support for satisfying
needs on a local level, from production to consumption
and evacuation;
- ensuring the development of the local
economy in a manner that does not threaten natural
resources or the environment;
- protecting the environment by adopting a new
eco-systemic approach and by minimising the use of
natural resources and land, waste generation, and
pollution and by encouraging biodiversity;
- protecting, preserving and rehabilitating the
cultural, artistic and historical values including the
buildings and monuments, improving and respecting
the attractiveness and functionality of spaces and
buildings.
Analysis of the situation in Bistrita municipality and
evaluation of the objectives has lead to establishing
certain general objectives that represent a priority for
the short and medium term:
- improving urban infrastructure and increasing
access by citizens;
- revitalising, rehabilitating and putting to good
use of the historical centre;
- developing tourism by diversifying the tourist
facilities (increasing the importance of historical and
cultural tourism, exploiting the tourist potential of the
area);
- sustainable development of the economy;
- regenerating and putting to good use of
natural capital.