Councilman Administration Modernization, Urban Quality and Participation, Jose Guillen, inaugurated this morning the conference of the European project tracking SURE welcoming Murcia partners in this initiative are the Belarusian city of Polotsk and Moroccan Saleh, along with Friedrichshafen in Germany.
The SURE (Sustainable Urban Development in the ENPI Region) project has been completed and this week, in Murcia, the conference follow-up funded by the European Commission, in which the technical and cultural exchange and dialogue is facilitated between cities held Participants also are also present house of Belarus in Germany (DWH), the environmental organization Global Nature and the Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions of Europe (CPRM).
This development cooperation initiative is part of the Covenant of Mayors, where Murcia, near the German town of Friedrichshafen, was responsible for advising on energy efficiency Polotsk and Salé in the development of municipal energy plans.
Murcia's role was to provide technical advice in bidding for international contracts consulting for the development of energy plans Polotsk and Salé, as well as tutoring to cities, as now monitor your progress.
Also he advised the municipality in all technical, political and administrative aspects of the plan, contributing its experience in European projects and participated in the installation of two photovoltaic plants in Polotsk and Salé.
This conference 2016 in Murcia is a collaboration of partners and is funded by the European Commission through the project leader.
The idea is to facilitate technical and cultural exchanges and facilitate dialogue between cities, potential partner for future projects, such as the name of the European program under which the project was financed.
The purpose of the program is cooperation with countries of the ENPI regions affected by the neighborhood policy of the European Union, in this case it will develop cooperation in the field of energy efficiency and renewable energy.
The next step is to collaborate in the development of smarter cities.
Jose Guillen said this morning that "a city can be considered smart or intelligent as far as municipal investments we make in human capital, social, infrastructure, more efficient information technology and communication power, as well as many municipal services, contemplate and promote better quality of life, a durable and sustainable economic and environmental development and participatory governance, at the same time a mature and productive management of our resources, which will lead to better use of the services we offer to our citizens. "
The council has continued explaining that "it's time to pass it to members of this international project, and it is our goal, such as municipalities, offer every day better quality services, while respecting the maximum environmental aspects and wise use of natural resources. "
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia