The Sustainable Futures Group (SFG) is an independent body that champions the delivery of sustainable development within the South East region.

The SFG is responsible for:

• Appraising South East England's performance
• Targeting key sustainable development priorities within the South East region and commending them to the regional bodies
• Acting as an advocate and champion for sustainability throughout South East England
• Tackling key obstacles and barriers to sustainable development.

Members of SFG are selected for their technical expertise and include representatives from GOSE, SEEDA and the Regional Assembly, as well as stakeholders including environmental and voluntary groups, the health and business sector and a local authority representative. The group is chaired by Ian Christie, a high profile independent researcher, consultant and lecturer on sustainable development.

The SFG has committed to using information within the Regional Sustainability Framework to identify a set of sustainable development priorities which can be more easily communicated to the South East region.

Terms of Reference - 50 KB

SFG Masterclass - Helping you Deliver NI 185 & 186 - 11 December 08

On 11 December the Sustainable Futures Group South East (The Region's Champion Body for Sustainable Development) held a masterclass on strategic leadership on sustainability at a local level. Jonathon Porritt said the "masterclass has been a great way of sharing ideas and enabling progress. Success is clearly about buy-in at the top. I heard many encouraging and positive examples, but each Local Authority across the South East needs to stick its neck out and be a leader, or we all lose out as global citizens."

Presentations were given by:

• Jonathon Porritt, Director of Forum for the Future and Chairman of the UK Sustainable Development Commission
• Andy Walford, Audit Commission
• Thurstan Crockett, Brighton and Hove Council
• Mike Bridgeman, Hampshire County Council
• Chris Cousins, Oxfordshire County Council
• Joe Baker, London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
• Trevor Watson, Lewes District Council; and
• Mary Anderson, CAG Consultants.

SFG Masterclass Presentations - 5 MB

Minutes from Meetings

7 August 2008

Topics discussed:

• South East Plan Update - First Review and Proposed Changes
• Future Arrangements
• The Ecological Footprint Route Map and SFG Masterclass

7 May 2008

Topics discussed:

• Regional Sustainability Framework and Communique
• Sub National Review
• SFG work programme

Minutes for 7 May 2008 - 97 KB

19 February 2008

Topics discussed:

• Regional Sustainability Framework
• SFG work programme

Minutes for 19 February 2008 - 97 KB

20 December 2007

Topics discussed:

• Consultation on the Regional Sustainability Framework
• The Sub-National Review
• Working Group Terms of Reference
• The Future Work Programme

Minutes for 20 December 2007 - 92 KB

7 August 2007

Topics discussed:

• The Regional Sustainability Framework
• Consultation on the Regional Sustainability Framework
• Regional Health Strategy

Minutes for 7 August 2007 - 80 KB

25 May 2007

Topics discussed:

• The Regional Sustainability Framework
• Appraising the Region's Performance
• Terms of Reference

Minutes for 25 May 2007 - 68 KB

8 February 2007

Topics discussed:

• Key regional sustainable development priorities, barriers to progress and implications for the structure of the IRF and the scope of the review
• The IRF review - Progress so far
• Terms of Reference

Minutes for 8 February 2007 - 83 KB

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