This Newsletter focuses on:
The main themes of the 2004 ManagEnergy Annual Conference on Local Energy Action will be:
Key contributions from prominent politicians and Commission officials include:
European energy and transport policy: Achievements and challenges
François Lamoureux, Director General for Energy & Transport, European Commission
Address by Michel Delebarre, former Minister of State, Mayor of Dunkirk and President of the 'Communauté Urbaine', Deputy in the National Assembly [to be confirmed]
Address by
Isabelle Durant, former Minister of Transport, Member of the Belgian Senate
Round Table Address on: The role of elected representatives in helping local communities to drive ahead … cleanly
Alejo Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vice-President of the European Parliament (MEP)
The following Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) will also be participating in the round tables:
Mechthild Rothe [joining the first day Internet Round Table]
Anders Wijkman [joining the second day Round Table in Brussels]
David Hammerstein [joining the second day Internet Round Table from Istanbul]
Claude Turmes [joining the second day Internet Round Table from Istanbul]
Conference Chair Alfonso González Finat, Director for New Sources of Energy, Demand Management and Sustainable Development, Directorate-General for Energy and Transport, European Commission
In addition, presentations will be made on the key conference topics by European Commission Unit Heads and members of the ManagEnergy Reflection Group. ManagEnergy Good Practice and ManagEnergy Case Studies will also be presented during Parallel Sessions.
The Conference is free of charge for organisations within Europe, with priority given to those involved in Local and Regional Energy Action, including Energy Agencies. If you are based outside Europe or cannot travel to Brussels for the actual event, you are welcome to join us online via the Internet Broadcast and Interactive Chat. If you have not yet registered, we recommend that you complete the online form for the event in Brussels or the Internet Broadcast soon.
Programme, registration and hotel booking information
If you are joining us in Brussels for the ManagEnergy Annual Conference, why not stay an extra (half) day and find out more about funding opportunities available under the Intelligent Energy - Europe Programme (IEE), as well as for dissemination activities under the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6). The Information Day will take place in the same conference hall as the Annual Conference, at the Charlemagne Building, Brussels, Belgium.
The deadlines for application for positions at the Intelligent Energy Executive Agency are now closed. Numerous applications were received and the selection process has started. All candidates will be informed about the result of their application.
The European Commission is conducting an evaluation of the ManagEnergy Web site and online services. For this purpose, the Commission has concluded a contract with an independent evaluator.
Your opinion counts. As a user of this website, we would like to ask for your opinion of the online services. You can help us improve the service we provide to you by filling in the online survey.
Please follow the link below to start the survey.
You will be able to complete the survey in about 10 minutes. Please do this as soon as possible, as a prompt response will enable some results to be presented at the Annual Conference.
Survey closed 31 October 2004
As announced in a letter dated September 3rd, sent to all Energy Agencies from Mr Patrick Lambert, Head of Unit D3, Promotion and Dissemination of Energy Programme Results, Directorate-General for Energy and Transport, European Commission, Ecuba srl and a group of consultants has been commissioned to produce a study on EU Energy Agency Outputs, Performance and Strategies.
This study relies in a large part on the contribution of the agencies themselves, namely their Directors.
As a first step, the team kindly asks you to complete a questionnaire, agreed with Daniela Mormile and Pedro Ballesteros from the European Commission, which will give very important indications on the present situation of energy agencies and future trends. The team also welcomes your free comments and suggestions through the reserved areas located in the questionnaire itself.
Survey closed 31 October 2004
Completion normally takes less than 15 minutes. Please do this as soon as possible, as a prompt reaction will enable us to make rapid progress. In any case do not delay the sending beyond
Technical and financial possibilities regarding bioenergy:
Make the renewable vision real!
Riga, Latvia, 21 September 2004 /
Kaunas, Lithuania, 23 September 2004
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