{"id":37929,"date":"2023-10-17T12:09:41","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T10:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibs.org.pl\/?post_type=news&p=37929"},"modified":"2023-10-17T12:29:38","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T10:29:38","slug":"jan-frankowski-at-the-european-week-of-regions-and-cities-2023","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/ibs.org.pl\/en\/news\/jan-frankowski-at-the-european-week-of-regions-and-cities-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Jan Frankowski at the European Week of Regions and Cities 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From October 9th to 12th, 2023, the European Week of Regions and Cities (#EURegionsWeek) took place in Brussels. This is the largest European Union regional policy event, where local governments and non-governmental organisations present their ideas and achievements through conferences, exhibitions, and events. A significant portion of the activities focused on energy transition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201dOn October 10th, Anna Zs\u00f3fia Bajomi from FEANTSA (European Federation of National Organizations Working with Homeless People) organised a panel and workshop,\u201c<\/strong>Clean and affordable heat for all: heat transition for vulnerable solid fuel users<\/strong><\/a>\u201d<\/strong>, dedicated to options for implementing solutions for district heating in rural areas. Roberto Patrascoiu<\/strong> (Habitat for Humanity Romania) presented an example of a community from Romania. Aranka Rost\u00e1s<\/strong> (Lightbringers Association) showed a village in Hungary where access to electricity, gas, and running water is challenging. For both localisations, the only available heating source is wood. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jan Frankowski,<\/strong> in turn, cited an example from a remote village in northern Poland. The village visited during this year\u2019s field research within the project Energy poverty of women in Poland<\/a> is grappling with a rapidly ageing local community. It struggles with the deteriorating technical condition of pre-German and post-state-collective farm buildings heated with coal or wood. Low incomes and work on the grey market are also the problem.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Subsequently, with the workshop participants, discussions revolved around possible technical solutions for Hungarian and Polish rural areas. Among the solutions discussed for Poland were:<\/p>\n\n\n\n