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Best practices and interim results from IEE-project SEAP-PLUS Georg C. Priesner, Climate Alliance Austria Conference: „Meeting the energy grand challenge with the EU Budget“, Brussels, 27 June 2013

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Best practices and interim results from IEE-project SEAP-PLUS. Georg C. Priesner, Climate Alliance Austria Conference: „Meeting the energy grand challenge with the EU Budget“, Brussels, 27 June 2013. SEAP PLUS (IEE/11/978/SI2.615950) Overview. No. of partners:13 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Page 1: Best practices and interim results from  IEE-project SEAP-PLUS

Best practices and interim results from IEE-project SEAP-PLUS

Georg C. Priesner, Climate Alliance Austria

Conference: „Meeting the energy grand challenge with the EU Budget“, Brussels, 27 June 2013

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SEAP PLUS (IEE/11/978/SI2.615950) Overview

– No. of partners: 13– Coordinator: Technical Chamber of Greece– Duration: 30 months (04/12 – 09/14)– Benefits: Cooperation at regional level

Collaboration with energy utilities

Support to local authorities

Dissemination of CoM-topics– Major expected Adhesion of more CoM-Signatories

outputs: Adhesion of more Supporting Structures

Knowledge transfer through twinning partnerships

Elimination of non-technical-barriers

More emission sectors in a typical SEAP

Access to reliable energy data

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13 European project partners

JOKKMOKK

ICLEI Europe

DIBAARE

ALESSCO

CAA

VP

AMRR

BSRAEM

TCGEPTA

CEA

LEAP

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WP 2: Twinning Partnerships

Two rounds of twinning visits already completed (12 visits)

Third round now running 36 visits to take place in total 3x6 roundtables in the learning

partners with 100 participants in total for all regions

6 Memorandum of Understanding to be signed for long-term cooperation

4 Learning partners to become CoM Supporting Structures => two already accepted

6 twinning pairs of experienced – learning partners

LearningPartners

ExperiencedPartners

TCG (GR)

ALESSCO (IT)

BSRAEM (BG)

LEIF (LV)

AMRR (RO)

LEAP (SL)

DIBA (ES)

CEA (CY)

CAA (AT)

JOKKMOKK (SE)

ICLEI Europe (DE)

ARE Lig (IT)

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Lessons learnt – Challenges to face

Familiarization is the key! Need to obtain the background and specific information on the

visiting regions – identify the differences; experience cannot be directly transferred from one country / region to another

Continuous capacity building is needed! Importance of ensuring the capacity building activities after the

end of the project => Memorandum of Understanding between partners is the answer

Energy data is a common problem Need to engage energy providers and energy agencies, provide

incentives, seek political support Financing SEAPs

Identify financial mechanisms, experience transfer, seek for European and national funds. Work together

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WP 3: SEAP-PLUS worktowards energy stakeholders

Main targets:Raising awareness and committing regional and local energy stakeholders

Memorandum of Cooperation with energy stakeholders

Developing recommendations how to successfully involve energy stakeholders

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Raising awareness andcommitting regional stakeholders

• A data base of arround 950 energy stakeholders from has been built up

• Energy stakeholders receive regular information about CoM, SEAP implementation work, best practices via newsletters and personal contacts

• 80 bilateral meetings with energy stakeholders in all project regions

• 8 energy stakeholder workshops were organised (200 participants)

Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) with energy stakeholders• A common MoC basic text was developed by SEAP-PLUS project team

• 7 MoCs with energy stakeholders were signed in Latvia and Sweden

– access for municipalities to reliable energy data

– cooperation regarding research and data analysis

– cooperation on monitoring and improvement of data quality

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WP 4: Challenges of Local Governments‘ (LG) mobilisation & assistance

• Motivate – European sustainable energy policies and initiatives vs. national framework conditions

• Explain – funding opportunities to CoM signatories vs. limited staff capacity and varying application procedures

• Provide – guidance to technical staff within the SEAP process vs. need of interdepartmental involvement

• Facilitate – cooperation between LG and energy provider vs. potentially conflicting interests

• Involve – all governmental levels and relevant energy stakeholders vs. need of different forms of involvement (information, consultation, cooperation)

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Technical assistance to LGs

Related performance and achievements:

• 12 reports on technical help and SEAP PLUS promotion (1 per region) – pending

• 65 SEAPs prepared and submitted as a result of SEAP PLUS – currently overachieved: 80 LGs receive SEAP support (70 SEAP development / 10 SEAP improvement)

• 12 proposals in SEAP related funding mechanisms prepared and submitted – 1 done, 11 to go

• 4 learning partners become CoM Supporter – 2 done, 2 to go

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Climate Alliance Austria (CAA)

• Europe:– 1.660 cities and municipalities in 20 countries

• Austria:– 940 cities and municipalities– All 9 regions in Austria– 780 private sector businesses– 360 schools and educational institutions

• Central Aims: Think globally – act locally!

All members of Climate Alliance Austria engage in:

minus 10% CO2 emissions every 5 years, reaching minus 50% emissions until 2030 per inhabitant (reference year 1990)Support of indigenous partners in the Amazon: preservation of the rainforest and their lifestyle

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Importance of IEE programme for Austrian municipalities and CAA

Bringing CoM topics directly to mayors and citizens - CoM Awareness Building and CoM Public Relations through events, presentations, websites, flyers and newsletters

Possibility of European cooperation between municipalities, towns, regions and organizations regarding EE and RES topics

Knowledge transfer and transfer of new methods and technologies through pilot projects which can be rolled out afterwards in the regions (twinning partnerships, best practices)

IEE as basis for installation of and development for a sustainable CAA CoM-Expertise. Positioning of CAA as CoM Competence Centre for IEE climate and energy topics for municipalities

Information and networking for municipalities Method of cofinancing for EE and RES pilot projects

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Concrete results from IEE projects

PRO EE – Public Procurement boosts Energy EfficiencyManual for public procurement for Austrian municipalities

Come2CoMFirst Promotion of the CoM in Austria, first signatories

NET-COM – Networking the Covenant of Mayors Foundation of the Austrian Covenant Club, 6 NET-COM information and networking workshops, CAA becomes CoM supporting structure, adhesion of Vienna

100% RES communitiesBringing rural communities into the CoM, adhesion of group

of municipalities (Waldviertler Kernland), twinning partnership between „experienced“ and „learning“ region

REPOWERMAP Interactive map for promoting the use of RES and EE, 800 Austrian installations registered