*17th ICLEI Breakfast at Sustainability's on Sustainable Mobility*
* 4 February 2015 - Brussels*
ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability and the Liaison agency
Flanders-Europe are pleased to invite you to the 17th ?Breakfast at
Sustainability?s? (B@S) on Wednesday 4th February 2015 in Brussels on the
topic "*Sharing ? the new concept for sustainable mobility*".
European cities and towns are experiencing an increasing interest in
sharing initiatives when it comes to innovative and sustainable transport
and mobility (carsharing, bikesharing, transport pooling etc.). ICLEI is
involved in several EU initiatives ranging from CO2 reduction strategies
for transport in the North Sea region (CARE-North plus) to European support
networks for sustainable urban mobility (ENDURANCE).
Among the confirmed speakers are Michael Cramer, MEP, Chair of the EP
Transport and Tourism (TRAN) Committee, Nikolaus van Peter, Member of
Cabinet of Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc, and the Mayor of the
inspiring Belgian city of Deinze, Jan Vermeulen.
For more information, download the invitation/programme
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register please email to Marta Marcuzzi at by 30
January 2015.
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*Community-energy: empowering local authorities and their communities to
guide local sustainable energy roll-out in Spain*
*5 February 2015 - Madrid*
Local decision-makers, planners, local government associations and
networks, and energy agencies are invited to participate in this free
workshop addressing the potential for roll-out of community energy in
Spain.
The event will include topics such as how local authorities can invest
in *community
energy*, how they can *access funding,* and how local authorities and
community groups can work together on renewable energy. *Best practice*
from across Spain will also be showcased during the workshop.
The event will take place in *English and Spanish* with simultaneous
translation.
For more information, download the programme
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and to register contact .
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*RAMSES ? Science for Cities in Transition*
* 11 May 2015 - Copenhagen*
The *2nd RAMSES Stakeholder Dialogue* will take place back-to-back
with the European
Climate Change Adaptation conference (ECCA)
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11th May 2015.
The Stakeholder Dialogue will offer a unique opportunity to cities as well
as urban adaptation experts and practitioners to learn about interim
results of the RAMSES project, voice their experiences and give feedback to
further advance and tailor the RAMSES Research. The 2nd RAMSES Stakeholder
Dialogue will be *free of charge*. *Registration will open soon*!
To find out about the *core topics and themes* of the 2nd Stakeholder
Dialogue, please click here <
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*Community-energy: empowering local authorities and their communities to
guide local sustainable energy roll-out in Denmark*
*20 May 2015 - Aalborg*
Local decision-makers, planners, local government associations and
networks, and energy agencies are invited to participate in this free
workshop addressing the potential for roll-out of community energy in
Denmark.
The event will include topics such as how local authorities can invest
in *community
energy*, how they can *access funding*, and how local authorities and
community groups can work together on renewable energy. *Best practice*
from across Denmark will also be showcased during the workshop.
For more information contact: .
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*Open European Day @ Bonn Resilient Cities*
*11 June 2015 ? Bonn*
EEA and ICLEI have joined forces again to organize the 3rd Open European
Day (OED), which this year will follow back-to-back the Bonn Resilient
Cities Conference and will take place on the 11th May 2015.
The successful format of the OED will be maintained and enriched with new
features responding to feedback by participants. Experience exchange
between *climate adaptation practitioners* of both ?forerunner? and
?beginner? cities and with key adaptation players through interactive
discussions will again be at the core of the event. Contributions by*
institutions *supporting urban adaptation development and *scientists *will
be tailored around specific inputs to respond to key questions from city
representatives.
*Participation is free of charge.* *Registration will open soon!*
To find out more about the focus areas of this year?s OED, please click here
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