Covenant of Mayors Office (4)
What is the Covenant of Mayors Office (CoMO)?
Written by Raphael ChateletFunded by the European Commission, the Covenant of Mayors Office (CoMO) is responsible for the overall coordination of the initiative. The CoMO is managed by a consortium of experienced European networks representing local and regional authorities composed by Energy Cities, CEMR, Climate Alliance, EUROCITIES, FEDARENE and ICLEI Europe.
The coordination of the initiative is done in collaboration with the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre, which is responsible for evaluating the Action Plans submitted by signatories via the online reporting system that signatories can find when they log in to ‘My Covenant’.
The Covenant of Mayors Office operates as the primary interface for all local authorities towards the Covenant of Mayors. It aims to:
- assist all local authorities interested in joining the initiative through the adhesion process;
- help signatories with general or technical inquiries related to the Covenant of Mayors and its commitments;
- support the implementation of your communication and promotional activities;
- coordinate liaisons with third parties and relevant stakeholders (i.e. Covenant Coordinators, Covenant Supporters);
- facilitate networking activities within the Covenant of Mayors community.
The Joint Research Centre of the European Commission is responsible for the evaluation of Action Plans, providing feedback to signatories as well as answering technical inquiries.
What is Office of the Covenant of Mayors East (oСоМ-East)?
Written by Raphael ChateletThe Office of the Covenant of Mayors East (oСоМ – East), funded by the European Commission’s General Directorate for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations, is responsible for coordination and management of the initiative in Eastern Europe and South Caucasus. The Office provides administrative and technical support to the Signatories, promotes interaction between the Covenant’s partners and ensures promotion of their activities.
Along with oСоМ in Brussels, oСоМ East, located in Yerevan (Armenia), Minsk (Belarus), Tbilisi (Georgia), Chisinau (Moldova), and Kyiv (Ukraine), provides support to Signatories in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine.
The Office is managed by the Consortium headed by Energy Cities and consisting of the ‘Climate Alliance’ Association, consulting company ‘Kommunalkredit Public Consulting’, ‘Interakcia’ Foundation, Association ‘Energy-Efficient Cities of Ukraine’, Republian Community Association of Armenia
The Office of the Covenant of Mayors East acts as the primary mediator between local self-government bodies and the Covenant of Mayors. Its objectives are as follows:
- To promote local authorities interested in joining the Covenant initiative.
- To provide general technical and consultancy support to Signatories in the isuses related to the Covenant of Mayors and its requirements.
- To coordinate interaction with the third parties and the key partners (like Territorial Coordinators and Covenant Supporters, local and regional energy agencies).
The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre and ‘Climate Alliance’ Association provide support in more specific issues related to inventory of СО2 emission, development of SEAP/SECAPs and their assessment.
oСоМ - East provides supports to the Covenant Signatories in a number of issues via its Helpdesk.
In particular, оСоМ - East takes the following actions:
Provides individual technical, expert and administrative support to cities/towns-signatories.
Develops, improves and provides technical guidelines, templates and methodological materials to Signatories for:
- Data collection.
- Baseline Emission Inventory development.
- Development of the Sustainable Energy Action Plan of the city/town.
- The process of monitoring and reporting on the implementation of activities within SEAP.