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 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
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.
Discover the transformative potential of clean energy on EU islands at the Clean energy for EU islands forum 2024. Taking place in Pantelleria, Italy, on 14-15 May 2024, this forum embodies the theme "The power of islands: building resilience through renewables."Following a rigorous selection process, 30 islands and island groups have been chosen for support in achieving a fully renewable energy supply.
30 for 30 | 30 renewable islands for 2023
In 2023 we will select 30 islands that want to become fully renewable by 2030. Achieving fully renewable-energy-powered islands is the North Star objective for the third phase of the Clean energy for EU island secretariat. At the #CE4EUislands forum 2023, we will discuss all the building blocks to be able to achieve that ambition.
We are happy to share our agenda with you. Look forward to interesting keynotes by island stakeholders, an exciting site visit and parallel workshops with experts and island representatives.