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Explore: Action Cluster meetings of November 2021 - Registration now open

In the first weeks of November, the Action Clusters of the Smart Cities Marketplace welcome Smart City enthusiasts, AC members and all interested stakeholders to take part in their biannual meeting round. Find out more about all the meeting dates as well as the individual registration links in our event section below.

 
Shape: We need you!

Within the IEA EBC Annex 83 (Positive Energy Districts) initiative and in collaboration with COST Action PED-EU-NET, we are collecting existing guidelines and handbooks related to sustainable development of built environment.

 
Apply to join exchange programme for coal regions in the EU, Western Balkans and Ukraine

Coal regions in the Western Balkans, Ukraine and the EU are invited to join an exchange programme to accelerate just local energy transitions. The programme is an opportunity for regions to start direct, one-to-one dialogues, connect with different stakeholders, learn from each other, and transfer knowledge. Deadline extended: 30 September 2021. Click below for more information.

 
START technical assistance: Malopolska and Karlovy Vary

The START (Secretariat Technical Assistance to Regions in Transition) support programme is concluding its work in two more EU coal regions, Karlovy Vary and Malopolska. The outputs relate to a range of pertinent themes for regions in transition, such as brownfield site revitalisation, energy clusters, RES, skills and employment, and local diversification. Click below to find these new outputs on the START webpage.

 
Save the date: Just Transition Platform Meeting – Coal Regions Virtual week and Carbon-intensive Regions Seminar

The European Commission is glad to announce that the next edition of the Just Transition Platform Meeting – Coal Regions Virtual week and Carbon-intensive Regions seminar will take place online from 15 to 18 November 2021. The event will be the opportunity for stakeholders from coal and carbon-intensive regions to take stock of the lessons learned from the Territorial Just Transition Plans, hear the voices of regions and their journey to phase-out coal, peat and oil shale, learn about the gender dimension of Just Transition and lot more. It will once more include a Multi-Level Dialogue organised by the Committee of the Regions. Registrations will open in October, so stay tuned.

 
The Balearic Islands hold a Citizens' Climate Assembly

The Balearic Islands will hold a citizens' assembly on climate this year to debate the impact of the climate crisis, promote citizen participation in the political process and find joint solutions to the consequences of climate change in the archipelago.