Anchoring environmental actions is - to a wide extent - beyond the way the municipalities have so far worked as an environmental and operating authority [1], and it requires the use of new types of instruments to kick off the necessary processes. To create an overview of the instruments used, the group is presently drawing up a Gross list of anchorage instruments [2], seeking to classify anchorage instruments.

At present, the list has the following categories:

• Campaigns (e.g. Hogweed control)
• Event (e.g. Environmental festival, Green day, Children’s festival)
• Education/information (e.g. Nature guidance, newsletters)
• Network/organisation (e.g. Agenda centres, Environmental councils, Business networks)
• Resource support (e.g. Neighbourhood facelifting, Green Guide)
  Awards (e.g. Copenhagen Environmental Award)
• Project (e.g. Energy savings in residential areas, local “cow grazing guilds”)
  Scheme (e.g. Green diploma scheme)

Selected anchorage instruments are to be tested/evaluated within the target groups of: Citizens, enterprises, and the municipality’s own institutions.

^[1] The anchorage instruments may very well be used in the traditional environmental and operating authority work, as a supplement.

^[2] The gross list is not exhaustive, but gives an idea of the range of instruments used presently. The gross list is a dynamic document and may be extended, categories may be changed/added etc.