Analyzing Stakeholder Input for Developing the
National EnvironmentalTechnology Strategy
Last revised October 1, 1998 (research conducted 1994 - 1995)
The Science and Technology Policy Institute helped the National Science andTechnology Council (NSTC) and OSTP gather, analyze, and integrate stakeholderpolicy ideas for developing the National Environmental Technology Strategy(NETS). This strategy is for promoting the development and deployment of environmental technologies which can help both the economyand the environment, and ultimately lead to a sustainable future.The NSTC sponsored a series of policy workshops, broader symposia and a WhiteHouse Conference on Environmental Technology to gain stakeholder input into thestrategy development. More than 10,000 participants from industry, environmentaland other non-governmental organizations (NGOs), academia, and federal, state andlocal governments attended over 30 events held throughout the country. Theinstitute helped organize and conduct ten of these policy workshops by helping tochoose the topics for the workshops and helping to structure the policydiscussions.
Policy workshops that the institute helped with include
- Overcoming Financial Barriers to the Development of EnvironmentalTechnologies. This workshop was held on Sept. 20, 1994 in New York, NY.
- Promoting the Development and Diffusion of Innovative RemediationTechnologies. This workshop was held on Sept. 26, 1994 in Pasco, WA.
- Promoting Environmental Technologies in the Chemical and PetroleumRefining Industries. This workshop was held on Oct. 4 -5, 1994 in Houston,TX.
- Environmental Technology for Residential Construction. This workshopwas held on Oct. 6 - 7, 1994 in Pittsburgh, PA.
- Environmental Technology in Services Industry. This workshop was heldon Oct. 17, 1994 in Washington, DC. The National Academy of Engineering took thelead in organizing this workshop.
- Industrial Ecology: Prospecting for Opportunities in Energy and MaterialsFlows. This workshop was held on Oct. 20 -21, 1994 in San Francisco, CA. TheNational Academy of Engineering helped organize this workshop.
- Sustainable Food Production Workshop: PolicyOptions to Promote Environmental Technologies. This workshop was held onOct. 31 - Nov. 1, 1994 in Kansas City, MO.
- Promoting Sustainable Urban Infrastructures. This workshop was heldon Nov. 9, 1994 in Los Angeles, CA.
- Pulp and Paper Industry. Thisworkshop was held on Nov. 29, 1994 in Burlington, Vermont.
- Environmental Monitoring. This workshop was held on Jan. 17 - 18,1995 San Diego, CA. The California Environmental Technology Center and theUniversity of California at San Diego helped organize and run this workshop.
The institute analyzed the stakeholder input from these workshops as well as theother stakeholder events. The institute synthesized stakeholder recommendationsabout the federal role in developing and implementing environmental technologiesfor developing a sustainable future. Part of this analysis was summarized in adocument used to stimulate discussion at the 1994 White House Conference onEnvironmental Technology. This document is available as a RAND reprint:Technology for a Sustainable Future--Ideas: A Summary of WorkshopDiscussions, Beth E. Lachman, Robert J. Lempert, Susan Resetar, ThomasAnderson. Reprinted from White House Conference on EnvironmentalTechnology, RAND/RP-417, 1995.
The institute's analysis helped in the development of the final strategydocument: Bridge to a Sustainable Future: National Environmental TechnologyStrategy, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, April 1995.
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