About 400 representatives of local and national authorities from Eastern Partnership countries, as well as EU representatives, took part at the high-level conference “Municipalities for Sustainable Growth” which took place on 22-23 November in Kyiv. The meeting fostered dialogue on the role of local municipalities in identifying and addressing the complexities of sustainable development, economic resilience, and climate action.

On November 22-23 two major EU-funded Initiatives for the Eastern Partnership countries – the Covenant of Mayors and Mayors for Economic Growth – organise the High-Level Conference “Municipalities for Sustainable Growth”in the President Hotel, Kyiv (Hospitalna Street, 12). The event will focus the role of Local Authorities in identifying and addressing the complexities of sustainable development, economic resilience and climate action. Over 400representatives from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine, as well as EU representatives, will participate in the event.

This special issue is devoted to the celebration of the EU Sustainable Energy Week 2018 in Eastern Partnership countries. It highlights a large variety of activities and events organised by the local public authorities, private institutions and civil society organisations in Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. The Energy Days were aimed to promote among citizens and businesses advanced energy efficiency practices, inspire innovative ideas and combine efforts to achieve the EU goals in overcoming the consequences of climate change, improving energy efficiency and energy security.

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The Covenant Territorial Coordinators from Georgia and Ukraine can apply!

The call for a new edition of the twinning programme of the European Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy is now open. The Covenant twinning programme offers cities, regions and provinces the opportunity to take part in twinning exchanges that aim to increase local authorities’ capacity and knowledge to mitigate and adapt to climate change.

Republic of Armenia has always been one of the countries in focus of the European Neighbourhood Policy and of the EU Eastern Partnership Initiative. The issue highlights the developments and achievements of Armenian Signatories on the way to fulfilling the new Covenant commitments, as well as overview of the CoM East events and activities held by the project experts in Armenia and other EaP countries. You will learn about a successful project in Armenian cities of Spitak and Vayk implemented under the EU-funded Programme “Covenant of Mayors – Demonstration Projects”. The Newsletter also informs on capacity building opportunities and communication activities of the CoM East project to strengthen the expertise of the Covenant Signatories, Supporters and Coordinators in the field of energy and climate policies, as well as to promote the new Covenant at the national and international level.

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