Arbejdsrapport fra Miljøstyrelsen, 13/2004 – Evaluering af grønne lokale og regionale netværk med deltagelse af myndigheder og virksomheder - Delrapport 2: Interviewundersøgelse af interessenter

Evaluering af grønne lokale og regionale netværk med deltagelse af myndigheder og virksomheder

Summary and conclusions

There is a number of local and regional green networks implemented against the implementation of local and regional activities based on an extended collaboration between enterprises and environmental authorities. Focus was on building up environmental competence, improvement and documentation of environmental conditions, etc.

Under 'Programme for cleaner products', an evaluation of regional environmental networks with public and private interaction was implemented in May 2002 in order to illustrate the potentials for an interaction with 'Den Produktorienterede Miljøstrategi (POMS)' ('The Product-orientated Environmental Initiative) and a possible future strategy for Green Market Development in Denmark. The purpose of the evaluation is to provide systematical and substantiated knowledge of Danish networks and their function, including to:

map out existing networks
describe models for green networks
assess the effects of earlier networks
uncover critical success factors for networks
estimate how networks can be developed
estimate possibilities and limits for these networks as an instrument to promote The Product-orientated Environmental Initiative and a possible future strategy for Green Market Development.

Danish Technological Institute, DTU and Marianne Forman ApS are carrying out the evaluation. Part activities of the evaluation are:

Preparation of a catalogue of the existing green networks in which the individual networks are briefly described as regards history, purpose, actors, activities, structure and results.
Elaborating interview survey of those actors not participating in green networks.
Preparation of 6-8 cases on green networks based on detailed survey and implementation of focus group interviews of selected networks.
Analysis and reporting.

Sub report 2 is the substantiation of an interview survey of actors who are not paticipants of green networks. There are totally 9 interview persons by way of researchers and consultants within environmental and technological development, public authorities having networks as part of their activity area and representatives from various organisations.

The purpose of the interview survey is to collect additional experiences and knowledge of green networks' function and potentials and limitations as regards supporting 'Den Produktorienterede Miljøstrategi' ('The Product-orientated Environmental Initiative ) and 'Grøn Markedsøkonomi' (Green Market Economy) with actors possessing knowledge and experience within these fields but not participating in any green network. The material from the interviews are among other things included in the arrangement of the evaluation's case studies of the development of a number of networks and also in the strategic analysis of the networks' potentials and limitations.