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Maria StankiewiczDirector

Association of MunicipalitiesPolish Network „Energie Cités”

Ul. Floriańska 55/731-019 Kraków, Polandtel./fax 12 429 17 93email: biuro@pnec.org.plwww.pnec.org.pl

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Experience of

Association of MunicipalitiesPolish Network „Energie Cités” (PNEC)

The Association of Municipalities, Polish Network “Energie Cités” (PNEC) is a non governmental, non profit organisation with its office located in Kraków. The organisation was registered in 1994.

The statutory goal of the Association is promotion of energy efficiency and creation of municipal development strategy, including renewable energy.

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PNEC Members

The Association has 26 municipal members in Poland, 1 in Lithuania and 2 supporting organisations in Ukraine.

Moreover, the Association has 14 supporting members from business firms and

associations.

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PNEC Partners

European Network “Energie Cités”, Besançon, France Agency for Environment and Energy Management (ADEME), France Netherlands Agency for Energy and the Environment (NOVEM) European Institute for Environmental Energy (EIEE), Denmark ORASE Energie Romania (OER) Slovak Energy Agency (SEA) South-Bohemia Region (SBR), The Czech Republic Standing Conference of Serbian Municipalities (SCSMEE), Serbia Lithuanian Energy Institute (LEI) Municipal Energy Efficiency Network/EcoEnergy, Bulgaria Center for Municipal and Regional Development, Lviv, Ukraine The Ukrainian Network of Energy Efficient Cities Lviv, Ukraine South-East Center of Municipal and Regional Developing in

Lugansk, Ukraine Alliance to Save Energy (ASE), USA Foundation for Energy Efficiency, Poland

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POLISH

National Fund for Environmental Protection & Water Management (NFOŚiGW) Voivodeship Fund for Environmental Protection & Water

Management (WFOŚiGW)

EUROPEAN UNION PROGRAMMES

TEMPUS SAVE II ALTENER INTERREG IIIC

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PNEC financing sources

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USAID Poland-America-Ukraine Cooperation Initiative (PAUCI) Academy for Educational Development (AED) Municipal Network for Energy Efficiency (MUNEE) World Learning EcoLinks

WORLD PROGRAMMES Global Environmental Facility (GEF)

Regional Environmental Centre (REC)

International Energy Agency (IEA)

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PNEC financing sources

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11 years of

Polish Network “Energie Cites”Participation in over 30 projects, organising over 40 seminars, training's, study tours and conferences in the framework of the project financed by:

EU programmes (TEMPUS, SAVE, ALTENER) and USAID (World, Learning, ASE, AED, PAUCI, MUNEE)

In 1995- 2005 over 2100 representatives from local authoritieswere trained:

• from Poland – about 2000 people• from Ukraina – 84 people• from Croatia – 22 people• from Armenia – 12 people• from Moldova – 12 people

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PNEC Projects

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Completed: March 2004

Total costs: 23 740 Euro

Implementation ang follow up of European Project:ALTENER programme – CityRES project

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Renewable energies as a challenge for local authorities. The examples of good practice

in Poland and the European Union

Polish Network „Energie Cités” received from the European network Energie-Cités CD-ROM presenting 105 best practices of use of renewable energy in cities and communities in 19 European countries.

CD-ROM prepared in English and French by Energie-Cités with thefinancial support of European Commission within the scope of the ALTENER Programme was translated into Polish.

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Idea

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Renewable energies as a challenge for local authorities. The examples of good practice

in Poland and the European Union

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Sponsors

National Fund for Environmental Protection & Water Management

Voivodship Fund for Environmental Protection & Water Management in Katowice

Voivodship Fund for Environmental Protection & Water Management in Kraków

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Renewable energies as a challenge for local authorities. The examples of good practice

in Poland and the European Union

Polish Network „Energie

Cités” prepared another CD-

ROM “Renewable energies in

Poland. 70 good practice”

which contains 72 examples

of Polish practice of the

renewable energy use.

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Activities

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in Poland and the European Union

5000 sets of this two CD-ROMs were published by Polish Network „Energie Cités” and given gratuitously to every Polish municipality and eight NGOs dealing with renewable energy.

Dissemination: to all municipalities in Poland with the magazine „Czysta Energia” Polish Association of Biomass POLBIOM Polish Association of Solar Energy PTES Polish Geothermal Association Ecological Education Center in Ełk Renewable Energy Center in Janów NordicHouse Małopolska Silesian Union of Municipalities and Districts The Union of Rural Communes of the Republic of Poland

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Results

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Summary

Cooperation: Energie- Cités, Silesian Union of Municipalities and Districts, Association of Rural Communes of the RP, translators, graphics, designers, computer scientists, municipalities, „Polska Ekologia” Ltd., Local government of Cieszyn (PNEC Member)

Contacts: Editorial staff of „Czysta Energia”, NGO’s, municipalities

Difficulties: Silesian Union of Municipalities and Districts – passive partners, various procedures of evaluation and reporting for three different sponsors

Administrative i financial aspects: 3 various sponsors, different criteria of project granting and reporting, different and very time consuming procedures

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in Poland and the European Union

Renewable Energy – Transfer of Knowledge and Technologies for Regional Innovation Strategies

Started: March 2005

Finished: December 2006

Total costs: 92500 Euro

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IDEA

1. Follow up of European project: TEMPUS JOINT EUROPEAN PROJECT IB_ JEP 14326 „Course on Sustainable Energy for Local Administrators”, AGH students visited PNEC and asked about possibilities to participate in sudy tours to learn about RE investments

2. Information from Marshal office that in preliminary call for proposals – January-February 2004: 260 applications were sent, only 1 application referred to renewable energy, but did not

meet formal requirements.

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Renewable Energy – Transfer of Knowledge and Technologies for Regional Innovation Strategies

IROP, Measure 2.6 - Regional Innovation Strategies and Transfer of Knowledge

Competition of the Malopolska Marshal Office November 2004

Submission

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Renewable Energy – Transfer of Knowledge and Technologies for Regional Innovation Strategies

- preparing database connected with renewable energy, a manual (1 000 copies) for the private sector interested in renewables,

- organising 22 training sessions (1 day each) in the whole Malopolskie Voivodeship,

- 10 probations in private companies (6 months each) for graduates and teachers from academies in Malopolskie Voivodeship

Activities

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Summary

Partners:

- Polish Association of the Employers of Renewable Energy, Sector and Environmental Protection

- University of Mining and Metallurgy in Cracow (AGH)

Administrative i financial aspects: 100% financing from IROP, prefinancing 20%.

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Renewable Energy – Transfer of Knowledge and Technologies for Regional Innovation Strategies

SchooBIE-DO School Buildings Integrated Energy Development Operation

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Started: October 2003

Finished: May 2006

Total costs: 536 044 Euro

SchooBIE-DO School Buildings Integrated Energy Development Operation

Partnership:

Leader:• Energie-Cités, Besancon, France

Partners:• Cork County Energy Agency (CCEA), Cork, Ireland• ORASE ENERGIE ROMANIA (OER), Sibiu, Romania• Polish Network „Energie Cités”, Kraków, Poland

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Six Phases/Elements

• Setting up• Reviewing Policy• Energy Monitoring• Energy appraisals – efficiency and renewables• Preparing for TPF• Dissemination

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Activities

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Summary

Cooperation: Energie-Cités, Besancon, FranceCork County Energy Agency (CCEA), Cork, Ireland, ORASE ENERGIE ROMANIA (OER), Sibiu, Romania, Polish Network „Energie Cités”, Kraków, Poland, 11 municipalities

Difficulties: Energy audit procedures does not reffer to renewables.

Administrative i financial aspects: 50% cofinancing