1. A strategy for Working Group Noise
Ideas for the future

2. Barcelona meeting Why does WG Noise exist?
What is going on in EU and its MS, how to influence?
How to attract other cities
How to gain awareness in policymakers, politicians and citizens?

3. Why does WG Noise exists
To influence EU legislation/policies
Knowledge sharing
EU projects (identification, initiate, participate, etc.)
Interest and Awareness among politicians, policymakers and citizens. or

4. Objective 1: To influence EU legisl./policies:
Become and remain informed via:
EU Issue Tracker, ENDS Europe, Euractiv, Dods
Intelligence
Know who is involved (potential allies)
Focus on limited numbers of EU dossiers
Dossiers
END
CNOSSOS
Motor Vehicles
Two-three wheeled vehicles
Tyres
Railway dossiers
Airport noise
Outdoor Noise
Non-road mobile equipment
Industrial Noise?

5. Sharing knowledge/experience:
Leaflets (quiet road surfaces)
Publications (outdoor events)
Case studies
Participation in EU projects
Presentations (congresses, workshops, etc.)
Problem solving exercises at WGN meetings
suggestions, needs?

6. EU funded projects Identification Initiate Participation Supporting
Calls partners, projects
Initiate
Participation
Full participation
Observer
Steering group
Supporting
Letter of support
Contributes also to:
Sharing knowledge
Influencing EU

7. What is going on in EU and its MS? (how to influence that)
Which ministry is responsible and in NRC
Persons dealing with Noise in EU (NRC, EPON, UNECE, WHO, etc.)
Permanent representation in EU
How to complete inventory?

8. How to attract other cities?
Other suggestions?
A lot of cities in EU are missing
Two main challenges:
Keeping existing members on board
How to recruit new members|?
Actions
Action
Remark
Actor 1
Agenda more attractive
Thematic agenda
All members 2
Personalised invitations
Secretariat 3
Accessibility hosting city
Is this really key? 4
Combining with interesting events 5
Active secretariat to members that did not show up last two meetings (sending , letter,..) asking them for the reason for not attending the meetings anymore 6
Emphasise practical benefits of WGN membership (Continuing Professional Development)
Countries
United Kingdom
Slovenia
Finland
Croatia
Lithuania
Poland
Estonia
Germany
Latvia
Bulgaria
Portugal*
Romania
Greece
Czech Republic
Serbia
Slovakia
Turkey
Russia
Austria
Ukraine
Iceland
Luxembourg
Hungary
Albany
FYR Macedonia
Bosnia Herzegovina
Cyprus

9. Recruiting new members
Constraints
Solutions
Remarks
Actor 1
Budget
Meetings in those cities suffering from budget constraints
Lunch and diner at own costs of partcipants to save costs host
Chair/secretariat 2
Participation by means of skype
Internet (WIFI) should be available in meeting room 3
No time
Making cities agenda member or participation by means of skype
Invite with proposal to join as agenda member
See 2. 4
Not-interested
Agenda more fitting in local needs or improvement agenda
Suggestions wanted
All members WGN 5
Not aware of WGN
-Invitation letter to envi
department,
-using conferences, meetings or networks, twinned cities to promote
-promote to national or regional cities or co-hosting,
-conjunction with congresses/meetings
All members
All members to contact cities in their country
Other suggestions?

10. How to gain awareness Actions Action Remark Actor 1
Connection between noise annoyance and health
Policy window WHO guidelines
WGN. What? 2
Connection between noise and other environmental issues
At all gov. levels 3
Connection with the media
WHO guidelines (policy window) 4
Connection between the public and policy
By other approach, see Berlin approach during meeting Lyon and.. 5
Connection between different levels of policy
Working with the national level (see also 6
Visibility of measures
Making measures visible, audible, noticeable,… 7
Opportunities within the END
Targets, making END more effective, mandatory noise legislation MS including binding limits, enhanced impact on source policies (EU action plan) 8
Promoting “what worked in another city” to local politicians