⏰ BRUSSELS – March 18
Multi-level governance was crucial for drafting the National Climate and Energy Plans (NECPs) and will become ever more important in the coming years to implement existing legislation and plans.
EU legislation and in particular the European Green Deal recognizes the essential role of regional and local authorities to meet the objective set by the European Climate Law. Many Directives and Regulations of the “Fit-for-55” package entail objectives and requirements for local and regional authorities (EPBD, EED, RED…). They also foresee dialogues and consultations for policy planning, such as the the Social Climate Plans that Member States are required to submit to the European Commission by June 2025. An increased coordination between different administrative levels, particularly between national governments and regional/local authorities, is therefre crucial to the successfull implementation of these plans.
Since 2022, the NECPlatform project has organised more than 30 multi-level energy and climate dialogues in 6 Member States paving the way for additional countries willing to establish and implement Climate and Energy Dialogue platforms.
Some of the NECPlatform project experiences clearly showed that these multilevel dialogues are practical solutions for speeding up the implementation of the Green Deal and removing existing obstacles.
This final event of the project will be the opportunity to hear and discuss its findings. Meet us, we’ll be welcomed at the European Committee of the Regions and end with a networking cocktail!
🗣️Preliminary programme
14h30 – 15h00 – Registration
15h00 – 15h30 – Opening plenary: Why do we need a multi-level governance?
Speakers:
o Urszula Zielińska, Secretary of State in the Polish Ministry of Climate and Environment
o Kata Tüttő, deputy mayor of Budapest and member of the Committee of the Regions
o Joško Klisović, President of Zagreb City Assembly and Committee of the Regions member
15h30 – 15h45 – Showcasing success stories and challenges from the six EU Member States involved in the NECPlatform project & launch of a NECPlatform toolkit
Presented by:
o Thibaut Maraquin, Project Coordinator, Energy Cities
o Giulia Pizzini, IEECP
15h45 – 17h15 – Panel discussion and Q&A with the audience: Renewing the partnership between local, regional, national and EU levels on climate and energy policies?
Moderator:Joško Klisović, President of Zagreb City Assembly and Committee of the Regions member
Speakers:
o Paula Abreu Marques, Deputy Director DG ENER.A “Energy Policy: Strategy and Coordination”, European Commission
o Cécile Hanoune, Head of Unit, Climate Governance, Plans &Mainstreaming (CLIMA.A.3), DG CLIMA
o Antoine Pellion, General Secretary of Ecological Planning (SGPE), France
o Kata Tüttő, deputy mayor of Budapest and member of the Committee of the Regions
o Representative from the Croatian Ministry of Finance
o Matthias Duwe, Head Climate, Ecologic Institute
17h15 – 17h30 – CED platforms as foundations for future regulations and plans
Presented by: Frédéric Boyer, Head of Covenant of Mayors Europe
17h30 – 18h30 – Networking cocktail
Practical information:
In Personn: Room VMA 21, rue Van Maerlant , Brussels
