Convention des maires : collectivités locales en action
Covenant of Mayors Thematic Workshop: « Covenant of Mayors – Participatory local governance in action »
http://www.eumayors.eu/calendar/show_event_en.htm?id=100
Brussels, Belgium 6 Oct 2010
Organiser: The European Commission (DG ENER) / Covenant of Mayors Office
- Workshop title: « Covenant of Mayors – Participatory local governance in action »
- Workshop Code: 06C09
- Venue: Room JDE62, Committe of the Regions, Rue Belliard 99-101, Brussels
- Timing: 9h00-10h45
The figures are impressive: more than 1800 cities and towns have signed up to the Covenant of Mayors and aim to reduce CO2 emissions on their territories by at least 20% by 2020.
The unprecedented movement giving local and regional authorities a common vision and a “European dimension” for their local energy and climate actions got on the road and there is no way back. Such a mobilisation is certainly contributing largely to the success of the EU Strategy 2020.
However, there are challenges local and regional authorities will face in the months and years to come, while new solutions have been emerging. One of them is to find new ways of local governance and reinforce participative democracy.
There is a wide range of people helping to put in place local energy & climate strategy:
- Within local administrations: politicians, decision makers and staff.
- Outside its borders: private companies & businesses, households & citizens, external experts…
- In between: facilitating bodies such as local energy and climate agencies.
All these actors have their own visions and strategies. Every day they take decisions and make investments. Households invest in dwelling insulation or bicycles; private companies invest in equipments or processes which improve their energy performance and increase the use of renewables. It is of utmost importance to align these actions so that they contribute to common Covenant objectives. How can mayors encourage and catalyse those actions, give them high visibility and leverage on the huge human potential lying on their territories?
Covenant signatories and stakeholders take up this new challenge and present a mosaic of innovative solutions, giving the participants new inspiration for their actions and opportunity to exchange with their peers and representatives of the EU institutions who will be invited to listen to and participate in the debate.
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