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ANNEX 1

Country Organisation First Name Last Name 1 Austria TU Graz Martin Fellendorf2 Austria BRP Powertrain Josef Fürlinger3 Austria eseia, TU Graz Brigitte Hasewend4 Austria eseia, TU Graz Sabrina Metz5 Austria Joanneum Research Otto Nowak6 Austria TU Graz Christina Pree7 Germany TUHH Ina Körner8 Ireland Dublin Institute of Technology Aidan Duffy9 Italy Fondazione Bruno Kessler Luigi Crema

10 Lithuania Vilnius Gediminas Technical University Antanas Cenys11 Norway Akershus University College Jon Samseth12 Poland Poznan Universitity of Economics Maciej Zukowski13 Romania Transilvania University of Braşov Anca Duta

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List of Participants

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ANNEX 2

Re-Election of Vice-Presidents

According to the eseia Statues, Article 14, the Vice-Presidents are elected by the General Assembly. The mandates of the 4 Vice-Presidents expired on 29 November 2011. Their mandate is renewable once. The following eseia Vice-Presidents, listed below, were re-elected in a written procedure without opposition on 29 November 2011 by Members of the eseia General Assembly for the mandate period 30.11.2011 – 29.11.2013. Name Position and Organisation Mandate period Teresa Ponce de Leão

President of LNEG, Portugal 30.11.2011– 29.11.2013

Brian Norton President of Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland

30.11.2011– 29.11.2013

Ion Visa Rector of Transilvania University of Braşov, Romania

30.11.2011– 29.11.2013

Maciej Żukowski, Vice-Rector of Poznań University of Economics, Poland has decided not to extend the mandate and, therefore, will be stepping down as eseia Vice-President once a new Vice-President is elected. The eseia General Assembly is requested to discuss how to fill this opening among its membership.


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ANNEX 3

Membership Update

In 2011 eseia had 30 fee-paying member organisations from 12 countries. The majority of eseia members are form research and education, of which 15 are universities and 10 are research organisations. Furthermore there are 4 members from business, one of which is an umbrella of 150 business organisations and one from politics. In 2011 there were some updates in the eseia Membership. Voestalpine Stahl Donawitz GmbH & Co KG, Ghent Universtiy and Poznan University of Economics declared not to continue their membership in 2012. The reasons were manifold. Reasons included the financial crisis and the lack of direct benefits to the members caused by a lack of commitment in the member organisations. There are also new members on board in 2012. The Fondazione Edmund Mach has already declared its membership. Furthermore, the following organisations expressed their interest in an eseia membership:

• University of Hamburg, Germany • Acciona, Spain • Lund University, Sweden • Strasbourg, école d’architecture, France • Cologne University of Applied Sciences, Germany

In 2012 eseia will focus in attracting new members from business and in the EU countries that have not been covered so far. To enlarge its membership base the eseia Secretariat has outlined a number of target organisations, and which have already received promotional information about eseia. In order to encourage these organisations to join eseia, eseia wishes to nominate one person per organisation who is responsible to promote eseia membership within that organisation. Please pick your organisation of choice and feel free to add further target organisations from the target countries where you feel is appropriate. Target Countries are: Belgium, Bulgaria, The Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Spain, Sweden and Turkey. Attachment: List of Target Organisations


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Target Organisations for eseia Membership Country Organisation eseia Promoter

1 Finland VTT

2 France University of Strasbourg eseia Secretariat

3 Germany HAW Hamburg Ina Körner

4 Germany University of Hamburg Ina Körner

5 Germany BUHCK Ina Körner

6 Germany EON

7 Hungary University of Pannonia

8 Italy ENEA

9 Italy Fondacione Edmund Mach

10 Italy Heliopolis s.r.l. Francesco della Porta

Luxembourg Henri Tudor Public Research Center Otto Nowak

11 Netherlands Econvert Climate & Energy BV

12 Poland Technical University of Gdansk

Slovenia University of Ljubljana

13 Spain Acciona Luigi Crema

14 Spain University of Barcelona

15 Sweden Lund University

16 Sweden AB Borlänge Energi

17 Sweden Falu Energi & Vatten AB

18 Switzerland Paul Scherrer Institute

19 Turkey Middle East Technical University of Ankara Otto Nowak

20 Turkey Istanbul Technical University

21 Turkey TÜBITAK

22 The Netherlands TNO Otto Nowak

23 The Netherlands University of Groningen

24 UK Universtiy of Edinburgh

Please feel free add further potential eseia Member Organisations.

Target Country Organisation eseia Promoter

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8 December 2011, 09.30 - 13.00 Brussels, Belgium

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Agenda General Assembly

1. Welcome by the Director of eseia Brigitte Hasewend and establishment of quorum

2. Re-election of eseia Vice-Presidents (Information on Decision by written procedure)

3. Nomination by the Governing Council of the new eseia President and Vice-President (Information)

4. eseia Membership enlargement (Discussion)

5. Update on the development of eseia Projects (Information)

6. Other eseia Activities (Information)

7. eseia Work Programme and Budget 2012 (Discussion)

8. Any other business

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1. Welcome by the Director of eseia Brigitte Hasewend and establishment of quorum

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2. Re-election of eseia Vice-Presidents (Information on Decision by written procedure)

2.1 Re-election of Vice-Presidents

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Teresa Ponce de Leão LNEG, PT Brian Norton DIT, IE Ion Visa UNITBV, RO

Extended their mandates for the period:

30.11.2011 – 29.11.2013

Common consent

Maciej Zukowski, PUE, PL

Decided not to renew the mandate and, therefore, will step down as Vice-

President

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3. Nomination by the Governing Council of the new eseia President and Vice-President

(Information)

3.1 Nomination of the new eseia President

• Due to the termination of office as the Rector of TU Graz, Hans Sünkel hereby stepped down as eseia President on 1 October 2011

• TU Graz formally nominates the successor in his capacity as Rector of TU Graz, Prof. Harald Kainz, as candidate for the eseia Presidency

• Election by General Assembly according to Article 13 of the statutes

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3.2 Nomination of the new eseia Vice-President

• Maciej Żukowski, Vice-Rector of Poznań University of Economics, Poland has decided not to extend his mandate and, therefore, has stepped down as eseia Vice-President.

• Nominations for this opening are welcome.

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4. eseia Membership enlargement (Discussion)

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4.1 Update on eseia Membership

AUSTRIA

Graz University of Technology

BRP-Powertrain GmbH & CoKG

ECO World Styria

ELIN Motoren GmbH

FH Joanneum Gesellschaft mbH

IFZ

JOANNEUM RESEARCH

Forschungsgesellschaft mbH

Karl Franzens Universität Graz

Kompetenzzentrum Holz GmbH

LandesEnergieVerein Steiermark

University of Leoben

Technische Universität Wien (TU Wien)

Science Partners

Business Partners

Political Partners

SLOVENIA

University of Maribor

ITALY

Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK)

LITHUANIA

LEI – Lithuanian Energy Institute

Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VGTU)

ROMANIA

Transilvania University of Braşov

SLOVAKIA

Slovak University of Technology

in Bratislava (STU)

NORWAY

Akershus University College (HiAk)

Sintef Energy Research

GERMANY

TU Hamburg-Harburg (TUHH)

TuTech Innovation GmbH

PORTUGAL

Instituto Politécnico de Leiria (IPL)

LNEG – National Laboratory

of Energy and Geology

IRELAND

Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT)

University College Dublin (UCD)

The Netherlands

University of Twente


4.2 Update on eseia Membership (Discussion)

The following organisations have discontinued their membership:

• voestalpine Stahl Donawitz GmbH & Co KG

• Ghent Universtiy

• Poznan University of Economics

The following organisations expressed their interest in an eseia membership:

• University of Hamburg, Germany

• Acciona, Spain

• Lund University, Sweden

• Strasbourg, école d’architecture, France

• Cologne University of Applied Sciences, Germany


5. Update on the development of eseia Projects (Information)

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5. eseia Projects

eseia is involved in a number of projects

1. eseia Co-operative Practice-Oriented Education Network (eseia COPOEN), eseia

2. eseia Innovation Regions 2012, FP7 RoK

3. Introduction of Regional Energy Concepts, Central Europe

4. I LIVE GRAZ - smart people create their smart city, FP7

5. COST Project Proposals, COST

6. eseia Expert Data Base Horizon 2020, eseia

7. Green Powertrain Systems, FP7 IAPP

8. ’ENCORE – Energy’ Initial Training Network (ITN), FP7

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5.1 eseia Co-operative Practice-Oriented Education Network

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Context: EC SET-Plan Education and Training Initiative, eseia nominated

experts to the EU

Aim: New educational approach in the field of renewable energies

Objectives: High-quality academic education drawing on the eseia pool of experts (using internet applications like virtual class rooms), top-grade practical experience by integrating business experts on cross cutting topics at different locations in Europe

Duration: initially 1 year (May 2011 – May 2012)

Budget: 20,000 €

Contact: [email protected]

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5.2 eseia Innovation Regions

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Aim: Strengthen the research potential of European regions in the field of sustainable energy = Mission of eseia

Objectives:

• Exchange experience and best practices (Joint Action Plans) of regions

• Improve cooperation between research centres, enterprises, regional authorities and stakeholders

Title: Living Regions

Funding: FP7 Regions of Knowledge

Duration: max. 36 months

Budget: 3 mil. €

Coordinator: eseia Secretariat

Deadline: 31 January 2012


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5.3 Introduction of Regional Energy Concepts

Aim: Promotion of renewable energy

Objectives: Visualising and quantifying energy demands on regional levels in Central European countries

Role of eseia:

• Dissemination, esp. Regional Energy Strategies

• Marketing

• European Networking

Coordinator: Ministry of National Development, HU

Funding: Central Europe Programme

Duration: 2,5 years

Budget: 2,2 mil. €


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Project Partners: - EC Energy Center Lippizanerheimat LTD, AT - Technische Universität Graz - ISP, AT - European Center for Renewable Energy Güssing , AT - Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic, CZ - Energy agency of the Zlín Region, CZ - Energy and Environmental Centre Allgaeua (eza), DE - WWF Hungary, HU - Province of Torino, IT - Environment Park SpA, IT - Mazovia Energy Agency, PL - Regional Centre for Innovation and Technology Transfer, PL - Italian-Slovak Chamber of Commerce, SK - Trnava self-governing region, SK - Energy Restructuring Agency, SI


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5.4 I LIVE GRAZ – smart people create their smart city

Aim: Optimised urban development

Objectives: development of 2 demonstration projects with international cooperation (including Copenhagen, Freiburg, Oieras, Lisbon, Malmö, Vilnius)

eseia member TU Graz is part of the consortium

Coordinator: City of Graz

Funding: KLIEN – Smart Energy Demo

Duration: 1 year

Budget: 100,000 €

Possible future proposal: FP7 Smart Cities 2012


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Project Partners: - City of Graz - Energie Steiermark AG - Graz Holding - TU Graz


5.5 COST Project Proposals

Enforcement of research networks to exchange knowledge and to embark on new European perspectives

Proposals 2011: • BIOFLOW – Bio-resource Flow Management (TUHH, D) • LINEA - Energy Grid Link for a common European Network (Fondazione

Bruno Kessler, I) • AGRO-EVAL – LCA for provision of agricultural goods and services

(University of Maribor, SI)

• Microalgae Biomass Refinery (TU Graz)

• Sustainable Living – Towards Affordable and Sustainable Living Models for European Communities (IFZ, A)

• BERBER – Bio Energy Resource Base of European Regions (University of Twente, NL


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5.6 eseia Expert Database Horizon 2020

Aim: Representation of eseia experts on EC evaluations

Objective: eseia CVs to be included on EC expert lists

Coordinator: eseia Secretariat

Funding: eseia

Duration: 1 year

Budget: 5,000 € Contact: [email protected]

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5.7 Green Powertrain Systems Short Description: Industry - academia cooperation, in a common

R & D project, to increase skill exchange between these two sectors

Call: FP7 PEOPLE – Marie Curie Actions - ITN

Publication: 19 October 2011

Deadline: 19 April 2012

Duration: 3 - 4 years

Funding: ~ 80 mil. €

Participants: Cooperation between partners from academia and private sector, from two different EU member states

Funding: Monthly living and mobility allowance for researchers Contribution to training and research/transfer expenses Networking activities, Workshops, Conferences Small equipment (for SMEs only)

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5.8 ENCORE - Energy


Aim: Reducing the barriers to regional RES implementation

Objectives: Training leading researchers holistically in the implementation of renewable energy systems, innovative scientific knowledge on regional resource complementarities, holistic strategies,

Title: In Progress

Funding: FP7-PEOPLE-2012-ITN

Duration: 4 years

Budget: € 423.23 mil.

Coordinator: TU Graz

Deadline: 12 January 2012




6. Other eseia Activities (Information)

6.1 eseia Newsletter

3rd edition was published on

November 2011

Please keep sending your inputs for the newsletter, including your new projects, publications, events and more!

Inputs to: [email protected]


Newsletters 2012 Date of issue DL for Inputs

4th Edition 1 March 17 February

5th Edition 1 June 17 May

6th Edition 3 September 17 September

7th Edition 3 December 17 November


6.2 Dublin Conference 2012 There is no single solution which will provide for the world’s energy needs;

solutions must be developed on a case by case basis, utilising the relative advantages of localities. This idea is a core value of the eseia.

Our conference, will deal with these vitally important issues. It was planned to be held in Dublin on the 8th – 10th July 2012. However, the host UCD has not enough financial capacity for the event. eseia is looking for a new host organisation for this event.


• Source-to-Utilisation: biomass value chain optimization • Biomass feedstocks for energy markets

•Regional sustainable energy policy •Carbon Footprints •Biogas •Waste to Energy

“Sustainable Bioenergy: solving global problems using regional approaches”

The provisional themes of the conference so far are:

Please contact: [email protected]


6.3 Annual Report 2011

We look forward to sending you the Annual Report, which is currently under construction.

It is due to be released in February 2012

Send pictures and articles

of your organisations

highlights by

10 January 2012.


6.4 eseia Open Access Journal: ‘Energy, Sustainability and Society’ • In cooperation with Springer and the Helmholtz Association

• Offers an interdisciplinary forum for Research,

development & implementation of sustainable

energy systems

• Scientific papers are published

• Members are welcome to submit their articles

• http://www.energsustainsoc.com/


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eseia Events 2012


• eseia Business Meetings: Brussels, Belgium,

• One of the dates below:

• Wednesday, 7 March 2012, 14 March 2012, 21 March 2012, 28 March 2012

• eseia EUSEW Workshop: Brussels, Belgium, 20 June 2012

• eseia Business Meetings: Brussels, Belgium, 28/29 November 2012

• eseia Conferences in cooperation with eseia members


7. eseia Work Programme and Budget 2012 (Discussion)

• “Smart Energy Regions of Tomorrow” Workshop at EUSEW, 13 April 2011

• 9 COST proposals submitted, focusing on biotechnologies and sustainable living

• Proposal submission support for “Intelligent Energy Storage: Thermal and Electical Backup for RES at distributed level” (ISLe)

• New interactive eseia Website, eseia Newsletter

• Launch of eseia Open Access Online Journal ‘Energy, Sustainability and Society’

• Participation at 6 international events

• EC SET-Plan Education and Training Initiative

7.1 eseia Accomplishments 2011


SYSTEMIC CHALLENGE Activity 1: Central Europe: Introduction of Regional Energy Concepts

Activity 2: Regions of Knowledge

PARTICIPATORY CHALLENGE Activity 3: Open Access Journal: Energy, Sustainability and Society

Activity 4: EUSEW Smart Energy Regions

Activity 5: Smart Cities

TECHNOLOGICAL CHALLENGE Activity 6: eseia Thematic Workshops

Activity 7: COST

7.2 Work Programme 2012


7.2 Work Programme 2012 (Cont.)


EDUCATIONAL CHALLENGE Activity 8: EC SET-Plan Training and Education Initiative

Activity 9: ENCORE - Energy

Activity 10: IAPP: Green Powertrain Systems

Activity 11: eseia COPOEN

MANAGEMENT CHALLENGE Activity 12: eseia Experts Data Base for Horizon 2020

Activity 13: eseia Advisory Board

Activity 14: eseia Management

7.3 Budget 2012: Overview

eseia will depend on income from eseia membership fees which largely cover basic expenses for covering operational cost of the Secretariat and a large part of the expenditure on “Strategic Management”.

The benefits for eseia members generated from membership fees include proposal and project co-ordination, funding access, networks of contacts, co-operation and co-ordination infrastructure, innovation and commercialisation support, and much more

Please use eseia as dissemination partner in international projects.


7.3 Budget 2012: Overview (Cont.)


eseia Income 1 Membership fees total 75.000 30% 2 External Funds 175.000 70%

TOTAL € 250.000 eseia Expenditures

1 Expenditures 250.00 TOTAL € 250.000


8. Any other business


THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR ATTENTION!

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Draft Agenda: General Assembly Meeting Brussels, 8 December 2011, 09.30 - 13.00

Venue: eseia Office Brussels, Avenue de Tervuren 84, 1040 Brussels, Belgium Metro Station: MERODE 09.30 – 13.00: General Assembly Meeting 09.00 – 9.30: Registration 09.30 – 09.40: Welcome by the Treasurer of eseia Francesco della Porta and establishment

of quorum [Annex 1] 09.40 – 09.50: Re-election of eseia Vice-Presidents (Information on Decision by written

procedure) [Annex 2] 09.50 – 10.15: Nomination by the Governing Council of the new eseia President and Vice-

President (Decision) 10.15 – 10.45: eseia Membership enlargement (Discussion) [Annex 3] 10.45 – 11.00: Update on the development of eseia Projects (Information) [Annex 4] 11.00 – 11.45: eseia Work Programme and Budget 2012 (Discussion) [Annex 5] 11:45 – 13.00: Any other business Coffee and snacks are served during the meeting. 13.00 – 14.00: Sandwich Lunch Annexes: Annex 1: List of Participants Annex 2: Re-Election of Vice-Presidents Annex 3: Membership Update Annex 4: Presentation Annex 5: Draft eseia Work Programme and Budget 2012

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European Sustainable Energy Innovation Alliance (eseia) WORK PROGRAMME AND BUDGET 2012 FOR APPROVAL BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY was sent to members for their feedback by 14 February 2012

eseia Secretariat Mandellstraße 15/II A-8010 Graz eseia Brussels Office Avenue de Tervuren 84 B-1040 Brussels

Graz-Brussels, 27 February 2012

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eseia Work Programme and Budget 2012 Table of Content 1. eseia- Accomplishments 2011 ..................................................................................................... 3 2. eseia Challenges and Activities 2012 ........................................................................................... 5

2.1. eseia SYSTEMIC CHALLENGE ............................................................................................... 5 - Activity 1: Innovative Regions ............................................................................................... 5 - Activity 2: Open Access Journal: Energy, Sustainability and Society ..................................... 5

2.2. eseia PARTICIPATORY CHALLENGE ...................................................................................... 6 - Activity 3: Smart Cities ........................................................................................................... 6 - Activity 4: Brussels Workshop: Smart Energy Regions of Tomorrow .................................... 6

2.3. eseia INNOVATIVE CHALLENGE ........................................................................................... 6 - Activity 5: Open platform for innovation analysis and foresight studies .............................. 6 - Activity 6: Bioenergy and Resource Management ................................................................ 6

2.4. eseia EDUCATIONAL CHALLENGE ........................................................................................ 7 - Activity 9: SET Plan Education and Training Initiative ........................................................... 7 - Activity 10: ENCORE-Energy .................................................................................................. 7 - Activity 11: Green Powertrain Systems ................................................................................. 7 - Activity 12: eseia COPOEN ..................................................................................................... 7

2.5. eseia MANAGEMENT CHALLENGE ....................................................................................... 7 - Activity 13: eseia Visibility Action Plan .................................................................................. 7 - Activity 14: eseia Management ............................................................................................. 7 3. Budget 2012: Overview ............................................................................................................... 8 4. Proposal of Activities 2012 .......................................................................................................... 9

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1. eseia- Accomplishments 2011 2011 was a successful year of activities. In 2011 eseia has performed a number of activities in the systemic, participatory, technological, educational and management challenges defined in the Work Programme 2011. eseia Systemic Challenge: In the eseia systemic challenge various projects were launched successfully. The Central Europe project ‘Introduction of Regional Energy Concepts’ was approved and the eseia Secretariat is currently trying to take on dissemination and project management activities in this project. This project will provide a detailed concept of utilisation of renewable energy sources for different regions and is therefore in line with the eseia Mission. A proposal on Sustainable and Resilient Green Cities RECAP submitted in the FP7 ENV programme passed the first evaluation round but was not selected for funding. Taking the lead of the FP7 Regions of Knowledge proposal Project ‘Living Regions’ was an important step towards the eseia Mission. It led in the establishment of partners in a range of regions to implement the eseia renewable energy concepts, focusing particularly on smart buildings. To further disseminate the scientific results eseia launched the eseia Open Access Journal ‘Energy, Sustainability and Society’ in cooperation with Springer and the Helmholtz Association. The eseia open access online journal offers an interdisciplinary Forum for Research, Development and Implementation of Sustainable Energy Systems. eseia Participatory Challenge: In the participatory challenge eseia held a successful workshop on ‘Smart Energy Regions of Tomorrow’, back to back with the European Sustainable Energy Week, in April. The focus was on how young people would like to see their regions develop in terms of renewable energies. eseia Technological Challenge: In the field of the eseia Technological Challenge nine COST proposals were submitted with topics on; ‘Algae Biomass Refinery’; ‘Energy Grid Link’; ‘Bio-Energy Certificate’; ‘Bio-resource Flow Management’; ‘Sustainable-living’ and ‘Bio-Business Models’. Furthermore, eseia supported the submission of a project on ‘Intelligent Energy Storage: Thermal and electrical backup for renewable energy systems at distributed level’ (ISLe) which was submitted in August by Luigi Crema, Fondazione Bruno Kessler, within the FP7 Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking. eseia Educational Challenge: In the eseia Educational Challenge eseia established its own education and training plan by building up the eseia Co-operative Practise Oriented Education Network, which aims at combining high quality academic education with top grade practical experience. In October eseia was invited to nominate experts to develop the EC SET-Plan Education and Training Initiative in recognition of previous eseia activities to share its expertise. Under the IAPP funding scheme and the overall focus of ‘Green Powertrain Systems’ a first project outline was created. Furthermore eseia supported the submission of a project on ‘Regional Optimization of Renewable Energy Systems’ (RENERTECH) in the Marie Curie Initial Training Network Programme in January, which was not accepted funding.

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eseia Management Challenge: eseia made a big jump forward, also concerning the eseia Management Challenge. The eseia office in Brussels and the office in Graz are fully established, together with the eseia Newsletter Service and the eseia Interactive Website. eseia launched the eseia Staff Exchange Programme, Ina Körner from TU Hamburg Harburg joined the eseia Office in Brussels as Research Advisor for half a year. The eseia Annual Report 2010 was also published showing the highlights of the start up period of eseia. To increase the visibility and reinforce cooperation with its memberships of eseia, the eseia Secretariat organised and participated in a number of events in 2011 with cooperation with a number of members:

• European Sustainable Energy Week – Workshop ‘Smart Energy Regions of Tomorrow’, Brussels, Belgium, 13 April 2011

• ‘European Research and Innovation Area Update’ with a keynote speech by Anneli Pauli, Deputy Director-General DG Research and Innovation, Brussels, Belgium, 16 June 2011

• First Sustainable Intelligent Manufacturing Conference, eseia Workshops ‘Regions of Knowledge’ and ‘eseia COPOEN’, Leiria, Portugal, 30 June 2011

• ‘Regional Innovation meets Sustainability’, Gunskirchen, Austria, 12 October 2011 • 3rd Conference on Sustainable Energies, eseia Plenary Speech, eseia Workshops ‘Regions of

Knowledge’ and ‘eseia COPOEN’, Brasov, Romania, 11 November 2011 • SciTech Europe 2011, eseia exhibition, Brussels, Belgium 24 November 2011

Brigitte Hasewend, Director of eseia Graz, December 2011

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2. eseia Challenges and Activities 2012 The Work Programme 2012 was discussed in the General Assembly meeting in Brussels, 8 December 2011. The inputs of the participants were included in the Work Programme. It was decided to further sharpen the profile of eseia. In 2012 eseia will therefore promote the following activities (see also Overview of eseia Activities 2012 in section 4 of this document):

2.1. eseia SYSTEMIC CHALLENGE The eseia SYSTEMIC CHALLENGE requires eseia to establish itself as a strategic partner for European energy regions, through the following activities:

- Activity 1: Innovative Regions (Leaders: eseia, FBK, TU Graz) - Activity 2: Open Access Journal: Energy, Sustainability and Society (Leader: eseia)

Activity 1: One of the most important activities of eseia in 2012 goes along with the eseia Innovative Regions, to further develop the mission of eseia by strengthening the research potential of European regions in the field of sustainable energy. Along with this activity eseia is working on a number of projects:

• Living Regions • Introduction of Regional Energy Concepts • Tools for Regional Authorities to develop their Energy Plan • Urbanisation and De-urbanisation Scenarios

The project ‘Living Regions’ under the FP7 Regions of Knowledge funding scheme aims at the exchanging experience and best practices (Joint Action Plans) of regions and at improving cooperation between research centres, enterprises, regional authorities and stakeholders. Furthermore eseia shares its expertise in the field of dissemination in the project ‘Introduction of Regional Energy Concepts’ (CEP-REC) lead by the Hungarian Ministry of Economics and funded by the Central Europe Programme. CEP-REC aims at providing a detailed concept of utilisation of renewable energy sources containing concrete directions about economic growth and sustainable development on regional level. Resulting from these projects eseia plans to develop Tools for Regional Authorities to develop their Energy Plan, aiming at enhancing regional authorities to manage their resources and infrastructures more efficiently. Additionally eseia participates in 2012 in a project on Urbanisation and De-urbanisation Scenarios lead by Fondazione Bruno Kessler under the INTERREG IVC funding scheme. The objective of this project lies in the regional optimisation of regional planning by finding out the impact of urbanisation and de-urbanisation on different regions. Activity 2: In 2012 eseia plans to further enhance the visibility of the eseia Open Access Journal: ‘Energy, Sustainability and Society’. The journal acts as holistic think-tank and offers an interdisciplinary forum for research, development and implementation of sustainable energy systems.

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2.2. eseia PARTICIPATORY CHALLENGE The PARTICIPATORY CHALLENGE requires eseia to support European regions in promoting consumer involvement in the innovation process, by carrying out the following tasks:

- Activity 3: Smart Cities (Proposed leader: TU Graz) - Activity 4: Brussels Workshop: Smart Energy Regions of Tomorrow (Proposed leader:

eseia Management) Activity 3: eseia plans a proposal under the FP7 Smart Cities 2012 funding scheme. The aim of this project is to develop innovative solutions for municipality guidance with high replication within 10 years. Related to this eseia member TU Graz is currently working on the project ‘I LIVE GRAZ – smart people create their smart city’ development of 2 demonstration projects for optimised urban development with international cooperation. As there is no urban development without acceptance and participation of citizens, it is important to analyse the needs of consumers and develop tools to encourage public participation. Activity 4: Furthermore eseia plans to conduct an eseia Workshop in Brussels during the European Sustainable Energy Week on 20 June 2012. Under the title ‘Smart Energy Regions of Tomorrow’ eseia will give insights on concepts for regional clusters for sustainable energy innovation and how link them with each other.

2.3. eseia INNOVATION CHALLENGE eseia responds to the INNOVATION CHALLENGE to establish eseia as a leader in innovative pathways by carrying out the following tasks:

- Activity 5: Open platform for innovation analysis and foresight studies (Proposed leaders: Dublin Institute of Technology, FBK, Joanneum Research)

- Activity 6: Bioenergy and Resource Management (Proposed leaders: TUHH, Joanneum Research)

Activity 5: To be on the leading edge of new technologies eseia will participate in the Open Platform for Innovation Analysis and Foresight Studies. Fondazione Bruno Kessler together with Joanneum Research and Dublin Institute of Technology have, already, agreed to work on this project to analyse and contemplate the future development of renewable energy technologies and trends. Activity 6: Additionally eseia plans to conduct projects in the field of Bioenergy and Resource Management, including surveys on biogas, bioenergy and residual management. Proposed leaders of these projects are TUHH and Joanneum Research. Members are invited to share their projects with eseia in order to unfold the full potential of eseia for the benefit of its members.

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2.4. eseia EDUCATIONAL CHALLENGE The eseia EDUCATIONAL CHALLENGE will establish eseia as an education and training brand staging the following activities:

- Activity 9: SET Plan Education and Training Initiative (Leader: eseia) - Activity 10: ENCORE-Energy (Leader: TU Graz) - Activity 11: Green Powertrain Systems (Proposed leader: BRP Powertrain) - Activity 12: eseia COPOEN (Proposed leader: eseia)

Activity 9: In recognition of prior eseia activities eseia was invited in 2011 to nominate experts for the EC SET Plan Education and Training Initiative. In 2012 eseia will further use this opportunity to present its activities in training to the European Commission and to major other European organisations. This plan aims at a coordinated approach to assess the current and future situation with regards to energy skills in Europe and to engage in promotion actions aimed at building up and attracting energy expertise. eseia members will participate in the thematic expert groups established by the SET Plan. Activity 10: Moreover the proposal on ENCORE-Energy is going to be submitted end of January under the FP7-PEOPLE-2012-ITN funding scheme. This project, supported by eseia and under the lead of TU Graz, aims at providing excellent training opportunities for researchers through a holistic training covering the implementation of renewable energy systems. Activity 11: Furthermore, an eseia proposal for a project on Green Powertrain Systems, will hope to link industry and academia through a mobility training programme initiated by the eseia member organisation BRP Powertrain, under the FP7 Marie Curie PEOPLE, IAPP funding scheme. Activity 12: The eseia Co-operative Praxis Oriented Education Network (COPOEN) project aims at combining high quality academic education with top grade practical experience and will be further developed in 2012.

2.5. eseia MANAGEMENT CHALLENGE To establish eseia as a relevant international player and expand the visibility of eseia, eseia will run the following activities:

- Activity 13: eseia Visibility Action Plan (Leader: eseia) - Activity 14: eseia Management (Leader: eseia)

Activity 13: To increase the eseia Visibility the following projects are planned for 2012:

• eseia Experts for Horizon 2020, which aims at the representation of eseia experts at EC evaluations to receive more back-ground information and a higher reputation

• eseia Portfolio, aiming at highlighting the strengths of eseia members to improve the awareness of eseia within companies

• Presence of eseia in international conferences, to channel eseia experts into international conferences to increase the participation in leading scientific communities

• eseia Advisory Board with key representatives from all major European and international organisations aiming at a better international visibility

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Activity 14: Furthermore the eseia Management aims at providing member specific services and support in 2012.

3. Budget 2012: Overview The eseia budget 2012 reflects the intention of the organisation to sharpen its profile and focus its activities. In addition to the strategic dimension, eseia concentrate its activities on five grand challenges:

1. eseia systemic challenge (identifying eseia model regions) 2. eseia participatory challenge (establishing eseia consumer participation models) 3. eseia innovation challenge (establish eseia as partner for the sustainable development of

cities and regions in cooperation with European citizens) 4. eseia strategic management challenge (establish eseia as a relevant international player)

As in 2011, eseia will depend on income from eseia membership fees which largely cover basic expenses for covering operational cost of the Secretariat and a large part of the expenditure on “Strategic Management”. The benefits for eseia members generated from membership fees include proposal and project co-ordination, funding access, networks of contacts, co-operation and co-ordination infrastructure, innovation and commercialisation support, and much more. PLEASE NOTE: eseia can only successfully answer to the five grand challenges mentioned above if project income can be secured from other funding sources than membership fees. eseia members have an important role to play in this respect. If you are submitting EU funding or even national funding proposals, please think of including eseia as a partner for dissemination and knowledge transfer.

eseia BUDGET 2012

eseia income Membership fees total 75.000 30% External Funds 175.000 70% TOTAL 250.000

eseia expenditures according to five major challenges 1 Systemic 55.000 22% 2 Participatory 37.500 15% 3 Innovative 17.500 7% 4 Educational 92.500 37% 5 Management 47.500 19% TOTAL 250.000

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4. Proposal of Activities 2012 Challenges

Activities Aims Objectives Lead Organisation

Total duration in years

Total volume €

Financing eseia input in PM in 2012

participating members input in PM in 2012

expected benefits for members

Sys

tem

ic 1 Innovative Regions establish

eseia as strategic

partner for European

energyregions

Strengthen the research potential of European regions in the field of sustainable energy = Mission of eseia, including Tools for regional authorities, Urbanisation-De-Urbanisation Scenariois

TU Graz, eseia, FBK 3 €

5.000.000

FP7 Regions of Knowledge, Central Europe Programme, INTERREG IVC

5 10 exchange experience and best practice

2 Open Access Journal: Energy, Sustainabilty and Society

Sharing the research strength of the partners, allowing dismination of results, increase the visibility of the journal

eseia ongoing € 1.000 eseia basic funding 1 1,5

Leading knowledge and holistic think-tank

Par

ticip

ator

y

3 Smart Cities

establish eseia as

partner for the sustainable

development of cities and regions in

cooperation with

European citizens

Industrial Leadership and municipality guidance, develop innovative solutions with high replication within 10 years

eseia 4 to be confirmed

FP7 Smart Cities 3 6 innovation pool,

spinn-offs

4 Brussels Workshop: Smart Energy Regions of Tomorrow

Regional clusters for sustainable energy innovation eseia 2 € 2.000 eseia basic

funding 1 1 visibility, vision, reach customer

Inno

vatio

n

5 Open platform for innovation analysis and foresight studies establish

eseia as a leader in

innovative pathways

Analysing and contemplating future developments

FBK, DIT, Joanneum Research

1 € 4.000 eseia Members 1 3

be on the leading edge of new technologies

6 Bioenergy and Resource Management

Biogas Survey, Bioenergy and residual management

TUHH, Joanneum Research

1 to be confirmed

COST, IEE, eseia Members

1 2

increased knowledge for potential market investments and participate in European Networks

Edu

catio

nal

7 SET Plan Education and Training Initiative

establish eseia as an

education and training brand

eseia expertise and experts for the EC SET Plan eseia 1 € 10.000 eseia

members 4 4

take part in scientific comitee, networks, reputation


8 ENCORE-Energy Initial training network will provide excellent training opportunities for Early Stage Researchers (ESR)

TU Graz 4 € 3.500.000

FP7 Marie Curie PEOPLE, ITN

2 4

enhanced cooperation, qualified staff, set standards

9 Green Powertrain Systems

industry-academia mobility training programme initiated by BRP Powertrain

BRP Powertrain 4 € 700.000

FP7 Marie Curie PEOPLE - IAPP

1 2

enhanced cooperation, qualified staff, research commercialisation

10 eseia COPOEN Build up an eseia Practice Oriented Education Network eseia 1 € 12.000 eseia

Members 3 3,5 visibility, vision, reach customer

Man

agem

ent 11 eseia Visibility Action

Plan

establish eseia as a relevant

international player and expand the visibility of

eseia

eseia Experts for international Conferences, eseia Portfolio, presence of eseia in international conferences, eseia Advisory Board

eseia 1 € 12.000

eseia basic funding, eseia Members

3 6

improve awareness and reputation of eseia of eseia within companies, students, EC and on international level

12 eseia Management

Enhance functioning of Brussel and Graz Offices, eseia Annual Report 2011, eseia Newsletter, set up meetings, invite EC representatives

eseia 1 € 8.000 eseia basic funding 2 1

member specific services and support

Total 12 27 44

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