NET-COM, NETworking the COvenant of Mayors

By Floriane Bernardot on 29 June 2011

To date, the number of Covenant of Mayors signatories is high and still increasing. It is crucial that these local authorities’ commitments be implemented successfully - thanks to the power of networking.

The NET-COM project (NETworking the COvenant of Mayors) aims at empowering local authorities (at both political and administrative levels) to implement successfully their current or future Covenant engagements. Thus NET-COM directly supports the targets of the EU Energy and Climate Package.

The project is funded under the Intelligent Energy Europe programme.Launched on June 16th 2011, it will last until November 2013. NET-COM is carried out by a consortium of 12 partners from 12 different European countries.

In each country Covenant Networking Platforms will be created to ensure:

• better communication and exchanges among local authorities (Covenant Signatories or not) which want to improve their own capacities and effectiveness to achieve the Covenant goals;
• better communication, exchanges and synergies between local authorities and key actors such as public institutions (ministries, national/regional agencies, regions, provinces, associations of local and regional authorities) and any other stakeholders (businesses, NGOs, associations, etc.) willing to support local authorities in their efforts to achieve the Covenant objectives.

Furthermore, the continuous capacity building of the European, national and regional networks of local authorities will be crucial for the coming years.
NET-COM will set up a permanent cooperation among the networks in order to benchmark their experiences, practices, tools and working methods.

Contact: Kinga Kovacs, Project Manager at Energy Cities

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