The Intelligent Cities Challenge (ICC) launched its new learning course titled “Local Green Deals: A Governance Innovation to Accelerate the Twin Transition”. The course is available on the EU Academy, an online learning hub with high quality educational resources produced by EU institutions and available to all those whose work is related to its sphere of action. It is open to all those keen to learn about how Local Green Deals can assist their cities’ growth.
This course is the first module of the EU Academy’s five-part series on Local Green Deals. The series will be developed over the course of the ICC (2023-25). It aims to provide participants with a deep understanding of Local Green Deals, an innovative governance approach designed for cities and municipalities to implement the European Green Deal at the local level and accelerate transformative sustainability action.
The modules are specifically tailored for local ecosystem actors, including local authorities’ administrators and business stakeholders.
Learning objectives
- Contextualise Local Green Deals as a governance approach to implement the European Green Deal at the local level;
- Provide an overview and definitions of key concepts around Local Green Deals, based on the Local Green Deal Blueprint for Action;
- Provide concrete examples, tips and advice from City administrators with experience implementing Local Green Deals in their jurisdictions.
Ireland North West City Region in the ICC
The North West City Region stands among 64 cities and city regions across Europe participating in the European Commission's Intelligent Cities Challenge 2.0 initiative.
As part of the Intelligent Cities Challenge 2.0, the North West City Region is committed to playing a pivotal role in achieving the goals of the European Commission's initiative. The focus of the new initiative is on green and digital transition and building Local Green Deals to create concrete actions for change in public-private partnerships between businesses, the local authorities and communities. Multiple Local Green Deals are being developed in the City region in areas such as energy districts and the bio-economy.