SPARKLE

AMIESTAS is a public institution of the City of Vilnius (Lithuania), the 2025 European Green Capital. Its purpose is to serve the public interest by carrying out activities to improve the living environment. Among other things, it works on the promotion of energy efficiency in multi-apartment buildings, community building, and emissions reduction. AMIESTAS will work on the Fossil-free Districts pillar with the help of FEDARENE. It will identify the needs, disseminate the learnings locally, and organise one promotional and one dissemination event for the Lithuanian stakeholders.

GUIMÃRAES is a Portuguese municipality with a long history of climate action and citizen involvement. Selected to be one of the EU 100 Climate Neutral Cities Mission, Guimarães was already strongly committed to reducing CO2 emissions, as a signatory of the Covenant of Mayors for Energy and Climate. The city focuses on the Local Governance pillar. Together with Energy Cities, it will identify the needs, disseminate the learnings locally, and organise one promotional and one dissemination event locally to engage with the Portuguese stakeholders.

ACR+ is an international network of cities and regions committed to promoting sustainable resource management and accelerating the transition towards a circular economy on their territories and beyond. ACR+ is responsible for coordinating the capacity-building programme and will work on the Resource-wise and Socially Just Local Economies topic with Calenzano, contributing to mentoring and peer-to-peer learning.

CLIMACT is a consultancy company whose mission is to support organisations in developing and implementing their climate strategy. Its services encompass prospective studies such as low carbon and energy roadmaps, GHG reduction strategies, carbon footprints, life cycle assessments, transition plans, regulations compliance and legal support. Climact will contribute to the learning programme common track and focus on further developing the EUCityCalculator scenario modelling tool as a powerful strategic and planning tool for cities.

FEDARENE (FED) is the European Federation of Agencies and Regions for Energy and the Environment. It empowers energy agencies and regions to work towards a united and climate-neutral Europe. It acts as a bridge between the regional and European levels, facilitating interregional cooperation while adapting to local specificities to ensure a just transition. Its members drive the energy transition and climate action in their territories through ambitious policy development and strategic facilitation actions. FED will contribute to all the learning pillars and will particularly support AMIESTAS.

Laboratorio da Paisagem (LL) strives to be a reference for international best practices in sustainable development policies. It promotes knowledge and stimulates innovation through scientific research and the development of new, sustainable projects. It aims to transfer this know-how to the territory, thereby changing habits and behaviours by raising awareness among citizens. LL will work closely with the city of Guimarães, participating in the needs assessment workshop and supporting the city in further developing and implementing its climate plans.

Urban Lab Torino (ULT) is an Italian centre for documentation, expertise, dissemination and debate. It offers the public and professionals the opportunity to explore urban transformation policies, plans and projects by looking at local experiences and international good practices. ULT is an expert in facilitation and participatory methods to address urban transition pathways. It is responsible for organising the needs assessment workshops with the lead cities and their invited fellow cities to gather inputs for the preparation of the learning objectives and content. ULT will also coordinate the organisation of the winter/summer schools.