This year’s edition will take place online on 28 and 29 September 2022. It will give the opportunity to discuss and shape new solutions to strengthen Europe’s resilience and its strategic autonomy. Building on the great success and impact of the last online edition, this year’s event will again be fully digital, allowing everyone to get involved from anywhere.
The Commission officially joined the EU Climate Pact, an EU-wide initiative that invites people, communities and organisations to participate in climate action and build a greener Europe. Want to join as well? You can pledge individually to the Climate Pact, and act as “green ambassadors” - go to the ‘Count Us In’ platform below!
Between June and September this year, the Sustainable Energy Days will bring the European Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW) 2022 to the heart of local communities, showing citizens how they can join the clean energy transition. Register your local event now!
Peatlands play a key role in nature conservation and climate protection, as they store huge amounts of CO2. Check out the documentary presented by ARTE with the support of our LIFE project LIFE Peat Restore.
The team behind LIFE CLEANAIRMM has set out to reduce construction and urban green care emissions. Find out how.
Here is the first edition of our revamped eNews, the Agency's biweekly internal newsletter! Enjoy the read!
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eNews & the team are taking a summer break in August to recharge their batteries. We’ll be back on Friday 9 September. Happy holidays!
Earth Day is an annual event to demonstrate support for environmental protection. First held on April 22, 1970, it now includes a wide range of events including 1 billion people in more than 193 countries. The official theme for 2022 is Invest In Our Planet. What can you do? Join the Commission space in the Count Us In platform, make a pledge and get involved in the European Climate Pact, an initiative that helps communities share and implement measures to combat climate change.
With CINEA’s support, the WestMED Initiative is hitting the road with the ‘WestMED in my country’ campaign. This is a series of 9 interactive national events to highlight a Blue Economy topic that was set as a priority in the participating country. The outcome will be discussed at the WestMED Steering group and the Hackathon in Malta on 30 June -1 July.
A consistent snow base is a key resource for any ski resort but rising global temperatures is a challenge for the communities based around these tourist destinations. SnowApp is a climate service application developed by the H2020 Climate project Blue-Action during the 2019/2020 ski season at the Finnish Ruka ski resort. The app provides relevant predictions on snow cover, allowing the preparation for the winter season.
The interinstitutional cycling challenge, Velomai will take place from 1 to 31 May. This year’s theme is Cycling for Peace and supporting Ukraine. You can compete with colleagues across 10 EU institutions as well as EU agencies and delegations around the world by registering your rides in the Velomai app. The programme for this year, concocted by the CINEA Cycling Group, will be announced soon. Book already 29 April at 9:00 in your calendar for the opening session!
The 2021 Staff survey results are now being discussed within all CINEA’s departments in brainstorming groups around four key topics (Promote collaboration and communication, Stimulate change and innovation, Professional future and career development and Promote well-being and work-life balance). Sessions in Departments C (Units C1 and C4) already took place (a big thank you to colleagues for their ideas) while all other colleagues will gather next week on Tuesday (Units C3 and C4, Dept. D) and Wednesday (Dir Office, Dept. A and B).
In case you have missed it - the first issue of the Agency's internal magazine in 2022 is now out! Read about EU missions, CINEA environmental review, the 2021 Staff survey results, CINEA cycling group and much more! Our warmest thanks to all the authors and colleagues who made this edition possible! All CINEAnews editions are available on CINEAnet.
Do you sometimes receive emails with attachments in languages you are not familiar with? The eTranslation tools provided by DGT now have a new function to help you! All you need to do is forward the attachments to a functional mailbox and then get them back in the language you prefer.
CINEA’s Operational Finance Unit, A3, is happy to announce a further simplification to its CEF checklists: it will no longer be necessary for the actors in the ARES signataire workflow to fill in, date or sign the checklists – no need to check-out and check-in anymore! The visa in ARES will instead certify that all checks have been done. This will further ease the handling of the files whilst still ensuring that all checks have been properly carried out.
Air pollution is the number one environmental cause of premature death in Europe, with more than 50% of Europe's cities having dirty air. Construction machinery is responsible for up to 20% of emissions in urban areas. The team behind the LIFE CLEANAIRMM project aims to achieve significant local emission reductions from construction and green care in urban areas.
The European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA) is looking for talent to contribute to the success of its main programmes. Check out the latest Financial Engineering vacancies and deadlines!
The first seven projects under the Innovation Fund's first large-scale call have signed their commitment to contribute to the EU Green Deal. With over EUR 1 billion from EU funding, the projects aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by over 76 metric tonnes of CO2eq during the first ten years of operation.
The LIFE programme will turn 30 in May. To mark this momentous occasion, we encourage ongoing and past projects to become LIFE ambassadors during 2022. Check out how you can be part of the celebrations.
