Do you want to know which cities are so courageous...
...that they publicly demonstrate their commitment to achieve voluntarily the EU energy and climate goals at local level?
About 100 people who attended the event organized by Energie-Cités and the Committee of the Regions within the Open Days 2007- one of the most important events promoting European regions and cities - know it!
They had an opportunity to see “live” mayors, vice-mayors and councilors of 7 enthusiast European municipalities who came to Brussels to say why they have made energy and climate one of the priorities on their city’s agenda.
HEIDELBERG (DE), KÖTSCHACH-MAUTHEN (AT), PRAGUE (CZ), DELFT (NL), VÄXJÖ (SE), PREŠOV (SK) and LEICESTER (UK) will be, for sure, followed by many others.
Eckart Würzner, Lord Mayor of Heidelberg (DE) and President of Energie-Cités
Petr Stepanek, Councillor, Prague (CZ)
Pavel Hagyari, Mayor, Presov (SK)
Lian Merkx, Deputy Mayor, Delft (NL)
Walter Hartlieb, Mayor, Kötschach Mauthen (AT)
Michael Cooke, Councillor, Leicester (GB)
Representatives of the European Commission and the European Parliament expressed during the event their support to the cities determined to become leaders in fighting climate change through the initiative “Covenant of Mayors” that was officially announced at the Open Days event.
Alfonso Gonzalez-Finat, Director, DG TREN, European Commission
Michel Delebarre, President of Committee of the Regions
Claude Turmes, MEP and Vice-President of the Green Group in the European Parliament
European associatons of cities, such as Energie-Cités, Climate Alliance, Eurocities and FEDARENE and CEMR have been working together and closely with the European Commission on the initiative "Covenant of Mayors" and also encourage and support the European cities to join this initiative.
Do you want to know which cities are so courageous...
