Live Survey

Informed Cities Forum 2011Informed Cities Forum 2011

26-27 October 2011, Naples, Italy

1. What is your principal reason for participating

in this Forum? (for local governments only)

A To improve my knowledge of urban

sustainability in European towns and cities

B To meet with other ‘like-minded’

people working in a similar field

C To learn more about specificC To learn more about specific

urban sustainability tools

D To improve my understanding about

communication between local

governments and researchers

A B C D None

11,36%

(15)3,79%

(5)

12,88%

(17)

12,88%

(17)

59,09%

(78)

2. What is your principal reason for participating

in this Forum?(for researchers only)

A To improve my knowledge of urban

sustainability in European towns and cities

B To meet with other ‘like-minded’

people working in a similar field

C To learn more about specificC To learn more about specific

urban sustainability tools

D To improve my understanding about

communication between local

governments and researchers

A B C D None

7,58%

(10)

9,85%

(13)

9,85%

(13)

13,64%

(18)

59,09%

(78)

A Local university/research institute

B University within my region/country

C

3. If you commission research on sustainability policy,

which type of organisation do you work with most?(for local governments only)

C Sustainability consultancy

D All of the above

A B C D None

6,82%

(9)

9,85%

(13)

10,61%

(14)

15,15%

(20)

57,58%

(76)

4. On average how regularly do you undertake

sustainability-related research for local

governments/municipalities within your country?(for researchers only)

A More than once a year

B Annually (once per year)

C Once every 2-3 years

D Rarely

A B C D None

11,36%

(15)9,85%

(13)

10,61%

(14)9,85%

(13)

58,33%

(77)

5. What is your primary aim/objective in working

with researchers? (for local governments only)

A It is a requirement to access funding

B To access scientific evidence that

will support sustainability policies

C To get students to work onC To get students to work on

specific projects

D To keep up-to-date with the latest

developments in local sustainability

A B C D None

3,03%

(4)

23,48%

(31)

3,03%

(4)

12,88%

(17)

57,58%

(76)

6. What is your primary objective in working with

local governments? (for researchers only)

A It is a requirement for accessing funding

B To conduct policy-relevant research

C To collect data that can be usedC To collect data that can be used

for academic outputs (papers and reports)

D To engage externally within my

locality/region in accordance

with my organisation’s mission statement

A B C D None

6,06%

(8)

18,94%

(25)

6,06%

(8)

8,33%

(11)

60,61%

(80)

7. Apart from LE21 and UEE, which of the following

European sustainability/climate change monitoring

tools do you consider to be most useful ?

A Covenant of Mayors

B Green Capital Award

(for local governments only)

C Aalborg Commitments

D I do not use European monitoring tools

A B C D None

11,36%

(15)9,09%

(12)

12,88%

(17) 6,82%

(9)

59,85%

(79)

8. What is the biggest barrier to using EUROPEAN

Tools for monitoring sustainability? (for local governments only)

A The Tools are too generic and

don’t reflect our local context

BThey are not available in my native

language and the terminology

is difficult to understand

C National tools are seen as a higher

priority in my local authority

D European tools do not provide

sufficiently relevant feedback

for my local situation

A B C D None

12,12%

(16)3,79%

(5)

12,12%

(16)11,36%

(15)

60,61%

(80)

A There are too many Tools to choose

from and it is not clear which is the most relevant

B There are insufficient staff resources

to gather and update for the data required by Tools

C They are not relevant to

9. What is the biggest barrier to using local

sustainability Tools in general?

C They are not relevant to

my local political agenda

D The data that we collect

does not fit with existing Tools

A B C D None

17,42%

(23)

37,88%

(50)

14,39%

(19)13,64%

(18)

16,67%

(22)

10. What would help you most in developing an

ongoing working relationship with local

governments?

A Ongoing personal contact

with local authority staff

BFormal connection between

my research organisation

(for researchers only)

B my research organisation

and local government

C Greater knowledge of

relevant funding sources

D Focused working groups

on urban sustainability

A B C D None

19,7%

(26)

5,3%

(7)

6,82%

(9)

8,33%

(11)

59,85%

(79)

11. Which local governments do you tend to work

with? (for researchers only)

A Those in the local area (municipality/city)

B Those within my region/country

C European local governmentsC European local governments

(outside of my country)

D Non-European Local Governments

A B C D None

5,3%

(7)

25%

(33)

7,58%

(10) 2,27%

(3)

59,85%

(79)

12. What do you think is the principal solution to

bridging the differences between local

governments and research organisations?

A Both parties (academic/policy)

having a greater understanding of each other’s aims

BA designated regional/local institution

(broker) whose job it is to bring

(for researchers only)

B (broker) whose job it is to bring

policymakers and researchers together

CMore funded initiatives to encourage

local governments and researchers

to work more closely

D More informal networking opportunities

for researchers and policymakers

to meet and develop working relationships

A B C D None

6,06%

(8)

11,36%

(15)

15,91%

(21)6,82%

(9)

59,85%

(79)

13. What do you think is the principal solution

to bridge the differences between local

governments and research organisations?

A Both parties (academic/policy)

having a greater understanding of each other’s aims

BA designated regional/local institution

(broker) whose job it is to bring

(for local governments only)

B (broker) whose job it is to bring

policymakers and researchers together

CMore funded initiatives to encourage

local governments and researchers

to work more closely

D More informal networking opportunities

for researchers and policymakers

to meet and develop working relationships

A B C D None

4,55%

(6)

12,88%

(17)

15,15%

(20) 11,36%

(15)

56,06%

(74)