http://www.energy-cities.eu/ en SPIP - www.spip.net http://www.energy-cities.eu/Covenant-raises-interest-of-German http://www.energy-cities.eu/Covenant-raises-interest-of-German 2010-07-22T14:21:45Z text/html fr Miriam Eisermann BLOG Energy Cities, a Supporting Structure of the Covenant of Mayors, is spreading the word ! During the Climate Congress organised by the Stuttgart Region (also a Covenant Supporting Structure) and the city of Fellbach on 14 July 2010, Peter Schilken from Energy Cities presented the Covenant of Mayors to the audience. The event brought together about 200 representatives of local and regional authorities, energy agencies, consultants, NGOs and networks. In his speech he focused on the (...) http://www.energy-cities.eu/Covenant-of-Mayors-Thematic http://www.energy-cities.eu/Covenant-of-Mayors-Thematic 2010-07-09T13:59:48Z text/html fr Miriam Eisermann BLOG You were waiting for the next opportunity to meet other Covenant signatories and stakeholders ? Here it comes : on 6th October, Covenant cities and a wide range of people helping to put in place local energy & climate strategies will present in Brussels a mosaic of innovative solutions to achieve the 3x20%. During this thematic workshop participants will get inspiration for their actions and opportunities to exchange with peers. Representatives of the EU institutions will also be (...) http://www.energy-cities.eu/EU-2020-Energy-Strategy-Energy http://www.energy-cities.eu/EU-2020-Energy-Strategy-Energy 2010-07-02T13:38:59Z text/html fr Miriam Eisermann BLOG The European Union is preparing a new energy strategy for 2011-2020. Energy Cities believes that this is a crucial moment to give a strong signal and trigger the right, innovative actions for the coming years. Energy Cities has contributed to the public consultation initiated by the European Commission. In our political opinion paper, the network proposes to : Introduce a new Community Instrument : ‘URBAN – Sustainable Energy'' : Based on the successful ‘'URBAN'' Community Initiative of the (...) http://www.energy-cities.eu/Press-Release-16-06-2010-Call-for http://www.energy-cities.eu/Press-Release-16-06-2010-Call-for 2010-06-22T08:13:41Z text/html fr Claire Iochum BLOG An extension of the Covenant of Mayors to the Western Balkans was called for in a common declaration adopted during the meeting of the presidents and directors of the Network of Associations of Local Authorities of South-East Europe (NALAS) in Sofia on 15 June. The call was issued jointly by NALAS as well as by the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR), Energy Cities and the European Foundation for the Sustainable Development of the Regions ([FEDRE), with the support of the (...) http://www.energy-cities.eu/Covoiturons-sur-le-pouce-in http://www.energy-cities.eu/Covoiturons-sur-le-pouce-in 2010-06-15T10:00:08Z text/html en Olivier Lagarde BLOG On 16 June 2010, the City of Moissac, France, member of Energy Cities, launches, via a press conference, an interesting car-sharing project intitled "Covoiturons sur le pouce". « Covoiturons sur le pouce » is a flexible, simple and easy-to-use car-sharing initiative. A passenger wishes to go somewhere: all he is to do is going in a identified "car-sharing stop" and write its destination on a slate. A driver going throw the "car-sharing stop" will pick him up if he drives in the same (...) http://www.energy-cities.eu/The-Covenant-of-Mayors-for-making http://www.energy-cities.eu/The-Covenant-of-Mayors-for-making 2010-05-28T14:45:55Z text/html en Blandine Pidoux BLOG The Annual General Meeting of Energy Cities convened in Salerno (IT) on 29th April 2010 adopted the following statement about the Covenant of Mayors. The Covenant of Mayors for making the EU 2020 Strategy a success The Annual General Meeting of Energy Cities convened in Salerno (IT) on 29th April 2010 adopted the following statement about the Covenant of Mayors. Download: PDF - 191.4 (...) http://www.energy-cities.eu/Orebro-introduces-an-internal http://www.energy-cities.eu/Orebro-introduces-an-internal 2010-05-21T10:37:25Z text/html en Christophe Fréring BLOG The city of Örebro, a Swedish member of the Union of Baltic Cities, has recently decided to help municipal departments and staff members watch their way of travelling and cut their CO2 emissions. Internal fees are now levied on air travel and the purchase of fossil fuels, as well as on business trips undertaken in privately-owned cars. In total, it is expected that these fees will exceed 100 000 euros during 2010. The climate fees are credited to a special climate account that is common to (...) http://www.energy-cities.eu/Energy-Cities-Anniversary http://www.energy-cities.eu/Energy-Cities-Anniversary 2010-05-12T13:33:43Z text/html en Blandine Pidoux BLOG See and dowload presentations and images here Energy Cities would like to thank the municipality and the local energy agency of Salerno for their warm welcome, every speaker for his or her contribution, and all the enthousiastic participants! http://www.energy-cities.eu/Energy-Cities-members-took-floor http://www.energy-cities.eu/Energy-Cities-members-took-floor 2010-05-06T15:12:31Z text/html en Jana Cicmanova BLOG Four Energy Cities members - Dublin (IE), Genève (CH), Montreuil (FR) and Rome (IT) - took floor as speakers during the Covenant of Mayors ceremony on Tuesday 4th May in the Hemicycle of the European Parliament in Brussels! They were the ones who had the opportunity to represent nearly 1700 European cities - Covenant signatories - and show the results achieved at local level they are the most proud of! Along the prestigious speakers such as Jerzy Buzek, President of the European Parliament; (...) http://www.energy-cities.eu/Covenant-of-Mayors-European http://www.energy-cities.eu/Covenant-of-Mayors-European 2010-05-06T12:45:37Z text/html en Blandine Pidoux BLOG Press release - 6th May 2010 "I am glad to inform you that I intend to propose to my colleagues in the Commission the reutilisation of unspent funds in the European Economic Recovery package for sustainable energy developments at regional and local level. (…) A minimum of 115 million € is available, which could increase until the end of the year. Based on recent successful programmes, those amounts would constitute a fund that would be used with the aim of maximising leverage factors.'' (...)