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
 Photo 1. Citizens interested in the project |
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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Building energy security of cities and municipalities
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Photo 1. Participants of the Conference |
On 12th and 13th of September 2011 the City of Bielsko-Biała hosted a very interesting conference entitled “Development of innovative energy – building energy security of cities and municipalities”. Its aim was to outline the vision of energy future of our cities, focusing on issues like: reduction of the cities’ impact on climate, improvement of energy security of local communities and improvement of the quality of life of citizens. The conference gathered approx. 300 participants who were vividly interested in supporting sustainable energy development of cities and municipalities. Among them were representatives of national, regional and local authorities, energy companies, universities, NGOs, media and youths.
Workshop "Sustainable energy & Covenant of Mayors in our cities”
A workshop entitled "Sustainable energy & Covenant of Mayors in our cities” was organised by the Association of Municipalities Polish Network „Energie Cités” and European Network Energy Cities in the framework of ManagEnergy initiative. It took place on 6th of May 2011 at the seat of National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management in Warsaw. The workshop was designed for Polish signatories of the Covenant of Mayors and for the cities who consider joining this ambitious initiative.
