

In July 2019 Mayor Hanna Zdanowska has initiated and leads Working Group of the Union of Polish Metropolises for Eco-strategy. She has started the largest revitalisation program in Poland to improve housing and living conditions, especially in the city centre. In the 2018 local elections, she was elected for the third term, receiving 70.22% of the vote in the first round of voting. Hanna Zdanowska, Mayor of the City of Łódź since 2010, an environmental engineer, Member of Polish Parliament from 2007 to 2010. He was first elected president of the Conference of Maritime and Peripheral Regions of Europe in 2014, in Sweden, then re-elected in 2016, in Ponta Delgada, and again in 2018, in Funchal. In 1996, Vasco Cordeiro was first elected as member of the Parliament of the Azores Autonomous Region and, between 20, after being re-elected, he held the office of leader of the Socialist Party in the regional parliament. In October 2016 he was re-elected president of the Regional Government of the Azores. Prior to his first election as president of the Regional Government of the Azores in 2012, he held several cabinet positions as Regional Secretary for the Economy (2008-2012), the Presidency (2004-2008), responsible for European and External Affairs, and Agriculture and Fisheries (2003-2004). Vasco Alves Cordeiro, a lawyer, is currently the 1st vice-president of the European Committee of the Regions and a member of the Azores Regional Parliament, having served two terms as president of the Government of the Azores, an Autonomous Region of Portugal. Jacob Bundsgaard, Mayor of Aarhus, ICC City.Kata Tüttő, Deputy Mayor of Budapest, ICC City.Mohamed Ridouani, Mayor of Leuven, ICC City.Using political leadership to mobilise local stakeholders Tjisse Stelpstra, Member of the Council of the Province of DrentheĤ.

Andries Gryffroy, Member of the Flemish Parliament.Konstantinos Tziounis, Mayor of Tripolis, ICC City.Kristine Bille, Deputy Mayor of Syddjurs.Hana Zdanowska, Mayor of Lodz, member of the Green Deal Going Local working group and Covenant of Mayors Ambassador.Using political leadership to create a LGD vision for Industry and SMEs Franc Weerwind, Mayor of Almere, Metropolitan Region AmsterdamĢ.How does the European Green Deal impact your city (what does it mean to you and your citizens)? LGDs in action: panel with inspirational cases and interactive discussionġ. Introducing the LGD Blueprint, by Mark Hidson, Deputy Regional Director ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability.
