Briefing Session Let's talk about Europe · 2018-05-30 · Estonia • 2016 - The Ambassador of the European Covenant of Mayors, European Committee of the Regions - • Committee

Briefing Session

"Let's talk about Europe" Andres Jaadla,

Member of the Rakvere City Council, Estonia, and of the European

Committee of the Regions

PoM conference Jaadla,Estonia

Where is ESTONIA ???

We are closer than you think!

A 3-hour flight from London and Paris

A 2,5 hour fligth from Brussel and

Moskow

A 1.5-hour ferry ride from Helsinki

» visitestonia.com PoM conference Jaadla,Estonia

City of Rakvere

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ANDRES JAADLA • 10.03.1965.

• Tartu University – Master of Law , 1991

• My municipal backround

• Member of City Council of Rakvere 1993 -…;

• Mayor of Rakvere 2002 – 2012,

• 2008 - … The initiator of the European - Covenant of Mayors - in Estonia www.eumayor.eu

• 2016 - The Ambassador of the European Covenant of Mayors, European Committee of the Regions -

• Committee of the Regions – member (ALDE coordinator )of the commission of Environment and Climate Change (ENVE)

• Vice President of UBC (Union of the Baltic Cities)- 2011-2013 PoM conference Jaadla,Estonia

http://www.eumayor.eu/

„Make a good news“

• Make own positive news, be activ

• Take part of European sattelite events

• Take part of European awards competitions

• Make local campaigns, local events

• Make own City positive concepts

• Be part of European networks (e.g. Covenant of Mayors, Sustainable and smart Cities, Eurocities…) PoM conference Jaadla,Estonia

Satellite events, local events -


Awards - „Sustainable Energy Communities“


Campaign posters -


Creative people converge to creative cities and regions

The concept of

„Crazy City“


Estonian Mendance Festival

Estonian Mentdance Festival


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1-OM5v_EeA





https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNnE-CZoQ3Q













Punk Song Festival Punk Song Festival Punk Song festival


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xv5GecLCYZs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xv5GecLCYZs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGt7ngo7MiQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SZcABCytAg

Rakvere crazy christmas tree


http://www.postimees.ee/3411533/galerii-ja-video-rakvere-keskvaljakule-kerkis-varvilistest-akendest-joulukuusk








Use networks -Rakveres success story

The Govenant of Mayors -

unpresented growth City of Rakvere



CITY OF RAKVERE

The Covenant of Mayors 2008


Rakvere was one of the first cities

to join the Covenant of Mayors in

2008 – so we started… 2008

6,762 211,039,463 Signatories Inhabitants


We made a plan …

SUSTAINABLE ENERGY ACTION PLAN

6 steps to smart and sustainable

development of Rakvere


SUSTAINABLE ENERGY ACTION PLAN (SEAP) IN JUNE 2009

District heating – from fossil fuels to biofuels Heat consumption – efficient use in municipal and residential buildings, reconstruction and insulation of buildings Water consumption – efficient use in municipal and residential buildings, possible use of green electricity in this sector. Street lightning – Green energy, efficiency and green electricity in this sector. City planning – sustainable development, car free movement, alternatives to motor vechiles. Urban transport – from fossil fuels to biofuels


District heating from fossil fuels to

biofuels


2014 - district heating – 100% from fossil fuels to biofuels (wood chips)

.


Sustainable and smart development of Rakvere

2009 – 2016 43 - financed project applicattions.

Investments 2009 – 2016

ca 47 173 363 EUR • Almost the total amount of three year city budgets !

• 2012 – most investments per inhabitant 268 EUR in Estonia!


2016 Donald Tusk - well done…!


Creative people converge to creative cities and regions

The concept of

„Smart City“


SMART

CITY

RAKVERE

JAN & KEN 07.12.12 PoM conference Jaadla,Estonia

Reconstruction of a Rakvere Elementary School into a smart, low-energy consumption building


Estonian Smart House/Smart City Hall


CoR Local event in Rakvere 02.06.2016


02 June 2016 – Almost first CoR Local event !

• First and only one - stakeholder dialogue - conference „EU environment law and INSPIRE: improving reporting and compliance ” part of - European Green Week - "Investing for a greener future"

one of the major questions Stakeholder dialogue will be…

…how to make all levels of government and all actors work

together towards a common goal !?


.. and Answer is ... Local events

CoR Local event in Rakvere 02.06.2016

one of the major questions will be how to make all

levels of government and all actors work together

towards a common goal


make from local event local news …


So far this year….


Reflections on the EU

What can CoR local event offer !?

700 Politicians

• Regional and local elected politicians, close to

people- our European ambassadors

• Network of regions, provinces and cities and

their national associations- our multipliers

• Increasing number of local flagship events and partnership dialogues for 2017

276 Regions

518 EDICs

One EU Future

80 National

associations PoM conference Jaadla,Estonia

?

Thanks for your attention!


Even large things start from

small matters


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Briefing Session Let's talk about Europe · 2018-05-30 · Estonia • 2016 - The Ambassador of the European Covenant of Mayors, European Committee of the Regions - • Committee