{"id":10236,"date":"2018-02-07T22:15:26","date_gmt":"2018-02-07T20:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/?p=10236"},"modified":"2018-02-07T22:16:36","modified_gmt":"2018-02-07T20:16:36","slug":"eusew-launches-a-call-for-contributions-to-the-policy-conference-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/eusew-launches-a-call-for-contributions-to-the-policy-conference-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"EUSEW Launches a Call for Contributions to the Policy Conference 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10170 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/chrome_2018-02-06_12-37-09.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1167\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/chrome_2018-02-06_12-37-09.png 1167w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/chrome_2018-02-06_12-37-09-300x106.png 300w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/chrome_2018-02-06_12-37-09-768x272.png 768w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/chrome_2018-02-06_12-37-09-1024x363.png 1024w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/chrome_2018-02-06_12-37-09-600x213.png 600w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/chrome_2018-02-06_12-37-09-260x92.png 260w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/chrome_2018-02-06_12-37-09-50x18.png 50w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/chrome_2018-02-06_12-37-09-150x53.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1167px) 100vw, 1167px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/eusew.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>EU Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW)<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has opened its call for applications for hosting a session during the <\/span><b>EUSEW Policy Conference to be held between June 5-7<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Brussels. EU Sustainable Energy Week is a popular European movement launched by the European Commission in 2005 and the Policy Conference is its most important event, dedicated to sustainable energy policy issues. Sessions organised by the European Commission and energy stakeholders debate new policy developments, best practices and sustainable energy ideas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If your work supports an economy built on clean, secure, efficient energy, the EU Sustainable Energy Week is an opportunity for you to meet stakeholders promoting energy efficiency and renewable energies, learn about successful policies and inspire innovation to meet the EU\u2019s energy and climate goals. If you have a great proposal for a compelling session that fits the overall theme of \u2018Leading the Energy Transition\u2019, do not miss out the opportunity to share your knowledge and gain exposure for your organisation and ideas. Deadline for applications is February 23, 2018. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Submit your proposal if you are:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Representatives of EU institutions, including inter-institutional bodies <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Stakeholders which fulfil the following criteria:<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i>Have a mandate to work as multipliers using a widespread network of contacts in Brussels and across Europe<\/i><\/li>\n<li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have a mandate to contribute to the development and implementation of sustainable energy policy in Europe Examples of eligible types of organisations include: International organisations, Networks of national, regional\/local authorities, agencies, or other public bodies, Industry or professional associations, NGOs working in the field of sustainable development <\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><i> Consumer associations\/citizens\u2019 groups Professional event organisers or businesses aiming to promote specific products or services are not eligible. <\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here is<\/span><b><i> the <\/i><\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/eusew.eu\/apply-session\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Application form and guidelines<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sessions will take place between June 5 &#8211; 7, 2018. Applicants will be invited to choose from one of the following formats: Panel discussion, Roundtable, Seminar or World Caf\u00e9 (a conversation-based process for generating new insights to a chosen theme for approximately 20 minutes in a group of four or five participants; at the end of each discussion, individuals can switch to a new group and discuss a new question; the session closes with a plenary roundup of insights.).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Proposals for the policy sessions will be evaluated by the Selection Committee constituted by European Commission officials taking into account the following aspects: 1. Concept, focus and follow-up 2. Relevance of the topic (content) 3. Capacity to mobilise interest (promotion) 4. Novelty, news, innovation 5. Management (level of preparation).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/euenergyweek\/status\/955818805833420800<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Apart from applying for the Conference sessions, you can also nominate or apply for <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The EU Sustainable Energy Awards which recognise outstanding innovations in energy efficiency and renewables. Anyone in the EU can submit a recent project \u2013 from a local initiative to an industry-wide programme that could help citizens, industry and the public sector work towards \u00a0clean, secure and efficient energy. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Awards are available for one or more of these categories: Consumers, Public Sector, Businesses, Young Energy Leaders, Citizens\u2019 Award. You can submit an application in the first four categories. The Citizens\u2019 Award, however, will be granted via an online vote allowing the general public to reward their favourite project among the finalists of the four other categories.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Assessment criteria, full information and application form are available here &#8211; <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/eusew.eu\/about-awards-competition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/eusew.eu\/about-awards-competition<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The EU Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW) has opened its call for applications for hosting a session during [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":10171,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[169],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsletter-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10236\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}