Transforming Cities: From Industrial Centers to Sustainable Urban Areas
The international Connective Cities Dialogue Event “Transforming Cities: From Industrial Centers to Sustainable Urban Areas” was held in early December in the city of Bocholt, Germany. Representatives of the City of Zenica, with the support of the GIZ ORF-EE as its partner, took an active part in this year’s event presenting its project to a […]
Summer school on renewable energy as the driving force for local development
For the 12th year in a row, from 21 to 27 August, the municipality of Fojnica in Bosnia and Herzegovina is hosting a regional summer school covering topics on sustainable energy and energy planning. It is organized by the Regional Information and Education Centre (REIC), in collaboration with the German cooperation GIZ, the Konrad Adenauer […]
Network of Energy Efficient Capital Cities in SEE meets at 7th Zagreb Energy Week
As members of the Network of Energy Efficient Capital Cities in South-East Europe (NEEC SEE), representatives of the cities of Zagreb, Sarajevo, Skopje, Podgorica, Tirana and Freiburg as a model city, gathered at the 7th Energy Week Zagreb. The event was held in form of a working partner meeting and addressed, among other topics, the […]
GIZ & SEE associations of municipalities develop lobbying strategy
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and Associations of Municipalities (AoMs) from Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Kosovo* and Macedonia (FYR) are currently in the process of developing a Lobbying and Advocacy Strategy on Energy Efficiency in South-East Europe. Once completed, the strategy will be at the disposal of all AoMs in the region and […]
Convening on best practices in energy efficiency in SEE countries
The Task Force on Energy Efficiency of the Network of Associations of Local Authorities of South-East Europe (NALAS) and representatives of the GIZ ORF-EE Energy Efficiency in Municipal Associations (EeMA) project, held a joint meeting in Vienna on March 8 and 9. The meeting focused on implemented energy efficiency measures (EEM) and encountered challenges in […]
Sustainable Energy Roadmap for Associations of Municipalities in South-East European Countries
By Dubravka Bošnjak, GIZ Project Manager and Vesna Kolega, Energy Advisor E-mail: bos.dubravka@gmail.com and vesna.kolega@gmail.com Energy Efficiency in Municipal Associations – EeMA The Energy efficiency in Municipal Associations (EeMA) project supports the cooperation between Associations of Municipalities (AoMs) from South-East European (SEE) countries. AoMs from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, Macedonia (FYR) and Kosovo*, have expressed […]
Kruševac upgrades public lighting helped by GIZ, SKGO
An overhaul of 120 street lights in the centre of Kruševac was completed through the implementation of a pilot project conducted under the regional project Energy Efficiency in Municipal Associations (EeMA), financed by governments of Germany and Switzerland. It was implemented by the German Development Cooperation (GIZ) through its Open Regional Funds for South-East Europe […]