Urban Energy Planning and the Challenge of Energy Poverty

The last web seminar in the web seminar series of EUKI project Ready4NetZero will take place on 12 March 2024, from 10 to 11:30 am CET.  The capacity building programme is aimed at public officials in the Ready4NetZero pilot cities, as well as other local authorities or stakeholders in Croatia, Hungary, Poland or Romania. During the project, country-specific workshops, online training of trainers events and study visits to Germany will be organised for a transfer of best practices and exchange of experience between local public administrations converging in the development and implementation of long-term local climate strategies.

Registration

The Zoom link will be sent to participants after registration, which can be done until 11.03.2024 by filling in this form.

Language

The debate and whole event will be held in English with simultaneous translation into Croatian, Hungarian, Polish and Romanian.

Agenda and Key Topics

This web seminar will:

• showcase the remarkable efforts of Bydgoszcz municipality towards achieving energy self-sufficiency,
• take you one step closer to the city’s vision of becoming a sustainable city by 2030,
• explore some innovative solutions that could make a real difference in fighting energy poverty

The event will be divided into two main parts: presentations of experiences by invited experts and time for questions and discussion of the topic:

• Michał Gruszczyński is a lawyer and member of the Bydgoszcz Bar Association, specialized in administrative law. He is also an inspector in the Energy Management Team at the Bydgoszcz City Hall. For the last 5 years, he has been involved with the local government, dealing with energy law in its broadest sense, including the planning and implementation of investments in renewable energy sources for the City of Bydgoszcz, as well as conducting international projects.
• Dora Biondani has a Master’s Degree in Engineering and an MBA in Energy and Sustainability. She works as a Project Manager for the Energy Poverty Advisory Hub, which is the leading EU initiative run by the European Commission at the request of the European Parliament. The initiative aims to eradicate energy poverty and accelerate the just energy transition of European local governments interested in taking action to combat energy poverty in Europe.

Ready4NetZero is a project funded by EUKI and coordinated by the Association of Municipalities Polish Network „Energie Cités“, with a consortium of the Ecologic Institute in Germany, Energiaklub in Hungary, REGEA in Croatia and OER Energy Cities in Romania. Ready4NetZero aims to support cities in participating countries in the development and implementation of climate neutrality strategies for 2050 and aims to do so by building capacity, knowledge and skills among local leaders, municipal staff and local stakeholders, facilitating exchange of experience and dialogue between local authorities.