Alix Bolle

Energy for prosperity: EU Commissioner says local authorities have a lot to offer!

More specifically, Mr Piebalgs referred to the UN Millennium Development Goals, which notably aim at eradicating poverty and ensuring environmental sustainability, saying that local authorities were « key » to achieving these objectives as they (...)

By Alix Bolle, on 27 February 2013 | 23h41 | 429 visits
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Commissioner Piebalgs calls for a Development cooperation «chapter » in the Covenant of Mayors

Commissioner Piebalgs recalled the importance of translating global and national frameworks into concrete actions on the ground. Identifying decentralised cooperation as one of its key priorities, he cited the example of the Covenant of Mayors, (...)

By Alix Bolle, on 12 April 2011 | 15h21 | 150 visits
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