industry sustainable development at the local level founded 1990 new york city u.s. headquarters kaiser friedrich str . 7 53113 bonn germany number of employees approximately 200 worldwide slogan local actions moves the world website www.iclei.org iclei local governments for sustainability founded in 1990 as the international council for local environmental initiatives is an international association of local governments and national and regional local government organizations that have made a commitment to sustainable development . the association was established when more than 200 local governments from 43 countries convened at its inaugural conference the world congress of local governments for a sustainable future at the united nations in new york in september 1990 . 1 today more than 1200 cities towns counties and their associations in 84 countries comprise iclei s growing membership . 2 iclei works with these and hundreds of other local governments through international performance based results oriented campaigns and programs . it provides technical consulting training and information services to build capacity share knowledge and support local government in the implementation of sustainable development at the local level . iclei s basic premise is that locally designed initiatives can provide an effective and cost efficient way to achieve local national and global sustainability objectives . 3 contents 1 membership 2 history and structure 3 programs 4 governance 5 iclei capacity center 6 ecomobility 7 criticism 8 iclei usa 8.1 programs and processes 9 external links 10 references membership edit iclei includes 1 227 local government members worldwide in 70 countries with more than 600 in the united states . 4 iclei usa membership grew by 58 % in 2008 5 and by 25 % in 2009 . 6 u.s. local government members include cities towns and counties of all sizes from new york city and los angeles county to dubuque iowa and arlington texas . 7 the only requirements for iclei membership are a self defined commitment to climate protection and the payment of annual membership dues based on population size . 8 history and structure edit iclei was founded in 1990 with its world secretariat headquartered in toronto canada . 9 the u.s. office opened formally in 1995 . iclei usa s executive office is based in washington d.c. and the world secretariat is in bonn germany . 10 iclei was founded in 1990 as the international council for local environmental initiatives . but in 2003 iclei s local government members voted to revise the organization s mission charter and name to better reflect the current challenges local governments face and the broader topic of sustainability . the international council for local environmental initiatives became iclei local governments for sustainability which remains its official name . 4 programs edit the organization is now officially called iclei local governments for sustainability . in 2003 iclei s members voted to revise the organization s mission charter and name to better reflect the current challenges local governments are facing . the international council for local environmental initiatives became iclei local governments for sustainability with a broader mandate to address sustainability issues not only environmental issues . 11 the organization promotes the following programs for local level adoption and implementation as described on their website . the rio conventions the un framework convention on climate change the un convention on biological diversity the un convention to combat desertification agenda 21 the habitat agenda the millennium development goals the johannesburg plan of implementation iclei also provides oversight for the compact of mayors a global coalition of city leaders founded to address climate change at the local level . 12 governance edit park won soon president of iclei since 2015 iclei is a democratic organization with each local government member holding a position on the council . the council convenes every three years at an iclei world congress and establishes iclei s priorities and direction through the adoption of a six year strategic plan . the most recent iclei world congress was held in seoul from 8 to 12 april 2015 . members elect 21 representatives to serve on the executive committee which oversees the implementation of the strategic plan and iclei operations . 13 14 world secretariat directors park won soon iclei president and mayor seoul republic of korea gino van begin iclei secretary general bonn germany iclei capacity center edit the iclei capacity center formerly the international training centre is the training and conference service unit of iclei local governments for sustainability . bonn is also home to iclei world secretariat capacity center and climate center and the host of resilient cities 2011 and 2012 . 15 ecomobility edit iclei legally represents and hosts the secretariat of the ecomobility alliance . the secretariat office is in bonn germany . the ecomobility alliance is an international non profit partnership that works to promote ecomobility and thus reduce citizens dependency on private motorized vehicles worldwide . ecomobility alliance is the follow up of the global alliance for ecomobility founded by a group of leading global organizations on the occasion of the united nations climate change conference in bali in december 2007 . 16 17 the ecomobility alliance is chaired by the city of changwon south korea . 18 ecomobility congress will be held in suwon south korea in 2013 . 19 criticism edit some organizations have criticized iclei s involvement and support of the u.n. agenda 21 program . 20 such criticism argues the un sustainability agenda eventually seeks to curtail people s choices in terms of food transportation housing even family size as in communist china . 21 sustainable policies implemented at the municipal level such as bike lanes bike riding incentives bicycle sharing programs and public transportation options have been targets of such criticism . notably dan maes the 2010 colorado republican gubernatorial candidate leveled a similar argument at denver during his campaign . 22 iclei usa edit the united states branch is a 501 c 3 nonprofit membership organization of the international organization of the same name . 4 in june 2011 michael schmitz was appointed as iclei usa s executive director . programs and processes edit iclei usa assists local government members via several programs to address climate change and sustainability including its climate mitigation program climate resilient communities program and sustainability program . 23 a 2009 report found that at least 155 of iclei usa s local government members had set greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets committing to a projected reduction of more than 1.36 billion metric tons of c02e by 2020 the equivalent of taking 25 million passenger cars off the road for 10 years . 23 iclei encourages its local government members to follow a standard five milestone process to set and achieve their goals 24 milestone one establish a baseline e.g. a greenhouse gas emissions inventory sustainability assessment or climate resiliency study and forecast . milestone two set goals . e.g. sustainability goals greenhouse gas reduction targets milestone three develop a plan . e.g. a climate action plan climate adaptation or sustainability plan milestone four implement the plan s policies and measures . milestone five monitor and evaluate progress and report results . wikimedia commons has media related to iclei . external links edit iclei homepage activists fight green projects seeing u.n. plot february 2012 regarding the tea party movement http daccess dds ny.un.org doc undoc gen n92 836 55 pdf n9283655.pdf openelement dead link references edit http www.lowcap.eu partnerprojects iclei.aspx iclei.org http sustainabledevelopment.un.org index.php page view & nr 902 & type 6 & menu 1562 & 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