Who Should Attend?
Local government staff from villages, towns, cities, and counties of all sizes interested in advancing their sustainability efforts through good planning, successful community engagement and solid performance measures for tracking progress. Register for each webinar in the series separately at:

http://www.icleiusa.org/news-events/sustainability-planning-webinar-ser…

Part 1: Using the Sustainability Planning Toolkit
May 6, 1:30-3 p.m. Eastern

Join us for an overview of the step-by-step sustainability planning process detailed in ICLEI's Sustainability Planning Toolkit (a members-only resource) and a discussion of how ICLEI's Five Milestones for Sustainability process integrates with our forthcoming STAR Community Index, the new national, consensus-based framework for gauging the sustainability and livability of U.S. communities. This presentation will include a discussion of keys for a successful sustainability planning process, tips for each step along the way, best practices from leading local governments, and an overview of the resources in the Toolkit to help you get started. Even those who don't have access to ICLEI's Toolkit will gain invaluable insight and guidance from this webinar.

Fee: Free for ICLEI local government member staff | $75 for all others

Part 2: PlaNYC: The Process Behind the Plan
May 13, 1:30-3 p.m. Eastern

Join ICLEI and staff from New York City's Mayor's Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability for a presentation based on ICLEI's in-depth case study on PlaNYC, New York's groundbreaking sustainability plan. We'll describe the innovative development of PlaNYC and how you can replicate this process. We'll also provide an update on the City's implementation progress, three years after the plan's release, and give highlights from a selection of the 127 initiatives in the plan and an update on the planning process for PlaNYC 2, due to be released on Earth Day 2011.

Fee: Free for ICLEI local government member staff | $20 for all others

Part 3: Lessons Learned in Local Sustainability Planning
May 20, 1:30-3 p.m. Eastern

In early 2009, three local governments – New Rochelle, NY; Newark, NJ; Miami-Dade County, FL – were chosen to participate in ICLEI's Sustainability Planning Toolkit Pilot Project. This webinar will review the progress of each local government's sustainability planning process and how you can take the lessons learned from their experiences to apply to your own sustainability planning efforts. Speakers include:

* Mayor Noel Bramson, New Rochelle, NY
* Chelsea Albucher, Sustainability Coordinator, Newark, NJ
* Amy Knowles, Organizational Development Administrator, Miami-Dade County

Fee: Free for ICLEI local government member staff | $20 for all others

Part 4: Sustainability Performance and the STAR Community Index
May 27, 1:30-3 p.m. Eastern

Join ICLEI USA and a panel of local government representatives engaged in the development of the STAR Community Index to learn about the progress over the past year to develop a national sustainability performance system for U.S. communities. The STAR framework features goals and measures across the three pillars of sustainability: environment, economy and equity.

Participants will be introduced to the first draft of the comprehensive set of goals that comprise the STAR framework. A brief presentation will describe the basis for the stakeholder process, detail the challenges and themes that have arisen, and discuss the implicit social change model that the program represents. Panelists will address how the focal areas of STAR align with their local priorities; how the framework can institutionalize a deeper level of stakeholder engagement across a broader swath of government functions; and, how the performance management system will support their communities' journey towards a long-term vision.

Fee: Free for ICLEI local government member staff | $20 for all others