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This month, for the first time, Ukraine will join EU Sustainable Energy Week, Europe's key event for a more sustainable energy future. Between 11 and 15 April, the cities of Kyiv, Lviv, Poltava and Kovel will host events to show, promote, discuss and celebrate energy efficiency and renewable energy.

EUSEW 2011 is likely to attract more than 30,000 participants from across Europe and beyond under the slogan ‘Smart energy for a sustainable future’. The Week will largely focus on energy efficiency and renewable energy sources in Europe, with a significant portion of the events dedicated to the European energy market and smart electricity grids.

To date, more than 133 events are already planned during the Week in Brussels and some other 443 across Europe. And the number is growing by the day.

Organized by the EU Delegation to Ukraine and other partners, EUSEW will see a varied programme in Ukraine, bringing together environmental activists, business sector, international community, local and regional authorities – offering an ideal networking and awareness raising opportunity.

 

EUSEW Programme in Ukraine – key highlights

6 April, 15:00 - Opening Press Briefing: "EU Sustainable Energy Week in Ukraine”

Head of Delegation José Manuel PINTO TEIXEIRA will present the EU Sustainable Energy Week agenda in Ukraine, main partners and key events planned, and will talk about EU targets in the field of energy efficiency and renewable energy.

Location: Kyiv, 10 Kruhlo-Universytetska Street

Organizer: Delegation of the European Union to Ukraine

 

14 April, 10:00 – 18:30 - Conference “Energy Efficiency: Best Practices from European and Ukrainian Cities”

A conference tackling energy efficiency at municipal level will gather together city mayors, representatives of local administrations, EU-funded projects, IFIs and donors structures, working in the field of energy efficiency.

Location: Kyiv, Radisson Blu Hotel, 22 Yaroslaviv Val Street

Organizer: Delegation of the European Union to Ukraine

 

15 April, 12:00 – 18:00 – Energy Day

Open for the general public, Energy Day offers a varied programme for its visitors, including exhibitions of EU projects targeting energy efficiency, presentations by NGOs and international organizations, an exhibition of the short-listed amateur schoolchildren’s contest winners and screening of documentary films.

Location: Kyiv, City Municipal House of Teacher, 57 Volodymyrska Street

Organizer: Delegation of the European Union to Ukraine

 

12-14 April – Green evenings

Over three evenings, Café Babouin in Kyiv will host a screening of French documentaries on energy efficiency related topics, which will be followed by an open discussion with the director.  An exhibition about energies, by French photographer Yan Arthus-Bertrand, will be open to visitors at the same venue during the whole week.

Location: Kyiv, Café Babouin, 10 Simona Petlury Street

Organizer: French Embassy in Ukraine

 

11-15 April – Technological exhibition “Renewables – Made in Germany”

Location: Kyiv, Scientific Park of NTU KPI (April 11-13) and City Municipal House of Teacher, 57 Volodymyrska Street (April 15)

Organizer: German Embassy in Ukraine

 

17 April 11:00 -20:00– Earth Day Celebration

This year, the Earth Day celebration in Kyiv will largely focus on energy efficiency and renewable energy issues. The programme of the event will include a presentation of “Earth Day in the Office”, presentation of the first personal carbon footprint calculator in Ukraine promoting awareness about the embedded energy in our daily habits of life, performances and sketches about sustainable energy and resource conservation, an eco-fair, NGO marketplace and concert.

Location: Kyiv, Mariinskiy Park, Hrushevskogo Street

Organizer: Ukrainian Environmental Club “Green Wave”

 

11-15 April – Children’s drawing competition

Department of Economic Policy of Lviv City Council has announced a children's drawing competition "Remember the Chernobyl accident... Think about the future ...", dedicated to the 25th anniversary of Chernobyl tragedy and Energy days, widely celebrated in Lviv.

Location: Lviv

Organizer: Lviv City Council

 

9 April – 17 April - Energy Efficient Building

A mobile exhibition "Energy Efficient Building” provides its visitors with unique exhibits about innovative technology of energy-saving and energy efficiency in buildings. In addition to informative posters with detailed descriptions of building technology and examples of realized projects, the exhibition introduces energy efficient wall building, original ventilation techniques with heat recovery and others. On the opening day of the exhibition, guests will have an opportunity to communicate with Ukrainian and German experts and ask questions. To read more about the Project Passive House, visit www.eepp.org.ua.

Location: Kovel, City Administration Building, 73 Nezalezhnosti Street

Organizer: GIZ GmbH, Kovel City Council

 

13 April – Free screening of the film HOME

All citizens and guests of the city are invited to attend the free screening of the famous movie "HOME" at the central cinema hall. The film of world famous wildlife photographer Yan Arthus-Bertrand and cult film director Luc Besson shows beautiful views of Earth from a bird's eye view, accompanied by a story of environmental disaster that threatens the planet.

Location: Lviv, Cinema Hall named by Oleksand Dovzhenko, 81 Chervonoi Kalyni Avenue

Organizer: Lviv City Council

 

13 April 2011 - School projects presentation on the theme of energy efficiency

This year, school projects will be focusing on three main topics, such as nanotechnology, Energy efficiency technologies and Ecology

Location: Lviv, Educational Complex named by V. Stys, 14 Povstanska Street

Organizer: Lviv City Council

 

12-14 April – Conference “Problems and perspectives: ICT use for students learning energy saving”

The aim of the event is to improve and develop energy saving teaching methods. The conference will gather scientists and teachers to discuss energy efficiency related aspects of teaching in modern society.

Location: Poltava, 5 Artema Stret

Organizer: Technological Cybernetics Science Academy and Education centre Positive

 

11 April, 10:00 -13:00– Conference “Renewable energy and energy efficiency in the oil and gas sector”

The conference will establish a local platform for experience exchange, networking and discussing mutual programmes in the energy saving field

Location: Poltava, 24 Pershotravneviy Provulok

Organizer: Education centre Positive

 

12 April, 17:00 -19:00– Seminars for residents on the subject of energy efficiency

Public seminars on energy efficiency will be held for residents who are united in condominiums, in order to provide people with advice and explanations on questions of saving heat, hot water and electricity.

Location: Lviv, Center for Science, Innovation and Information, 57 Chornovola Street
Organizer: Lviv City Council

 

12 April 12:30 – 15:00 – Training Seminar on Energy Efficiency

Public school #30 is one of 4 Lviv schools, which joined the campaign “Energy Efficiency Schools’’ within the project “Municipal Heating Reform in Ukraine”. As part of the project, the school received special equipment for pupils that could help them to investigate their school in questions of energy efficiency, which will be demonstrated during the seminar. The seminar is aimed not only to show the importance of energy and heat saving, but to present the basics of energy audit for children.

Location: Lviv, School #30,  31 Mazepy Street

Organizer: Lviv City Council

For a full list of events in Brussels and across Europe, media highlights and fresh news about the Week, visit the EU Sustainable Energy Week site www.eusew.eu.

 

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