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Miriad 21

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MIRIAD 21 Project is related to Agenda 21: Urban Sustainable Development and aims to ensure implementation of the SEVESO II directive by involving citizens in the management of industrial risks and by developing strategies (public awareness) for risk prevention amongst citizens and in particular children.

Project leader: ECO MAIRES, Paris, France NGO as roof organisation for 154 French municipalities with seat in

Paris Raison sociale : Association Les Eco Maires (Association des Maires pour l’environnement et le développement durable) Nom abrégé : Les Eco Maires Numéro d’enregistrement légal : 34883 – Préfecture de la Région de Haute Normandie et du Département de la Seine-Maritime Statut juridique du demandeur : Association loi 1901 à but non lucratif N° de TVA : FR 38378 598 122 000 26 Nom et Titre de la personne habilitée à engager juridiquement l’organisme demandeur : Mr. Dominique JOURDAIN, Président des Eco Maires Nom et Titre du responsable technique : Mme. Nicole ALBERTINI, Déléguée Générale des Eco Maires

Adresse du siège du demandeur

Rue : Boulevard Saint Germain N°: 241 Code postal : 75 007 Ville :

Paris Pays:
France Tél : + 33 (0)1 53 59 58 00 Fax : + 33 (0)1 53 59 58 09

Action for Participation of Citizens

Methodology: Citizens’ forum – dialogue with experts to question them about safety standards for industrial activities and in turn what citizens believe are minimum requirements for risk prevention.

Aim: Raising risk awareness and safety standards

As risk awareness is also a specificity of location and involvement different perceptions of industrial risks have to be compared and brought together. Here the role of NGOs near industrial sites of crucial importance to get citizens involved.

MIRIAD 21 wants to create a bridge of understanding between citizens and the local authority in their area.

Aim of Citizens’ forums:

  1. create consensus around key issues and how they are to be handled.
  2. develop ‘participatory models’ with citizens taking an active interest in risk management measures.

Methodology:

Citizens and public domain

In Partnership with Greek local authorities, in particular with Komotini but also with Kifissia while Asproprygos was addressed but never joined the project.

Komotini can be said to be successful due to strong link to a local NGO for the Environment which has already a solid basis of cooperation with the local municipal government. This allowed vice mayor and citizens of Komotini (selected through the NGO) to participate in the project and thereby motivated at local level further going actions, including MINI MIRIAD: action with school children when it comes to risk awareness and risk prevention.

Tasks:

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