National «Clubs of the Covenant of Mayors» created

by Miriam Eisermann on 31 janvier 2011 / 313 visites

With the aim of bundling forces, several national Covenant of Mayors Clubs are currently being created. The Covenant of Mayors and its successful implementation largely depend on the collective and coordinated efforts of its almost 2200 signatories.

The first one, the « French Club of the Covenant of Mayors » has been launched last October in Paris. It adopted its action program for 2011 on Wednesday 26th January during the 12èmes Assises nationales de l’énergie, one of the biggest gatherings of local authorities in France concerning energy and climate issues.
This Club fostering exchange between the French signatories, has been initiated by Energy Cities and will be coordinated by Denis Baupin (Deputy Mayor of the City of Paris), Vice-President and Treasurer of Energy Cities. Open to all Covenant signatories, the Club will work in close cooperation with the French associations of local authorities which are supporting the initiative.

Read the official declaration of the French Club : "Renewable energies : let’s find the means to realise our ambitions ! (French version)

At the initiative of the Mayor of Heidelberg, President of Energy Cities, another club of this type is to be launched in Germany this autumn, with both the support of Climate Alliance and Energy Cities. The launch of this political group, gathering most of the 54 German signatories, is foreseen for the 25th October 2011.

One of the objectives of this Club is to obtain EU funding for German local authorities for the implementation of the Covenant, e.g. the creation of a climate protection concept, CO2 balancing, organisation of energy days, etc.

Background information on the French Covenant of Mayors Club It has the political mission of

making sure that the Government takes appropriate measures to help local authorities to act, and therefore, help the Government reach its objectives