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School climate check in Mińsk Mazowiecki
Schools in Mińsk Mazowiecki have started their activities as part of the project Visions 2045 - Schools as drivers to Climate Neutrality in Cities. School Working Groups - consisting of teachers, students, administrative and technical employees from primary schools No. 1 and No. 5 - met on 7th of March 2023 with representatives of our Association and the City Hall to talk about plans and expectations. Implementation of the project by building awareness and implementing specific activities among the youngest, with the simultaneous involvement of adult stakeholders, will facilitate the pursuit of climate neutrality of the city, building an aware society and proper use of available resources.
National Workshop on Energy Literacy in Poland
Environmental education, including adult education, plays an increasingly important role in shaping a sustainable society. On March 3, 2023, workshops dedicated to this topic were held in Krakow, with particular emphasis on the needs of young adults, i.e. people aged 29-39. The participants included representatives of cities, eco-advisors and organizations related to climate protection interested in the development of energy competences. The diversity of the group enabled a wide exchange of experience in acquiring and transferring thematic knowledge.
Workshop on adopting cities and municipalities to climate change
Enhancing the capacity to adapt to the negative impacts of climate change and supporting resilience to these changes is one of the most important elements of global, European, and Polish climate policy, as reflected not only in the European Green Deal but also in the programming of the new European Union Financial Perspective 2021-2027. In the new climate change adaptation strategy Building a climate resilient Europe, published on 24 February 2021, the European Commission points out that national, regional and local authorities should develop plans for adapting to climate change.
Workshop on cities and municipalities adaptation to climate change
We warmly invite you to participate in a workshop on adaptation, co-organised by the Covenant of Mayors Office, Marshal Office of the Malopolska Region and the Association of Municipalities Polish Network "Energie Cités". The workshop will take place on 2 March 2023 at the PAU building at 17 Slawkowska Street in Krakow and is addressed to representatives of the so-called medium-sized cities of 20,000-100,000 inhabitants, which, according to the draft regulation, will soon be obliged to develop municipal adaptation plans.
Kick-off meeting within the CommitClimate project
On February 1-2, 2023, the first meeting of partners within the CommitClimate project, was held in Riga. The aim of the project is, among others, to improve the competence of local government representatives in the area of energy transition and to develop a new simulation model for calculating carbon footprints and modeling scenarios for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the future.
Municipalities and cities are important drivers of decarbonizing energy systems. They are responsible for setting a strategic direction to increase energy efficiency, produce renewable energy, and reduce local greenhouse gas emissions. They are essential in mobilizing stakeholders and citizens to introduce energy solutions for climate neutrality. However, this potential is not yet well exploited due to a lack of skills and supportive tools.
Second El-Practice Newsletter
We kindly invite you to familiarize yourself with the second EL-Practice newsletter, concerning at practical trainings for sustainable energy consumption via personal behavioural changes. The last few months have been an intensive time, which resulted in visible progress in the work on the project implementation.
Activities on the finalizing of the first result (PR1) aimed at analyzing the needs of young adults related to energy education have been completed. A brief summary of countries performance can be found in this issue. Information is also provided on the modules and topics contained in the prepared training, on which work is carried out as part of another package of tasks (PR3).
First meeting with OwnYourSECAP municipalities
OwnYourSECAP project officially started! On January 17, 2023, the first meeting was held with Polish municipalities involved in the international project: OwnYourSECAP: Bringing local and regional municipalities towards owning their SECAPs.
During the meeting, the main objectives of the project were presented, and the project's methodology and new design approach were discussed, allowing all participating municipalities to exchange experiences, learn from each other and provide support to each other.
Participants were also introduced to the details of the "design thinking" method, which will be applied to the development of SECAP plans. A short training on this method will also be held soon to help understand the mechanism and how it can be implemented in practice.
Multi-level governance as the key to effective climate action
Multi-level governance (MLG) is an essential element of modern, comprehensive policy-making and applies at every level: from local to European (and, of course, beyond Europe as well). It supports and strengthens many processes, particularly climate change mitigation and adaptation, as well as effectively addresses energy poverty or provides a coherent framework for a just transition. When considering the scale and scope of necessary solutions to a complex global problem such as climate change, effective multi-level governance can accelerate cost-effective and inclusive action.
Building capacity of public authorities towards meeting public building stock renovation challenges – CaPABle roundtable
Representatives of the public administration, the building renovation sector and the educational sector met on November 16, 2022 in Warsaw, Poland, within the CaPABle project (Building capacity of public authorities towards meeting public building stock renovation challenges). The roundtable meeting was aimed at boosting the exchange of views, experiences and practices of the participants, learning about the opinions and needs of both sides in the field of public building renovation and competence building in this area, as well as to create an opportunity for dialogue between representatives of local governments and experts in the construction industry.
Building capacity of public authorities towards meeting public building stock renovation challenges - CaPABle project meeting
In Ljubljana, the Slovenian capital, on 12-13 October, CaPABle project partners from Poland, Italy, Slovenia and Greece discussed the next steps in the process of preparing an international manual and denveloping the programme for building local authority competence in renovation of public buildings. The agenda of the meeting included also the exchange of good practices regarding innovative financing of such activities, the preparation of interviews with representatives of the construction sector and public administration in each partner country, and the planning of effective communication and promotion of the project's achievements and results.
