The fifth meeting in the Nordic-Baltic Aalborg Commitments network was generously hosted by the City of Tampere, Finland and jointly organized by UBC Environment and Sustainable Development secretariat.
Please find below the presentations from the meeting.
The full programme is available here
A summary report of the meeting is available here 
Introduction Day to the Aalborg Commitments
AGENDA
WELCOME AND GENERAL PRESENTATION OF THE AALBORG COMMITMENTS
Kirsi Hämäläinen, Sustainable Development coordinator, City of Tampere
Stella Aaltonen, Network manager, UBC Environment and Sustainable Development Secretariat
AC1 GOVERNANCE
“Trends and challenges” Dr Marko Joas, Department of Public Administration, Åbo Akademi University, Finland
AC2 LOCAL MANAGEMENT TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY
“Integrated Management System” Annika Claesson, project coordinator, UBC Environment and Sustainable Development Secretariat
AC3 NATURAL COMMON GOODS
“Natural resouces in the actions of the city of Pori” Seppo Salonen, Environmental planner, City of Pori
AC4 RESPONSIBLE CONSUMPTION AND LIFESTYLE CHOICES
“Assessment of Development Policies of Latvian Cities in Relation to Responsible Consumption and Lifestyle Choices”
Andis Zilans, Researcher, University of Latvia, Riga
AC5 PLANNING AND DESIGN
“Instrument for assessing city plans”
Antonia Sucksdorff, Environmental expert, City of Tampere
AC6 BETTER MOBILITY, LESS TRAFFIC
“Sustainable urban transport - how to make citizens take control” James MacGeever, International project coordinator, City of Kaunas
AC7 LOCAL ACTION FOR HEALTH
“Promoting Health and Sustainable Development (hand in hand) in the cities”, Heini Parkkunen, Healthy City coordinator, City of Turku and Baltic Region Healthy Cities Association
AC8 VIBRANT AND SUSTAINABLE LOCAL ECONOMY
Panel discussion on the sustainable economy in the cities, chaired by
Anna Granberg, UBC Environment and Sustainable Development Secretariat
AC9 SOCIAL EQUITY AND JUSTICE
“Social equity and diversity - important conditions for Sustainable cities”,
Eva Järliden, Public Health Strategist, Örebro Municipality, Sweden
AC10 LOCAL TO GLOBAL
“Baltic Sea Region co-operation with Lake Victoria region”, Guldbrand Skjönberg, Manager to the Boards, Municipality of Nacka, Sweden
“Future support offered for the local authorities signing the Aalborg Commitments”, Björn Grönholm, Head of UBC Environment and Sustainable Development Secretariat
