In 2019, Ukraine, which is a CoM leader in the Eastern Partnership region, celebrated 10 years of the Covenant in the country. The ninth issue is dedicated to the experience and achievements of Ukrainian municipalities within the initiative that changed the energy profile of Europe and the attitude of its citizens towards energy and climate. You will learn of the main country facts and figures, a new networking tool for mayors of the Ukrainian CoM Signatories – Municipal Platform for Energy & Climate Transition as well as 17 Demonstration Projects implemented in Ukraine under the CoM-DeP Programme. The newsletter also informs about the Joint Steering Committee (SC) meeting of the two CoM projects in Tbilisi, as well as the most important capacity building, information and promotion activities for CoM Signatories in EaP countries.

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On 27-28th February 2020 the two-day communications workshop 'Advancing the Covenant of Mayors in the Eastern Partnership' will be held in Minsk, Republic of Belarus. 

Dear Colleagues, dear Partners and dear Friends,

On December 20, 2019, at the level of the Chernihiv Regional State Administration (territorial coordinator of the Covenant of Mayors), there was discussed the issue of forming a policy on adaptation to climate change at the regional level as one of the strategic directions of the regional development strategy for the period 2021-2027.

Climate change issues and the development of regional climate change adaptation policies are increasingly being raised at the level of coordinators of the Covenant of mayors in Ukraine.

On December 10, an unusual event took place that combined energy, climate and operetta.

How to strengthen capacities for efficient planning, project implementation and attracting optimal funding sources on the municipal level to meet the Covenant of Mayors commitments? On December 10 – 11, 2019, more than 30 representatives of amalgamated territorial communities and small Ukrainian CoM Signatories took part in the training dedicated to these issues organised by the CoM East project in Kyiv.

Representatives of 15 Territorial Coordinators of the Covenant of Mayors from two countries – Ukraine and Georgia – gathered in Kyiv on 27^th November for a two-day training dedicated to strengthening their potential in providing quality support to the municipalities, which are Signatories to the CoM initiative.

Since 2010 the EU Delegation to Ukraine has been supporting and coordinating the organisation of the EU Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW) in Ukraine as part of the largest Europe-wide event promoting sustainable energy, renewables and energy efficiency. The EU Sustainable Energy Week in Ukraine has become an information hub for exchanging on different aspects of sustainable energy policy and has provided an open platform for discussion of best practices and innovative energy ideas.