Pivex Smart CityBlack Sea Strategy: The global objective of Pivex Energy Municipality is to support the local authorities in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Black Sea and Central Asia to reduce their dependency on fossil fuels, to improve security of their energy supply, and to allow them to contribute more actively to climate change mitigation encourage and support local authorities in the Eastern Partnership (EaP) and Central Asian countries to implement a more sustainable local energy policy.

Pivex Black Sea Networks Strategy The activities envisaged in the project are based on the assumption that reaching the general public is an endeavour requiring trusted relations and a capacity to influence the process of opinion making. This is the way the overall concept of the project is to reach the European, Eastern Partnership, Black Sea, Central Asian citizen through employing the resources of all stakeholders with the capacity to influence public perceptions and attitudes. Utilisation of Knowledge resources and awareness building tools active European citizenship is promoted amongst the wider network of majors, media personnel, policy makers and EU Pivex Smart City stakeholders network so as to facilitate the process of integrating the issues of encouraging the citizens and the energy services consumers participation in active support to the Pivex Smart City Signatories

Employing the capacity of opinion makers as a communication line between EU institutions and citizens to encourage active citizens and active majors from Eastern Partnerships, Black Sea Synergy, Caucazus and Central Asian Countries, together with the energy services consumers to contribute more actively to climate change mitigation, supporting actively the EU Europe 20 20 strategy Often communication products created for sharing knowledge resources run the risk of being pedantic and doctrinal. It is, therefore, important to use a smarter and more lively communication methodology that brings the issues under consideration closer to the emotions of the target groups, the actions will be accompanied by the Pivex Web Portal Active Forum , followed by Pivex Greening Energy Investments Campaigns in Eastern Partnership Caucazus nd Central Asian Countries, realised with the support of Sustainable Energy Europe, Eusew, EACI, Intelligent Energy Europe, DG Energy. The Pivex Greening Energy Investments Campaigns will present inspirational financing schemes increasing the capacity of Local Authorities in the Eastern Europe the Caucasus and Central Asian countries,to implement climate change-related energy policies, shifting SEAP in practical investments

A EU level network is established for sharing resources and best practices and generating international and cross-sectoral synergies on how to inform the Eastern Partnership, Black Sea Synergy and Central Asian Countries about how to enhance understanding of covenant signatory cities in theEastern Partnership and Central Asian countries The structure of Pivex Energy Municipality will be presented as Pivex network and platform, Teritorial Convenat Coordinator that would allow covenant signatory cities in the Eastern Partnership and Central Asian countries to build up their capacities to develop and implement SEAPs through exchange of experience and and best practices either between them and/or with signatory cities in the EU Pivex Energy Municipality will be the structure for Eastern Partnership, Black Sea Synergy and Central Asian Countries helping Covenant signatories to obtain the relevant data needed for the preparation of their baseline emissions inventory and SEAP, at regional or national level, in line with Covenant rules and guidelines.

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