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JOINT STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING OF TWO COM PROJECTS IN TBILISI
Written by Анна ДеркачOn October 15, 2019, Tbilisi (Georgia) hosted the Joint Steering Committee (SC) meeting of the two projects under the Covenant of Mayors initiative – Covenants of Mayors East (CoM East) and Covenants of Mayors – Demonstration Projects (CoM-DeP).
The Joint Steering Committee gathered representatives of the teams from both CoM projects, EU Delegation to Georgia, Global Covenant of Mayors Initiative, Mayors for Economic Growth (M4EG), as well as CoM National Coordinators and Supporters from 6 Eastern Partnership countries.
The event was opened and chaired by Mr Michael Rupp, Head of Sector, Connectivity Neighbourhood East, DG NEAR, European Commission, who welcomed the participants and chaired the meeting. Mr Rupp highlighted the main focus of the meeting: coming closer to 2020, it is time to think about a future concept of the Covenant of Mayors in the Eastern Partnership countries, in particular how to strengthen and promote the Covenant in the region.
Mr Christophe Frering, CoM East Team Leader, presented the main results and achievements as well as future needs of the CoM Signatories in the region. The CoM-DeP Team Leader Mr Jan Waanders shared the results and challenges of the Demonstration Projects. The meeting continued with the discussion of the critical success factors of energy efficiency and climate projects and the future prospects of the Covenant of Mayors in the Eastern Partnership countries, with the participation of National Coordinators and Supporters together with the EU representatives.
On October 16, 2019, participants of the Joint SC Meeting visited Business Accelerator "Spark, which was established by CoM Signatory Tbilisi City Hall in partnership with the Georgian Employers' Association within the framework of the EU Initiative “Mayors for Economic Growth” (M4EG). The Business Accelerator "Spark" is one of the 16 pioneer projects implemented by M4EG Signatories in Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine.