Franco-German Energy Transition Week

The project is completed. It has brought together municipalities from Germany and France to work together at local level to advance the energy transition. This included the organisation of a conference and the cross-border Energy Transition Week 2019.
With the Paris Climate Agreement, the 197 countries that signed it committed to changing the global economy in a climate-friendly way. Germany and France fundamentally support international efforts to achieve this goal and both countries have launched national climate protection programmes. The first concrete Franco-German climate partnerships emerged in 2014 with the TANDEM project, which is funded by both governments and coordinated by the European city networks Energy Cities and Climate Alliance.
Winners of the call for ideas for the 2019 Franco-German Energy Transition Week. ©: Alex Vergés/ Vision Communication
The EUKI project was responsible for the organisation and implementation of a cross-border climate conference and the “Franco-German Energy Week”.
The Energy Week was organised for the first time in January 2019. The aim and content was to develop awareness-raising measures that were as creative as they were easy to implement. As part of an idea’s competition, several cities and associations were awarded for planning measures together with a partner in the respective other country to advance the energy transition. The actions were financially supported by the project. In addition, other cities and associations were motivated to organise an energy transition week. All actions and measures are presented on the project website.
Participants of the conference “Pioneer Regions of the Energy Transition in Germany and France” exchanged views on topics related to the local energy transition and drew comparisons on different approaches and methods for saving energy or protecting the climate in municipalities in both countries. At the end, there was a call for closer cooperation at national, regional and local level with the involvement of the private sector.
Updated: August 2021
Countries: France, Germany
Project duration: 10/17 - 06/19
Funding: 390,000 €
Target groups: Cities, towns and municipalities, Civil Society, Regional governments
Implementing organisation:
Energy Cities
Project Partners:
Klimabündnis
Website:
tandem-staedte.eu/home...
Mr Peter Schilken
Organisation: Energy Cities
Address:
2 chemin de Palente
25000 Besançon
France
Email: peter.schilken∂energy-cities.eu
Tel: +33 3 81 65 36 80
Ms Anne Turfin
Organisation: Klima-Bündnis
Address:
Galvanistr. 28
60486 Frankfurt am Main
Germany
Email: a.turfin∂klimabuendnis.org
Tel: +49 69 717139 38
This project is part of the European Climate Initiative (EUKI). EUKI is a project financing instrument by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK). The EUKI call for project ideas is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH. It is the overarching goal of the EUKI to foster climate cooperation within the European Union (EU) in order to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions.
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