The Coal Commission met for the 5th time
The Coal Commission was established in March 2021 as the first permanent consultative forum on coal transition in Hungary.
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Conference
The Coal Commission Secretariat represented the Eszterházy Károly Catholic University in the panel discussion of the EU Week of Regions
The European Week of Regions and Cities is an annual 4-day event during which cities and regions showcase their ability to grow and create jobs sustainably, implement EU cohesion policy and demonstrate the importance of the local and regional level.
Visit to the Western Macedonian coal region
Our staff represented our LIFE integrated project at an academic event in Kozani, in the centre of the West Macedonia coal region. The event took place in the framework of theCINTRAN Horizon 2020 project, which investigates the characteristics and dynamics of changes in European coal regions. The main objective of the event was to provide participants with the opportunity to find replicable solutions to address the challenges of just transition through networking.
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Messe exhibition visit in Hannover
After a two-year hiatus, the world’s largest industrial exhibition and the world’s most important industry business event, Hannover Messe, has resumed with a business delegation organised by HKIK at the end of May. Representatives of companies from Heves and Borsod counties joined the programme as suppliers and business partners of the Mátra power plant in the framework of the LIFE-IP North-HU-Trans project’s corporate mentoring programme.
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INFORM EU Conference Country Mix
At the INFORM EU Conference Country Mix workshop organised by the European Commission in Malta, the Ministry of Technology and Industry had the opportunity to present and promote the LIFE IP North-HU-Trans – KEHOP cooperation, which started in Markazon on 7 May, and continued in Gyöngyös on 13 May and in Abasar on 14 May under the title Eco-Revolution.
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Exhibitors of Heves County at the international exhibitions of Hungexpo Zrt.
One of the objectives of the LIFE-IP North-HU-Trans project is to support the partners and suppliers of the Mátra power plant in the process of coal export and to explore new market opportunities. Within the framework of the project’s corporate mentoring programme, a total of 9 county enterprises participated as exhibitors at the Hungexpo Zrt. spring exhibitions.
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Territorial Just Transition Plans in practice
Zsuzsa Piskóti-Kovács PhD gave a presentation at the second capacity building event of CINTRAN Territorial Just Transition Plans, in Process and in Practice . The webinar focused on Territorial Just Transition Plans (TJTP). The webinar presented experiences and lessons learned from three European regions and provided tips to ensure that these documents are indeed actively guiding just transitions.
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The Coal Commission held its inaugural meeting
On the 11th of March, the Coal Commission, the first permanent consultative forum on coal transition in Hungary, held its inaugural meeting online. The strategic goal of the government’s energy and climate policy is to transform the Mátra Power Plant in a sustainable and environmentally friendly way and to guarantee a balanced energy supply and energy security for the region.
The newly established proposal and decision support body will ensure the involvement of the actors involved in the coal management process, the continuity of the discussions and the dissemination of results and proposals,” said Attila Steiner, State Secretary for the Development of the Circular Economy, Energy and Climate Policy in his welcome speech.
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