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ManagEnergy Workshop at the Open Days 2008
Helping municipalities to work towards energy efficient goals in the framework of the Covenant of Mayors
8 October 2008, Brussels, Belgium - Time: 11:15–13:00
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The
Open Days are organised by the Committee of the Regions and Directorate General for Regional Policy and they will take place from
6-9 October 2008 in Brussels.
4000 people are expected to visit the Investors Café. It acts as a unique forum for communication and meeting place between private and public companies and regions and cities, enabling them to discover the rich diversity and economic attractiveness of European regions/cities and to identify investment and job creation opportunities. The investor's café is organised among four thematic priorities, one of them being "Sustainable development: regional answers to climate change (including energy)"
A wide range of seminars will be organised by partners regions and in the framework of the Investors café.
For more information about the Open Days see:
www.opendays.europa.eu
For more information about the Covenant of Mayors see:
www.managenergy.net/com.html
ManagEnergy at the Open Days
ManagEnergy is organizing a workshop in the framework of the Investors' Café thematic village
"energy" on
"helping municipalities to work in the framework of the Covenant of Mayors". The workshop will take place in the morning of the
8 October 2008.
The objective of this workshop is to discuss and share ideas and good practices on:
- What is the Covenant of Mayors and why is it important for local and regional energy agencies to be involved?
- Local partnership for sustainability: How can local and regional energy agencies contribute to municipalities' efforts and in particular to smaller municipalities with fewer energy-related resources?
- How can the services offered by local energy agencies be better recognized by local authorities?
- How can ManagEnergy support local energy agencies in their work with municipalities and help them increase their visibility?
The main target groups of the workshop are local energy agencies, municipalities and group of municipalities, regions and other local actors (i.e. Enterprise Europe Network members, etc.)
In addition, ManagEnergy will be running a stand where the ManagEnergy team will promote the tools and services of ManagEnergy.
For further information please contact: Mathieu Henceval,
information@managenergy.net, Tel: +32 2 287 15 33
Why should Local and Regional Energy Agencies attend?
The ManagEnergy workshop will highlight the clear mandate that the Covenant is offering to local and regional energy agencies. The energy agencies have a role to play in supporting the municipalities in their actions and especially the small ones who do not have enough resources. This will contribute to better the visibility and sustainability of the regional and local energy agencies.
Therefore, the energy agencies are welcome to attend the workshop in order to contribute to the debate with their respective ideas and experiences. Last but not least, local and regional energy agencies will have the opportunity to make fruitful contacts with a wide range of local actors such as cities, regions, members of the Enterprise Europe Network as well as colleagues from local and regional energy agencies.
ManagEnergy Workshop at the Open Days 2008
Working with municipalities towards energy efficiency goals
Wednesday 8 October 2008, Time: 11:15–13:00 |
11:15–11:30
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The Covenant of Mayors: contribution of local actors towards a sustainable Europe
Pedro Ballesteros Torres, Directorate General for Energy and Transport, European Commission
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11:30–11:45
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ManagEnergy: promotion of an intelligent energy management at local and regional levels: example of services for local and regional energy actors
Seán Burke, ManagEnergy Support Team |
11:45–12:00 |
The role of local and regional energy agencies in helping municipalities to be energy efficient: local actors for energy efficient solutions at municipalities disposal
Energy Agency of Leicester, UK - speaker to be confirmed |
12:00–12:15 |
How can local and regional energy agencies have their activities better recognized by local authorities?
Energy Agency - speaker to be confirmed
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12:15–12:30 |
Good practice: energy efficiency in public policies (i.e. sector: buildings, mobility, education, etc.)
Energy Agency or local authority - speaker to be confirmed
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12:30-12:45 |
Good practice: energy efficiency in public policies (i.e. sector: buildings, mobility, education) LEA or muncipality
Energy Agency or local authority - speaker to be confirmed |
12:45-13:00 |
Debate and discussion |
Should you be interested in attending the ManagEnergy workshop at the Open Days, please do not forget to register through the Open Days website: www.opendays.europa.eu
Please also send an email to information@managenergy.net to inform us of your attendance.
