A Worldwide Movement of Local Governments
Through its international programs, and projects, ICLEI works with local governments to generate political awareness of key themes by:

• establishing plans of action to meet defined, concrete, measurable targets
•  working toward meeting these targets through the implementation of projects
•  evaluating local and cumulative progress toward sustainable development

International Goals
Our programs, and projects promote participatory, long-term, strategic planning process that address local sustainability while protecting global common goods. This approach links local action to internationally agreed-upon goals and targets such as:

• Agenda 21,
• the Rio Conventions:
  • The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change,
  • The UN Convention on Biological Diversity,
  • The UN Convention to Combat Desertification
• the Habitat Agenda,
• the Millennium Development Goals,
• the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation

Meeting Milestones
A fundamental component of our performance-based model is the milestone process. Each of our initiatives incorporates a five-milestone structure to guide participating local governments:

1. establish a baseline,
2. set a target,
3. develop a local action plan,
4. implement the local action plan,
5. measure results