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How can European and German cities and communities successfully manage the digital transformation and connect it to sustainable and integrated urban development? What are the opportunities and challenges of digitalisation from the perspective of urban development? And what are networking options and funding programmes? 

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The European Week of Regions and Cities is an annual four-day event that provides cities and regions with a platform to showcase their capacity to create growth and jobs, implement European Union cohesion policy, and prove the importance of the local and regional level for good European governance.

Topics for the 19th EU Week of Regions and Cities include: 

Green Transition
Cohesion
Digital transition
Citizens engagement

The Clean energy for EU islands secretariat will be present during this year's EU Week of Regions and Cities. 

The Virtual Island Summit 2021, organised by Island Innovation, is an online event that aims to provide the same opportunities for the interaction with participants and speaker as an offline conference.

The Summit will cover all 17 of the UN SDGsa in addition to other topics pertinent to island communities. To enable a broad range of vewpoints, speakers and attendees from 100+ island communities including the Arctic, Caribbean, Europe, Indian Ocean, Pacific Islands, South America and beyond will be present at the event. 

The World Sustainable Energy Days 2021 are a three day hybrid (online and offline) event comprised of various conferences on a variety of different topics. 

On-site conference days will take place from 22 - 24 June in Wels, Austria while they can also be attended online. The conferences that are featured in the World Sustainable Energy Days 2021 are: European Pellet Conference, Energy Efficiency Conference, Young Energy Researchers, Energy Efficiency Policy, Innovation Workshops, Industrial Energy Efficiency, Smart E-Mobility.

On June 14, the Clean energy for EU islands secretariat organises its first Energy Academy focusing on the island of Cyprus.
This first session will offer the opportunity to familiarise with phase II of the secretariat, discuss the national policy framework for energy transition, and get inspired by other energy projects on the island. The workshop will be an opportunity for participants to meet like-minded islanders and stakeholders of the clean energy transition, and have strategic discussions on how to advance the clean energy transition of Cyprus. 

The first forum of Phase II of the Clean energy for EU islands secretariat – an initiative of the European Commission – will present practical steps towards the decarbonisation of EU islands and showcase ongoing and completed clean energy projects on islands. The 2-day event will be a knowledge hub on the clean energy transition. It will provide participants with a platform to gain visibility for their clean energy initiatives, to get technical assistance for designing, preparing, and implementing their decarbonisation plans and to gain knowledge on project financing.

From this year onwards the International Energy Exhibition of Greece is integrated in the organization of the Cretan Energy Conferences. The International Energy Exhibition will be held in Crete from 8 to 10 July.

The exhibition will take place under the patronage of the Ministry of Environment and Energy, the Ministry of Maritime Affairs & Insular Policy, the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport and the support of the Region of Crete.

The first forum of Phase II of the Clean energy for EU islands secretariat will present practical steps towards the decarbonisation of EU islands and showcase ongoing and completed clean energy projects on islands.

The two-day event will act as a knowledge hub for the clean energy transition of European islands. It will provide participants with a platform to gain visibility for their initiatives, to get technical assistance for designing, preparing, and implementing their decarbonisation plans and to get assistance on project funding.

Looking Ahead with Optimism, Beyond the Covid Era - Following the unusual circumstances of 2020, the Symposium will focus on the assessment of the Covid-19 pandemic on the energy sector and the short-term measures that could pave the way towards a sustainable recovery.

From April 13th to April 16th, the Island Finance Forum will bring together senior financiers, development partners and regulators to share and exchange expertise on sustainable and inclusive financial structures in island communities.

The Forum aims to highlight the unique financial challenges faced by global island communities and the solutions for sustainable economic recovery and inclusive growth in a post-pandemic world.

To know more visit https://islandinnovation.co/finance-forum-2021/