ManagEnergy Workshop

Sustainable Energy Action Plans in Latvia – Regional Co-operation, Best

Practices & Financing Options

Riga, Latvia - 28 January 2011

Welcome!

Seán J. Burke, ManagEnergy Support Team

ManagEnergy ServicesServices:Online and offline support to local energy actors with a public mandate

- Capacity Building Workshops: Supporting Municipalities and LEAs in developing and implementing

Sustainable Energy Action Plans20 Workshops during 2010 and 2010

- 2010: e.g. ELENA (EUSEW 2010), Bulgaria, Spain, Italy - 2011: Latvia, Poland, Croatia, Hungary etc.

Consortium of Service Providers: Energy Cities, FEDARENE, New Frontier Services (NFS), KanEnergi, Pracsis CPLPress

Today’s Workshop• ManagEnergy Capacity Development workshops

– Provide knowledge and learning regarding specific skills– Focus on practical learning and experience sharing – Use and Enjoy! Participate, ask questions, make it work for you!

• Design of this workshop has focussed on local context & needs– Local consultation– Local support

• Thanks to our local partners– Ministry of Environment– Zemgale Regional Energy Agency – Workshop speakers and contributors

Today’s Workshop (ctd)

• Time constraint:– Only so much can be achieved in one day– But can be a useful step forward or contribute to new initiatives (e.g.

Regular experience exchange between local energy actors)

• We want these workshops to be valuable and to make a real impact:– Participant feedback– Updates on success stories after the workshop are welcome!