PERUGIA (ITALPRESS) – The president of the Umbria Region, Stefania Proietti, as rapporteur for the Enve Commission of the Committee of the Regions and the regional Councillor for the environment, energy and climate change, Thomas De Luca, as an expert, have held public consultation in Brussels in the presence of Cyril Ritter, vice Head of Unit at the Directorate-General for the Environment at the European Commission. The stakeholder consultation has participated in associations from all over Europe, starting from Iclei, the international organization of local administrations for sustainability, which has played the role of additional speakers in the session. The document sets the basis for the opinion on the Environmental Implementation Review 2025 to review the implementation and simplification of EU environmental policies. The opinion will be presented in Assisi on 18-19 June when the ENVE Commission will meet in Umbria (Environment, climate change and energy).
“The presence of Umbria in Brussels – says President Stefania Proietti – is not only institutional, but substantial. We are representing Italy in the Committee of the Regions and, as rapporteur of the opinion on the Eir 2025, we give voice to all the European Regions. The stakeholder consultation has seen the participation of over one hundred interlocutors between institutional representatives, stakeholders and industry organizations. It was a fundamental moment of listening after a series of bilateral meetings aimed at raising additional contributions that, if coherent and relevant, will be integrated into the opinion on European environmental policies.” “The stakeholder consultation represented the preliminary step to drafting the opinion on the Eir 2025 – states Councillor Thomas De Luca – a strategic path that has already seen the involvement of rights holders and stakeholders and that will allow a structured comparison both on vertical issues, in particular on capacity building and the concrete implementation of environmental policies in the Green Deal’s ‘Going Local’ line, and on horizontal issues. These include circular economy, climate adaptation and zero-pollution strategy, areas in which it is crucial to remove administrative and operational obstacles at a territorial level to make European environmental policies effective. The Working Document developed by Umbria aims to transform the ambition of Green Deal into an administrative reality in the territories, overcoming the current fragmentation and promoting a model of circular economy fully integrated into the market.”.
In Brussels also the tenth edition of the Festival dei Cammini di Francesco promoted and organized by the Fondazione Progetto Valtiberina, presented in a joint press conference between Umbria Region and Tuscany Region, united by the European cultural itinerary. “Umbria – President Proietti concludes – consolidates its role as a region guide in the spatial decline of European environmental policies, with the ambition of being not only a green heart of Italy, but an authentic green heart of Europe. Slow and sustainable tourism is a strategic area for the Region. In 2026, the 800th anniversary of the death of Francesco d’Assisi, which sees Umbria investing decisively on the promotion of a slow tourism model, centred on the person and on the immersive experience in an integral natural context.
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