Join the EU islands secretariat on the Azores for the annual #CE4EUislands Forum!Island communities, experts, and stakeholders will meet to explore how to achieve a 100% renewable energy future while balancing environmental, economic, and social priorities.SAVE THE DATE: 14-15 May 2025, São Miguel, AZORES, PORTUGALPlease find more information on the EU islands forum 2025 here.
The Clean energy for EU islands secretariat will participate in this session exploring policy tools and local best practices to ensure affordable, decarbonised housing and combat energy poverty in European cities, supporting the EU’s energy and climate goals.Affordable, sustainable housing is key to achieving climate neutrality while ensuring social equity. Buildings account for 40% of the EU’s energy consumption and 36% of greenhouse gas emissions, making energy efficiency and renovation central to the EU Green Deal and Renovation Wave.
The Clean energy for EU island secretariat and CPMR Islands Commission are organising a half-day conference on EU islands’ grids and electricity systems on 30 January 2025, in Brussels.Join us at 14:00 for sessions on the modernisation of EU islands grid infrastructure and the electrification of islands with regard if the 100% renewable target.A networking cocktail will follow at around 18:30, aiming to strengthen the connections between the EU island stakeholders and the relevant organisations. The event will take place at Martin's Brussels EU, Bd Charlemagne 80, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgi
The European Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW) Policy Conference is the biggest conference dedicated to renewables and efficient energy use in Europe. The 19th edition of the Policy Conference will take place in a hybrid format, in Brussels and online on 10-12 June 2025.The European Commission and energy stakeholders are organising sessions that focus on sustainable energy issues, highlighting new policy developments, best practices, and innovative ideas.
This year’s forum, ‘Towards a Citizens Energy Package: Empowering citizens for a just energy transition’, takes place in the context of the next Commission mandate, following the European elections earlier this year. It will kickstart work on the Commission’s Citizens Energy Package, which will increase citizen participation in the energy transition and strengthen the social dimension of the Energy Union.It will be live web-streamed, with the possibility for the online audience to engage. The working language is English, and interpretation is not guaranteed.
Islands territories suffer from a wide set of competitive handicaps, which strongly affect their competitiveness.
The Summit will imitate a traditional in-person event with opportunities to interact with speakers and other attendees with the goal of creating an online community. It will be a free event to attend in order to ensure maximum accessibility to expertise from a variety of fields.The Virtual Island Summit 2024 will host eight Content Tracks.
The European Week of Regions and Cities (#EURegionsWeek) is the biggest annual Brussels-based event dedicated to cohesion policy. This year edition of the #EURegionsWeek (EWRC) will take place from 7-10 October 2024.Under the motto Empowering communities, the event will focus on four themes:• Competitiveness and convergence: two sides of the same coin• Regions strengthening European Democracy• Smart and sustainable growth for regions• Regions got talentFind out more here
CPMR Islands Commission will hold its next General Assembly in Ponta Delgada.
The European Union's Island Facility NESOI is finalising the organisation to host its final event on 28 February 2024 at Le Bouche à Oreille in Brussels.