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The Energy Cities Hubs are our community spaces to activate, empower and inspire local leaders towards a climate-neutral Europe

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07 Jul

webinar
Efficient Buildings Community goes IPA

Join our online learning event around building efficiency with a focus on IPA countries. IPA is the administrative wording that captures a series of truly interesting and diverse countries in the EU's neighborhood: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo*, Montenegro, Serbia, and Turkey.

08 Jul

web conference
Reshaping Mediterranean cities: young changemakers for the food transition

14 young people from 11 Mediterranean and African countries will present the solutions they have identified to solve the challenges related to water, recovery of […]

28 Sep - 29 Sep

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European Research & Innovation Days

This year’s European Research and Innovation Days gives you the opportunity to discuss and shape new solutions to strengthen Europe’s resilience and its strategic autonomy. […]

18 Oct

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Tallinn, Estonia

Tallinn, Estonia

SHAPE EU – Study visit to Tallinn

Call for participants interested in building renovation to apply for a practical study visit to Tallinn, Estonia! Objective The objective of this study tour is […]

27 Oct - 28 Oct

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Valencia, Spain

TOMORROW Final Event

SAVE THE DATE for TOMORROW’s Final Event on 27-28 of October in Valencia. As part of a bigger event on Climate Neutral Valencia organised by […]

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An Alliance to regenerate cities’ heritage through innovation

An Alliance to regenerate cities’ heritage through innovation

The project HUB-IN is recruiting cities to join their Alliance for heritage-led regeneration of Historic Urban Areas through innovation and entrepreneurship

Tools & Capacity building
Urban planning & Vision
Lifestyle & Behaviour
Fair economies

06/07/2022

Are you looking to give your city’s historic urban area new life, whilst preserving its unique cultural and social identity and the environment? Join the […]
Publications
European Analysis of Different Social Energy Market Players

European Analysis of Different Social Energy Market Players

Overview of energy market players aiming for positive social impact

Energy efficiency & Buildings
Renewables
Energy democracy
Fair economies

05/07/2022

This new report presents the current landscape of these new players, provides context and very concrete best practices from different countries. It puts particular emphasis […]
Publications
Report on business models for poverty-alleviating and inclusive energy services

Report on business models for poverty-alleviating and inclusive energy services

Strenghts and weaknesses of five different business models

Renewables
Energy democracy
Community energy
Fair economies

05/07/2022

Can we design energy services that help those people living more decent lives and therefore tackle energy poverty in the long-term? The overview business model by business model aims at helping local and regional authorities navigate through the diversity of options and to design their value proposition for energy services with a social purpose.
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Why new forms of local governance for energy and climate action?

Why new forms of local governance for energy and climate action?

Participative governance
Cooperation
Local governance

05/07/2022

To succeed in climate neutrality, we need to accelerate the pace of implementation. The required technologies are mostly there. We see that the bottleneck lies […]
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A technical assistance programme to boost energy communities’ activities across Europe

A technical assistance programme to boost energy communities’ activities across Europe

The EU's Energy Communities Repository has opened a call for technical assistance. Any energy community project, regardless of their development stage, can apply!

Participative governance
Renewables
Energy democracy
Community energy

04/07/2022

Energy communities find themselves at very different stages of development. Some are informal groups that have just started thinking about setting up an energy community, […]