CIP hosted a free webinar titled "Plan Evaluation" with Mark Seasons RPP, FCIP, on November 17. The webinar was designed to (a) review key plan evaluation concepts and processes; (b) discuss the characteristics of useful indicators; and (c) consider factors that can impede or facilitate effective plan evaluation. 

This presentation offers a powerful and practical argument for local governments to invest in conservation and to consider ecosystems and the services they provide on par with their built infrastructure when considering both short-term and long-term planning. Through the presentation the two unique urban problems of infrastructure decline and ecosystem decline, audiences will see how municipal natural asset management can act as a nature-based solution for both of these problems. 

September's CPL webinar, "Planning for Biodiversity," took place on September 23. The webinar connected planners' work to Sustaianble Development Goal 15, which adresses ways to protect, restore, and promote sustainable land use through information sharing, management, and cross-sectoral work. 

Local governments need to rethink how they deliver services reliably and cost-effectively. For a growing number of Canadian municipalities this means looking around them at existing natural assets such as forests, riparian areas and coastal ecosystems for answers. This presentation described the rationale for and evolution of municipal natural asset management, including the development of the Municipal Natural Assets Initiative and implications for the planning community.

Communities are approaching, at an increasing pace, the end-of-life of many critical assets that were built over the past 60 years. With more money flowing to maintaining and replacing aging assets, it no doubt will mean less money for other social and environmental priorities.

Join Dr. Guy Félio & Lourette Swanepoel as they debate the role of engineers and planners in asset management.

 

 

Asset management is needed to decide what assets to keep, what to retire, and what is fundamental for the future. As communities and municipalities continue to develop and age, the strategic management of assets is becoming increasingly vital for Canada's smaller, rural, and remote communities.

This webinar will touch on the specific realities of managing municipal asset management in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. 

 

Communities are approaching, at an increasing pace, the end-of-life of many critical assets that were built over the past 60 years.

Join Lourette Swanepoel as she discusses asset management in the province of Alberta.

Asset management is needed to decide what assets to keep, what to retire, and what is fundamental for the future. As communities and municipalities continue to develop and age, the strategic management of assets is becoming increasingly vital for Canada's smaller, rural and remote communities. 

Join Lourette Swanepoel as she discusses the specific realities of managing municipal asset management in the province of Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

 

Communities are approaching, at an increasing pace, the end-of-life of many critical assets that were built over the past 60 years. With more money flowing to maintaining and replacing aging assets, it no doubt will mean less money for other social and environmental priorities.

Join Lourette Swanepoel as she discusses the specific realities of managing municipal asset management in the province of Ontario.