EU Climate Policy – Course for EPSO Candidates

This online course will provide the participants with a comprehensive understanding of the EU climate policies, supporting their preparation to the recently launched EPSO concours. The course will focus on legislation covering the greenhouse gas emissions targets, including the “Fit for 55” legislative package and the current state of play of the revision of the ETS directive, the Effort Sharing Regulation and the LULCF Regulation, and more. The participants will be up-to-date with regards the latest legislative developments under the EU Green Deal.

The participants will learn about:

• The scope and content of EU climate policy
• Key tools to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
• The EU Green Deal, its scope and current state-of-play of main legislative proposals, including under the ‘Fit for 55’ legislative package

Course methodology/highlights:

The course will be delivered as a series of online lectures with enough time to allow participants to ask questions in an interactive way. The participants will gain access to the EIPA moodle platform, where they will have at their disposal all the presentations used during the course, as well as additional reading materials.

The course will particularly help participants:

• to prepare for the EPSO concours by providing a complete “tour de horizon” of EU climate policy, understanding the underlying principles and regulatory framework,
• to familiarise themselves with the priorities and achievements of the EU Green Deal and in particular the “Fit for 55” legislative package

Candidates for the recently launched EPSO concours for Administrators in energy, climate, and environment. Specifically in  “Field 2 – Climate: contribute to the efforts to fight climate change at EU and international level.”

Members of the national administrations of EU Member States, officials of the EU institutions, bodies and agencies, professionals interested in environmental policy.

Online Course
For this online course we make use of Zoom

Programme Organiser
Ms Blanka Opletalova
Tel: +352 426 230 305
b.opletalova@eipa.eu

Discounts
EIPA member fee
EIPA offers a discount to all civil servants working for one of EIPA’s supporting countries, and civil servants working for an EU institution, body or agency

Who are the supporting countries?
Civil servants coming from the following EIPA supporting countries are entitled to get the reduced fee: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden.

For all other participants, the regular fee applies

Early bird discount
The early bird discount is not cumulative with other discounts or promo codes, except for the EIPA member fee.

Who are the supporting countries?
Civil servants coming from the following EIPA supporting countries are entitled to get the reduced fee: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden.

For all other participants, the regular fee applies.

Confirmation
Confirmation of registration will be forwarded to participants on receipt of the completed online registration form.

Payment
Prior payment is a condition for participation.

Cancellation policy
For administrative reasons you will be charged € 50 for cancellations received within 7 days before the activity begins. There is no charge for qualified substitute participants.

EIPA reserves the right to cancel the activity up to 1 week before the starting date. In that case, registration fees received will be fully reimbursed.