15th Anniversary of Association of Municipalities Polish Network „Energie Cités” (PNEC)
This year our Association celebrates its 15th anniversary. That is why we asked the most active members of our network to present their achievements and history of their cooperation with PNEC during the conference „COVENANT OF MAYORS - European Initiative for Climate Protection” which took place in the building of Cracow City Council on 28th and 29th of May 2009.
The Association of Municipalities Polish Network Energie Cités has become the first Polish Supporting Structure of the Covenant of Mayors
Zbigniew Michniowski, President of the board of PNEC Association, has signed the Agreement on Partnership between the European Commission’s General Directorate for Energy and Transports and the Association of Municipalities Polish Network Energie Cités. The event took place on 24th of April 2009 during the international conference "3x20: Play the game" which was organized by the European Network Energie Cités and Climate Alliance and which gathered over 400 participants from different European countries.
The Covenant of Mayors
The Association of Municipalities Polish Network „Energie Cités”
and the Municipality of Cracow would like to invite you to participate in an international conference
Our members among the first signed the Covenant of Mayors
Bielsko-Biała and Niepołomice were among 350 cities across Europe that have committed, by signing the Covenant of Mayors, to go beyond the EU's energy objective of reducing 20% CO2 emissions by 2020.
The MODEL Awards Competition 2009
On 9th February 2009, in Charlemagne Building in Brussels, during the European Sustainable Energy Week, the first edition of MODEL Awards Competition has been organised.
The MODEL Award recognizes the European municipalities from the New Member States and Croatia for their exceptional achievement in the field of local energy management and communication with local actors. 42 MODEL pilot cities from all New Member States municipalities were invited to participate.
Energy Lab Meeting Minutes
First Polish Energy Lab was held on 23 October 2012. It gathered 28 participants. Among them there were representatives of local authorities, NGOs and SMEs.
LOW CARBON TREND SETTERS debated in Krakow
Over 80 participants from 12 countries, including many Covenant Signatories, Covenant Coordinators and Supporters, gathered in Krakow, Poland, for an intensive two-day workshop LOW CARBON TREND SETTERS in 2020 on 3-4 October 2012.
This motivating training event was organized in the framework of the ENERGY FOR MAYORS project (co-financed by Intelligent Energy Europe - IEE) and the APPETITE FOR CLIMATE project (co-financed by the Polish National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management). The aim was to exchange views and share experiences and lessons learned from the implementation of the Covenant of Mayor in different European countries.
Laszki wants to use its resources in the most intelligent way
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The Intelligent Energy Day organized in Miękisz Stary (Laszki municipality) on 26th of September 2012 was joined with annual municipal Harvest Festival and therefore met with great interest of local community. The importance of the event was raised by the presence of the Mayor of Laszki, Adam Grenda, and his coworkers.
Polish cities have “The Appetite for Climate”…
Over 100 representatives of cities and municipalities from all over Poland who are interested in the issue of climate protection and sustainable energy development participated in the seminar “Polish and European context of sustainable energy management and climate protection on the local level” organized by Polish Network “Energie Cités” (PNEC) in Warsaw on
Energy Days in Dzierżoniów
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