VIDEO: Second Energy Community Summer School, Ohrid 2017
Second year in a row the EnC Summer School, organized by the Energy Community Secretariat, in cooperation with the Visegrad Fund, the GIZ ORF-EE, and the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies from Skopje, hosted a number of highly motivated young individuals in Ohrid. It was an opportunity for the young minds of SEE, […]
Small portion of public funds dedicated to upgrading buildings in Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe
Only 3 percent of the public funds that could be used to support energy-efficiency investments in the Central, Eastern and South-East Europe are dedicated to upgrading buildings. This shows that buildings are not considered to be critical energy infrastructure, although they can help reduce energy dependency and have other positive impacts, the Buildings Performance Institute […]
Exploring regional and SEE economies’ Assessments of BIMR Baseline
Prepared by Azra Velagić-Hajrudinović and Jelena Peruničić, GIZ ORF-BD Biodiversity Information Management and Reporting (BIMR) project ORF-BD conducted several assessments on biodiversity information management and reporting in the past year. The Assessments encompassed six assessments for the economies in SEE region and a regional overview, and were published in May. The focus of the research […]
Central and South-Eastern European countries expand cooperation in energy sector
Central and South-Eastern European countries, including 9 EU Member States and 8 Energy Community Contracting Parties, have expanded their cooperation in the field of energy under the CESEC initiative to include electricity, energy efficiency and renewable energy. To that end, a memorandum of understanding was signed yesterday at the ministerial meeting in Bucharest. Ministers of […]
Islands show great renewable energy potential, EU forum said
The EU islands have enormous potential to benefit from the clean energy transition and become front runners in it, the participants of the inaugural Clean Energy for EU Islands forum concluded. There are more than 2,200 inhabited islands in the EU, which have access to various renewable energy sources, but still rely on fossil fuel […]
Towns and cities invited to apply for European Mobility Week Award 2017
Towns and cities which have participated in raising awareness of sustainable mobility in Europe this week, are invited to apply for the European Mobility Week Award. The award aims to promote best practice and success in organizing the campaign, and to raise awareness of the need for local and individual action in the field of […]
Mobility Week 2017 marked across Western Balkan region
Events for the European Commission’s traditional European Mobility Week were organized across the continent including the countries of the Western Balkans which have participated in the mobility week for the past several years. 2,270 towns and cities from across Europe registered to organize events to mark Mobility Week 2017 which is being held for the […]
IRENE project: upgrading of public lighting through cross-border cooperation
Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro have launched IRENE project aimed to promote sustainable use of natural resources. The project, which is mostly financed by European IPA funds for cross-border cooperation, envisages upgrading of 11 public lighting systems in several municipalities and towns as well the installation of solar collectors in one of them. The […]
