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		EcoDistrict in Montreuil, France. Dominique Voynet, Mayor of Montreuil, France presents an ambitious EcoDistrict project in Montreuil. Dominique Voynet underlines the social aspects of such a project. Montreuil is member of Energy Cities. Dominique Voynet, has been interviewed during the Annual Rendez-vous of Energy Cities in Salerno, Italy in April 2010. This video is in French. Find more videos on our YouTube account. By Olivier Lagarde, on 8 septembre 2010 \| 12h42 \| 19 visits Read more >>


		1,116 cities in the European Mobility Week 2010! 9 days before the launch of the European Mobility Week 2010, 1,116 cities are registered to the initiative and have display their programme of activities on the MobilityWeek.eu website. As last year, the most important participation is seen in Austria, Spain, France, Poland, Hungary, Portugal and Czech Republic. In 2009, 2,181 cities have participated to the Mobility Week. We expected a similar final number for 2010 as a great (...) By Olivier Lagarde, on 7 septembre 2010 \| 16h22 \| 39 visits Read more >>


		“Building Europe from the bottom up”: The Covenant of Mayors inspires the President of the European Commission On 27th August 2010, in a speech delivered in Rimini -a member of Energy Cities- the President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, presented the Covenant of Mayors as an exemplary initiative for Europe. Invited to talk at the 31st Meeting for Friendship Among Peoples, he expressed his desire to extend such innovative partnerships to other policy areas and said this was “subsidiarity in action1”. His message underlined the fact that “As a result, (...) By Claire Iochum, on 6 septembre 2010 \| 17h13 \| 46 visits Read more >>


		Carbon Offset Scheme in Milton Keynes, United Kingdom. Mike Galway, Deputy Mayor of the City of Milton Keynes, United Kingdom presents the Carbon Offset Scheme implemented within the last years. Milton Keynes is Member of Energy Cities. Mike Galway, has been interviewed during the Annual Rendez-vous of Energy Cities in Salerno, Italy in April 2010. This video is in English. Find more videos on our YouTube account. By Olivier Lagarde, on 6 September 2010 \| 09h53 \| 51 visits Read more >>


		Best Practice Guide of the European Mobility Week The 2010 Best Practice Guide for the European Mobility Week has been released. This document has been designed to promote best practice about mobility designed in the framework of the European Mobility Week in European cities and towns. It gathers the good examples in 11 eleven cities in Europe. Energy Cities is partner of the (...) Good practice examples : Gävle (Sweden), Ivanic-Grad (Croatia), Leon (Spain), Budapest (Croatia), Rome (Italy), Stockholm (Sweden), Eindhoven (The Netherlands), Östersund (Sweden), Sundsvall (Sweden), Tronheim (Norway), Salburg (Austria). (...) By Olivier Lagarde, on 3 September 2010 \| 10h44 \| 39 visits Read more >>


		EcoDistrict in Heidelberg, Germany. Eckart Würzner, Mayor of Heidelberg, Germany presents the biggest Passiv Haus project in Europe. Heidelberg is President of the Board of Directors of Energy Cities. Eckart Würzner, has been interviewed during the Annual Rendez-vous of Energy Cities in Salerno, Italy in April 2010. This video is in English. Find more videos on our YouTube account. By Olivier Lagarde, on 2 September 2010 \| 08h05 \| 113 visits Read more >>


		Sevilla (ES) in the European Mobility Week 2010 Sevilla, city member of Energy Cities participates in the European Mobility Week 2010. The European Mobility Week of 2010 motto “Travel Smarter, Life Better !” fully embraces the principles which have driven the latest mobility policies developed by the Seville (...) What does travel smart mean ? In Seville, common people will tell you it means to have the possibility to choose a transport mode according to their economical, social and environmental needs at any time. As Seville offers a vast cycling (...) By Olivier Lagarde, on 31 August 2010 \| 10h30 \| 54 visits Read more >>


		Already 776 cities in the European Mobility Week 2010! 22 days before the launch of the European Mobility Week 2010, 776 cities are registered to the initiative and have display their programme of activities on the MobilityWeek.eu website. As last year, the most important participation is seen in Austria, Spain, France, Hungary, Poland and Czech Republic. In 2009, 2181 cities have participated to the Mobility Week. We expected a similar final number for 2010 as a great part of (...) By Olivier Lagarde, on 25 August 2010 \| 14h44 \| 316 visits Read more >>


		Develop your public transport market share! Ad Personam is a Direct Marketing Programme for Public Transport. The project promotes Local Public Transport in medium-sized European cities and is focused more closely on 7 pilot projects in 7 different European countries. Ad Personam is a European project co-financed by the European Commission under the Intelligent Energy - Europe (...) Join the successful European Ad Personam Campaign ! Video in : English - Español - Français - ελληνικά - Italiano - Português - Român The Campaign will involve at least 40 European local authorities and/or public transport companies interested in (...) By Olivier Lagarde, on 23 August 2010 \| 17h35 \| 77 visits Read more >>


		Covenant raises interest of German local representatives Energy Cities, a Supporting Structure of the Covenant of Mayors, is spreading the word ! During the Climate Congress organised by the Stuttgart Region (also a Covenant Supporting Structure) and the city of Fellbach on 14 July 2010, Peter Schilken from Energy Cities presented the Covenant of Mayors to the audience. The event brought (...) In his speech he focused on the commitments of cities and the support they can receive, particularly in the area of financial assistance. At the Covenant of Mayors stand, informational material was distributed and participants had the (...) By Miriam Eisermann, on 22 July 2010 \| 16h21 \| 170 visits Read more >>