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BUSTRIPPeer review method
Sakari Saarinen, BUSTRIP Project Officer, [email protected] of the Baltic Cities, Commission on EnvironmentTools demonstration, Seville 23 March 2007
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What is Peer Review?Two broad models:• “Critical friends providing independent
assessment of our progress towards benchmarks”
• “Independent audit against benchmarks of a publicly available report providing assurance for stakeholders”
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Peer Review is:• The “considered judgement” (assessment) of
the experts on the “progress being made” (performance) by municipalities towards a benchmark (or “ideal”).
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Peer Review offers a;• Honest third party review of achievements and
future prospects.• Cost effective and often more politically
acceptable alternative to consultants.• Way to add credibility to municipalities’ work
demonstrating them as a role model.• Stimulation for internal and external
communication• Capacity building and eye opening for different
city departments
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Examples of existing Peer Review systems;
• PRESUD (2002-2004)
• EMAS Peer Reviews for cities (2003-2004)
• Liveable cities (2006)
• BUSTRIP (2006)
• Aalborg Commitment Peer Reviews (2007)
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BUSTRIP Peer Reviews;• independent reviews of the progress being made in
the partner cities towards sustainable urban transports• provided constructive criticism on cities current
progress towards sustainable urban transports• identified key issues to consider and made
recommendations for actions in order to help the cities to accelerate their progress towards sustainable urban transports;
• kick-started the preparation and implementation of Sustainable Urban Transport Plan (SUTP) in partner cities.
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The BUSTRIP Benchmark;• Is adapted from the Final Report of
the EU Expert Working Group (2004) on Sustainable Urban Transport.
• Describes the characteristics that should be evident within SUTP.
• Is an ideal that the cities are moving towards and can compare their performance with.
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BUSTRIP Peer Review framework
The Peer Review team The reviewed city
Team set up and training
Self assessment report
Desk review – hypothesis andpreparing interviews Peer Review –
interviews, analysis and presenting initial findings
Writing of Peer Review report
Arrangements of review
Approval of report
Bridging the gapsand moving towards sustainable transports
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Nov 06
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How we use the Peer Review findings and outputs?
• Partner cities use their self-assessment report and peer review reports in designing their Sustainable Urban Transport Plans and actions.
• Partners use the reports to accelerate progress towards sustainable urban transports
• Partners use the reports to verify their SUTP pilot actions
• Some partners use the reports for internal training and capacity building
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Reflections after BUSTRIP Peer Reviews;• Preparing a self assessment report can kick-
start and support more effective and useful inter-departmental and inter-sectoral working and it helps to identify inconsistencies in existing plans
• Peer Review is a powerful tool for revealing the strengths and weaknesses in a city – both in process of making the plans and in the practical actions that are put in place
• Critical Peer Review reports are appreciated by the cities
• Peers give new views on old problems
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Reflections after BUSTRIP Peer Reviews;• Peer Review is good way of exchanging
experiences between municipalities and a good way of doing international city cooperation
• Effective way to get broad and deep picture of the city
• Acting as a peer gives you better understanding of your own city’s performance
• You get out of a Peer Review what you and others put in
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