The Aalborg Charter is one of the most famous policy statements for local sustainable development world-wide. It gave birth to the European Sustainable Cities & Towns Campaign in 1994. More than 1500 local and regional authorities from 38 countries have committed themselves to the goals of the Aalborg Charter, thereby participating in this unique European Campaign.
Leicester signed up to the Aalborg Charter in 1994 which committed the city to developing a vision for sustainable development for Leicester people. The Aalborg Commitments represents the next stage (10 years on) by expanding upon the original vision and principles. Leicester signed up to the Commitments in 2004 and will use these to guide the update of Leicester’s Community Strategy.