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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

2Cyprus 11-14 June, 2014

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


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


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….


LAG’s MEMBERS “IDENTITY”

7

LOCAL ACTION GROUPSProgress till now

Sarajevo, 4-7 February, 2014


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


Increase participation in local and EU actions

Lack of technical capacity and expertise

Politics

Difficulties in achieving replication potential

Common Barriers


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


Thank you!

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