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Covenant of Mayors - 02.03.2017
Come and learn how to implement a long-term energy plan
Having an energy plan for your city is one thing, but properly implementing it from start to finish is a different thing entirely.
The Covenant of Mayors for climate and energy is organising a workshop for its signatories on how to implement long-term energy planning on 16 March in Antwerp. -
Climate change - 28.02.2017
New report on financing urban adaptation
Towns and cities often have a hard time meeting the costs required to adapt to climate change. On 27 February, the European Environment Agency (EEA) published a report on “Financing urban adaptation to climate change.”
This report highlights innovative local solutions that can inspire other local governments across Europe. -
Regional statistics - 27.02.2017
How competitive is your region?
How attractive is your region for companies and residents to live and work in?
The European Commission has published the 2016 edition of the Regional Competitiveness Index. Through an interactive map, scorecard and spider-graph, this index provides detailed information on how well each EU region is doing in terms of innovation, governance, transport, digital infrastructure, health or human capital. -
Recruitment - 14.02.2017
Job offer: fighting climate change in Africa
Do you have what it takes to ensure access to energy and fight climate change in the towns and cities of Sub-Saharan Africa?
If yes, the Covenant of Mayors for Sub-Saharan Africa is looking for a Project Officer on energy and climate just like you. See our application pack for more details.
Job based in Brussels. Deadline: 28 February 2017. -
World Mayor 2016 - 14.02.2017
Mayor of Mechelen wins World Mayor Prize
The mayor of Mechelen, Bart Somers, has been awarded the 2016 World Mayor Prize, for his work in the field of refugees and migrants.
Nine other mayors also made it to the 2016 World Mayor Honours List. These are all mayors who, with their communities, “have made exceptional efforts to welcome refugees and integrate migrants.” Several of the mayors on this list have signed CEMR’s call for a real common European Asylum policy.
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Mayors Adapt - 13.02.2017
Local adaptation to climate change gets bigger
Mayors Adapt, a project that supports local and regional governments committed to adapting their territories to climate change, has fully merged into the Covenant of Mayors in February 2017.
Still a crucial piece of the puzzle in the fight against climate change, Mayors Adapt signatories will keep receiving assistance and guidance. Please see Mayors Adapt’s announcement for more details.
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Equality & Employment - 26.01.2017
First joint expert group meeting of the year: gender equality & employment
Gender equality and employment are very strongly linked, especially in the public sector. In fact, CEMR’s expert groups on gender equality and on local and regional governments as employers had their first joint meeting of the year on 24 January.
Among the topics addressed, they discussed work-life balance, well-being at work and how to achieve equal participation of women and men in the labour market and in family life.
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Gender equality - 25.01.2017
CEMR equality expert group discusses action plan for 2017
What’s the plan for gender equality in 2017? Members of CEMR’s expert group on gender equality had their first informal exchange of the year on 24 January. They discussed the exciting work programme for 2017, as well as their action plan for women’s day on 8 March, and preparations for the Bilbao conference coming up in 2018. Stay tuned – more info on that front coming up soon.
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Urban Agenda for the EU - 25.01.2017
CEMR nominates 4 towns and regions to take part in Urban Agenda partnerships
CEMR has nominated four urban areas for each partnership of the urban agenda: the cities of Helsingborg (Sweden) for digital transition, Weinheim (Germany) for jobs & skills, Kaunas (Lithuania) for the circular economy, and the region of Skåne (Sweden) with the city of Karlsruhe (Germany) as coordinator for urban mobility.
The four partnerships of the Urban Agenda for the EU will kick off end of February. The CEMR secretariat will be present for each one of them, to allow our members to contribute. Want to dig deeper? Visit urbanagendaforthe.eu.
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