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The head of the Coal Commission Secretariat represented our university at the International Forum “Opportunities for a Just Transition Beyond Borders” in Bulgaria. The event took place in the framework of a project aimed at giving greater visibility to the European Union’s cohesion policy, the Just Transition Fund and the European Economic Recovery Plan.

On the 18th of September, the 10th meeting of the Coal Commission was held in Eger. The Coal Commission was established on the 11th of March in 2021 as the first permanent consultative forum on coal transition in Hungary. Its mission is to support the decarbonisation of the lignite-based electricity production, the MVM Mátra Energia Zrt. and also the sustainable and equitable transition of the North Hungary region, involving all relevant organisations.

From 11-12 July, the Annual Political Dialogue of the Initiative for coal regions in transition took place in Velenje. Two members of the Coal Commission Secretariat, Balázs Hegyi and Patrik Póka, represented the Eszterházy Károly Catholic University at the conference.

For the ninth time, the European Commission’s Just Transitions Platform Conference took place in Brussels with more than 1,000 registered participants, including around 300 in person who attended the event to share their views and experiences on the Just Transition process, including the results of projects that were financed by Just Transition Fund.

A member of the Coal Commission Secretariat represented Eszterházy Károly Catholic University at the fourth and final meeting of the District heating Working Group called the Coal Regions in Transition

The Coal Commission was established on the 11th of March 2021 as the first permanent consultative forum on coal transition in Hungary. The primary objective of the Commission is to involve all key stakeholders in the planning and implementation of the green transition of the Northern Hungary coal region (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén and Heves counties).