Green Partnerships Local Partnerships for Greener Cities and Regions
5th Steering Committee meeting Cyprus , 11-14 Cyprus 2014
Theocharis Tsoutsos, Assoc. Prof. Stavroula TournakiAfroditi Fotiouwww.resel.tuc.gr
WP4: Capacity building
and knowledge transfer
for public bodies
in MED cities and regions
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Activity 4.1 Preparation of local step by step plans for capacity building
and pilot activities
Activity 4.2
Capacity building and knowledge transfer for public bodies
Activity 4.3
Improvement of the local energy strategies based on the
pilot testing of new approaches
WP4 Planned activities-1
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Local action groups (LAG) in pilot areas (11)
Local step-by-step plans for capacity building (11)
Organisation of workshops targeted to LAG, public authorities
and key stakeholders (22)
Adapt the training materials proposed by EWG for workshops
Improved existing local energy strategy (or developed if not
existing)
Report the implementation of the local energy strategies (11)
WP4 Outputs
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LOCAL ACTION GROUPS
FORMULATION
Activity 4.1
PROGRESS AND FINDINGS
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• 11 LAGs in the 11 GreenPartnerships countries
• 90 Organizations
• 123 LAG members
LAG’s in numbers….
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LOCAL ACTION GROUPSProgress till now
Country LAG meetings per country
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
Albania (12.09.13) (17.01.14) (21.03.14) (22.04.14)
Bosnia (30.10.13) (24.12.13) (22.04.14) (14.05.14)
Croatia (08.11.13) (30.01.14)
Cyprus (19.09.13) (13.01.14)
France (19.08.13) (30.09.13) (25.11.13) (27.05.14)
Greece (09.10.13) (31.10.13) (19.03.14) (04.04.14) (27.04.14)
Italy (29.11.13)
Montenegro (02.09.13) (17.01.14)
Portugal (07.11.13)
Slovenia (27.09.13) (12.12.13) (21.04.14)
Spain (14.10.13) (14.03.14) (28.05.14)
With red are the LAGs already implemented that we don’t have a report yet
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Discussion Topics:
The Green Partnerships project, outcomes and
impacts/benefits for the Municipalities.
The role of LAGs, and how to stimulate the active
contribution of their members
The local energy strategy and SEAP’s (where existing)
objectives; Energy related priorities and existing potentials
(tailored to the local needs)
Thematic areas for the capacity building workshops, suitable
for the municipality technical staff/employees
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Discussion Topics:
The specific pilot cases; solutions that would work for the
local community
Potential obstacles for the efficient implementation of the
projects
Legislation issues
How to identify appropriate funding sources and other
financial issues - the mostly raised issue; how to have
solutions that can be partly, if not 100%, self funded
Efficient ways for awareness raising – citizens involvement.
Progress of pilot cases
LAGs REPORT
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Reach funding by connecting the pilot project to the local
SEAP
Challenging the active engagement of LAGs a number of
synergies will foster the local energy strategies by joining
forces and expertise
Involving the local stakeholders facilitates the implementation
of local plans through consensus and support by the local
communities
Activation of citizens
Identified Opportunities
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Foster the local businesses could be achieved due to the pilot
projects implementation
RES, Energy efficiency investments and the pilot projects
implementation could create new employment opportunities
Stimulation of innovation, employment and economic growth
through implementation of pilot projects
Networking with EU bodies
Public Private Partnerships
Identified Opportunities
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Finance – lack of funding opportunities
Establishing a regular communication between involved
sectors
Keep engaged the local stakeholders throughout the whole
process
Existing Legislation does not facilitate the implementation of
pilot projects
Difficulties in finding data and information useful for the
implementation of pilot actions
Common Barriers
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Change in the citizens’ behavior in order to achieve SEAP
targets
Reach consensus for the development and implementation of
energy related projects that may affect the habits and
specific interests of citizens or different actors involved
Technical capacity to decide on the most appropriate
technologies and to design value for money projects
Lack of strategy, in some cases, prevent pilot projects to
reach the final stage
Common Barriers
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Increase participation in local and EU actions
Lack of technical capacity and expertise
Politics
Difficulties in achieving replication potential
Common Barriers
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NEXTSTEPS
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Next Period Timeplan
2014 2015
6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5
LAGs Meetings
LAGs Report
Guidelines for development of local step by step plans for capacity building
Reporting on national local step by step plans for capacity building