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18 Mar

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Brussels, Belgium

Multi-Level Governance: A Key to EU Climate and Energy Goals

Multi-level governance was crucial for drafting the National Climate and Energy Plans (NECPs) and will become ever more important in the coming years to implement […]

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Call for evidence! In support of a locally-anchored European budget

Call for evidence! In support of a locally-anchored European budget

Policy Op-ed

European policies
Multilevel Governance

20/02/2025

Does nationalising its budget make the European project more legible?Does a dramatic decrease in the number of programmes make accessing EU funding simpler? In its […]
Advocacy
Local Alliance’s vision for a future-proofed EU budget: empowering local communities

Local Alliance’s vision for a future-proofed EU budget: empowering local communities

The next EU Budget needs to be grounded in our local communities through a place-based approach and robust multilevel governance

European policies
Funding
Multilevel Governance
Local governance
Fossil-free cities
Community energy
Food systems
Fair economies

23/01/2025

The Local Alliance calls on EU leaders to ensure the next EU budget becomes a strong, comprehensive tool for a just, resilient, climate-neutral and competitive Europe. 
Advocacy
Local Alliance warns: €86 billion EU Social Climate Fund at risk of mismanagement due to inadequate governance

Local Alliance warns: €86 billion EU Social Climate Fund at risk of mismanagement due to inadequate governance

New report highlights what’s at stake when national governments sidestep local and regional counterparts

European policies
Funding
Multilevel Governance
Local governance
Fossil-free cities
Community energy
Food systems
Fair economies

11/12/2024

A new report from the Local Alliance reveals that vulnerable households in the EU are at risk of being underserved by the €86 billion Social Climate Fund (SCF) due to inadequate consultation of local and regional governments by national governments.
Publications
Transformation agencies to involve local economic actors in the green and energy transition

Transformation agencies to involve local economic actors in the green and energy transition

Examples from Valencia, Vienna and Leuven

Participative governance
Emissions reduction
Local governments
Economic models
Multilevel Governance
Local governance

04/11/2024

To meet their ambitious climate objectives, such as becoming climate neutral, several cities are developing new tools like local agencies to bring together and transform […]
News
European cities should be able to contribute to Energy and Climate laws. This peer learning programme may make it possible.

European cities should be able to contribute to Energy and Climate laws. This peer learning programme may make it possible.

Participative governance
Multilevel Governance
Local governance

04/11/2024

After two years of experimentation in six Member States, it’s time to share the conclusions with other countries and to support them in implementing permanent multilevel dialogues to work on national Energy and Climate laws.
Advocacy
Joined up financial support from EU, national and regional funds for cities and regions are a must for achieving Europe’s social, economic and environmental objectives

Joined up financial support from EU, national and regional funds for cities and regions are a must for achieving Europe’s social, economic and environmental objectives

Letter from the Local Alliance to the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen

European policies
Funding
Multilevel Governance
Local governance
Fossil-free cities
Community energy
Food systems
Fair economies

10/09/2024

The European networks of local and regional governments, bringing their expertise in energy, mobility, waste, governance and citizen engagement, have written a joint letter calling for an urgent rethink of Europe’s funding of cities and regions.
Advocacy
Why the EU and the Member States should bet on multilevel governance: Policy Brief

Why the EU and the Member States should bet on multilevel governance: Policy Brief

To implement the Green Deal and their national plans, the EU and Member States must work with local and regional partners

European policies
Multilevel Governance
Local governance

10/09/2024

The NECPlatform project underscores the importance of multilevel dialogues in the coming years, urging Member States and the European Commission to strengthen and more effectively implement the Governance Regulation.
News
Missed deadlines and missed goals: why have local authorities been underestimated in the NECP writing process?

Missed deadlines and missed goals: why have local authorities been underestimated in the NECP writing process?

Three days after the deadline, only four out of the twenty-seven member countries have submitted their NECP final versions.

Participative governance
Multilevel Governance
Local governance

03/07/2024

Stakeholders involvement and permanent multilevel climate and energy dialogues are key to a virtuous NECP.
Advocacy
Local Alliance to the EU: stay the course on Green Deal implementation

Local Alliance to the EU: stay the course on Green Deal implementation

Letter from the new Local Alliance, eight leading networks of European cities and regions, to EU leaders on Green Deal implementation

European policies
Multilevel Governance
Local governance
Fossil-free cities
Community energy
Food systems
Fair economies

15/04/2024

Eight leading networks of European cities and regions come together as the new Local Alliance to send a message to the EU on Green Deal implementation.
News
Let’s celebrate!

Let’s celebrate!

15 years connecting local energy and climate action across Europe

Climate neutrality
Energy poverty
Multilevel Governance
Local governance

11/02/2024

15 years since the first Covenant of Mayors ceremony, the initiative prepares for a new era in which implementation of the European Green Deal at local level will take centre stage.