On the question of a central agency, you need to elevate sustainable development into a central function as opposed to being done largely within a branch within a particular ministry.
Really, the key is the need to set clear targets. We prepared the draft legislation that would form the basis for the Federal Sustainable Development Act. There were some elements in our draft which were left out in the act that was passed. I think you should have a look at those.
First, we suggested that there would be a requirement to develop targets for every dimension of sustainable development, including the economy. I want to address that it does need integration with the economy; that those targets would be set in the regulations covering the areas of sustainable development, short, medium, and long term; and that there is a capacity to set the regulations. But they were never set.
Second, there was a requirement for monitoring the progress and forecasting the degree to which those targets are going to be met, which we recommended. That was partly done but not fully done. You need to monitor and forecast to see whether you are meeting the objectives.
Third, there was a requirement we suggested that you had to respond if the targets were not being met. You had to respond as to why and come up with an alternative strategy or revisions to the strategy to show how they would be changed to ensure you got back on track, in the short, medium, and long term.
Those are some of the key provisions that were in the original draft we prepared back around 2005-06.