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In Tbilisi on 5th of March 2019 there will presented Municipal Development Coordination Platform (MDCP) to the CoM city-signatories, Covenant Territorial Coordinator, and Covenant Supporters.

The Global Climate City Challenge a joint initiative of the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Global Covenant of Mayors (GCoM), launched a competitive selection for providing technical assistance to help prepare and fast-track financing of urban climate action projects from municipal and local authorities or entities such as municipal companies, utilities and local banks with an interest in addressing climate change.

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Dear Colleagues, Partners and Friends,

On behalf of the multinational CoM East team we wish you a very Happy Holiday season!

From the 2nd to the 15th of December 2018, the 24th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change was held in the Polish city of Katowice, where methodological and financial issues of cooperation between the Parties to the Convention were discussed, and institutional and procedural mechanisms for implementing the Paris agreement.

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The issue highlights a brief summary and achievements of Georgian Signatories on the way to fulfilling their commitments undertaken under the new Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy. As usual, it contains an overview of the most important capacity building activities held by the CoM East experts for the CoM Signatories, Coordinators and Supporters in the Eastern Partnership countries to strengthen their potential in developing and implementing Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plans (SECAP). You will also learn about a wide range of information and communication activities organised in six EaP countries to promote the new Covenant amongst citizens.

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About 400 representatives of local and national authorities from Eastern Partnership countries, as well as EU representatives, took part at the high-level conference “Municipalities for Sustainable Growth” which took place on 22-23 November in Kyiv. The meeting fostered dialogue on the role of local municipalities in identifying and addressing the complexities of sustainable development, economic resilience, and climate action.

On November 22-23 two major EU-funded Initiatives for the Eastern Partnership countries – the Covenant of Mayors and Mayors for Economic Growth – organise the High-Level Conference “Municipalities for Sustainable Growth”in the President Hotel, Kyiv (Hospitalna Street, 12). The event will focus the role of Local Authorities in identifying and addressing the complexities of sustainable development, economic resilience and climate action. Over 400representatives from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine, as well as EU representatives, will participate in the event.