SVIM, as Lead Partner of LIFE SEC ADAPT and implementation body on behalf of the Territorial Coordinator of the Covenant of Mayor for Climate and Energy, Marche Region, attended the “Covenant of Mayors Investment Forum” organized in Brussels on 21st February 2018 by the European Commission's Directorate-Generals for Energy and Climate Action and the Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME), in collaboration with the Covenant of Mayors.
The event created opportunities to discuss the key success factors for financing climate adaptation, clean urban transport and energy efficiency at the operational level. It presented 25 successful projects, divided in five thematic parallel strands of interactive workshops on:
. financing climate adaptation,
. financing clean urban transport,
. financing energy efficiency in public assets,
. financing home renovation in cities and regions
. innovative financing solutions
Best practices projects presented their experiences to enable replication by other interested project promoters.
In addition, SVIM participated to the “EU Covenant of Mayor 2018 Ceremony”, held in the European Parliament on 22nd February 2018, where over 500 local and regional representatives pledged to support the 2030 objectives of the initiative, increasing their use of innovative and climate-friendly technological solutions to tackle the challenges of climate change and the energy transition.
Material of the Covenant of Mayor investment Forum are available here.
An article on the highlights of the event, link to photo galleries and to the video on demand of the EU Covenant of Mayor 2018” Ceremony are available here.