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20/1/2012  The Pact of Islands Written Declaration has been adopted by the European Parliament

THE PACT OF ISLANDS ADOPTED BY THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT WITH 388 SIGNATURES IN A WRITTEN DECLARATION

 
The Written Declaration on the establishment of the Pact of Islands as an official European Union initiative has been adopted by the European Parliament (EP) on 19th of January 2012 with 388 signatures from members of the EP.

The initiative was launched by MEPs Spyros Danellis (GR), Maria Da Graça Carvalho (PT), Giommaria Uggias (IT), Alyn Smith (UK) and Kyriacos Mavronikolas (CY), on 12 September 2011 in order to promote the Pact of Islands as an EU initiative and create the conditions for the continuation of the ISLE-PACT process after 2012. The Pact of Islands has 62 signatories-island authorities to date. ISLE-PACT is co-financed by the European Commission, (DG ENER) and is committed to developing Island Sustainable Energy Action Plans and a pipeline of Bankable Projects with the aim of meeting or exceeding the EU sustainability targets of 20/20/20 for the year 2020. Currently, there are 12 participating groups of European Islands (over 50 islands) involved; cooperation with more islands is welcome as the Pact of Islands process has been conceived to include all European Islands.

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