09:00

Registration of participants

09:30

Opening session

• Mr. Gheorghe Falcă, Mayor of Arad Municipality, President of the Romanian Municipalities Association
• Mr. George Scripcaru,  Mayor of  Braşov Municipality, member of the AMR Steering Committee and Vice-president of Energie Cites

Keynote speeches

• Mr. Adriean Videanu, Minister of Economy, Romania (tbc)
• Mr. Michel Lebrun, Vice-president of the Walloon Parliament and Member of the EU Committee of the Regions (tbc)

10:00 -  11:30

Session I:  Participation of the local authorities to the achievement of 20:20:20 European targets

The role of local authorities in view of the upcoming international agreements on climate change in Copenhagen and their contribution for reaching the international and European targets

• Mr. Axel Welge, Deutscher Städetag (German Association of cities and towns), Department of Environment, Germany

Sustainable urban planning and change mitigation

• Dr. Vilma Éri, Center for Environmental Studies Foundation, Hungary

Strategic planning: Integrated approach in Romanian urban development. Lessons from a pilot project in Timisoara

• Mr. Ciprian Jichici, President of the Urban Planning Commission, Timişoara Local Council 
• Mr. Joep de Roo, Director Eurodite  

Presentation of  the ACCESS project (Accelerated Penetration of Small-Scale Biomass and Solar Technologies) financed by Intelligent Energy Programme of the EC

• Mrs. Anca Bardici, Institute for Studies and Power Engineering, Romania (ISPE)

Debate

11:30

Coffee break

12:00

Session II: Urban mobility  and sustainable transport solutions

EU mobility initiative and the implementation of the clean vehicles directive

• Video message from the Unit responsible for Clean transport & urban transport,  Directorate General Energy and Transport
  European Commission

Reduction of CO2 emissions by optimization of traffic in urban areas. Presentation of the project “Road passage Podul Viilor”

• Mr. Tudor Pendiuc,  Mayor of Piteşti municipality and Executive President of the AMR

Clean Vehicles in Stockholm

• Mr. Jonas Eriksson, City of Stockholm, Department for Environment & Health, Sweden

ICT solutions to improve the traffic flow and urban mobility

• Expert to be confirmed

Sustainable transport solutions: presentation of the Modern project financed by CIVITAS initiative of the EC and implemented in Craiova municipality

• Mr. Gabriel Vlăduţ, coordinator of Civitas Modern Project and Vice-president of  the national commission for innovation

Debate

13:30

Lunch break

15:00 -  16:30

Session III: Promotion of green investments in cities,  greening the local economies

The cohesion policy and structural funds assistance for energy efficiency projects

• Ms. Mihaela Curea, General Direction for Energy, Oil and Gas,  Ministry of Economy

How cities of the future may go green? Strategies for attracting green investments in  the building sector

• Ms. Anca Bieru,  Director for Membership and Public Affairs, Romania Green Building Council

Sustainable procurement as a key tool for climate action in Europe

• Mr. Peter Defranceschi, ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, Head of Brussels Office

“MODEL” cities from Romania signatories of the Covenant of Mayors

• Ms. Camelia Raţă, Executive Director, Energy Cities Romania (OER)

Presentation of the Genius project focused on building an university campus with energy-efficient facilities and energy efficiency research and development unit

• Mr. Ioan Vişa, Rector of Transilvania University from Braşov

Debate

17:00  - 17:15

Workshop conclusions