Capacity building of local governments to advance Energy Action

There is an urgent need to develop many more sustainable energy communities (SEC) across Europe, in support of reaching national and European greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction targets – 20% by 2020 (potentially increasing to 30% by 2020) and achieving other EU priorities.

This 3-year, high-impact European capacity building project addressed these gaps at the local level in 15 countries, motivating and directly enabling many LGs to effectively respond to the above mentioned municipal and community-wide “climate and energy challenges”. A particular focus was on supporting small and medium-sized communities, as a vast number in Europe faced inherent capability challenges (limited funds and staff size). Once their capacity had improved – where possible in their own language - LGs were encouraged to join the Covenant of Mayors (CoM) initiative, and were then also able to respond to its rigorous reporting and delivery requirements.

Mitarbeiter/innen:

• Magª. Maria Schwarz-Woelzl (Projektleitung)
• Sylvia Burger
• Dr. Margit Hofer
• Dr. Barbara Kieslinger
• Erwin Rennert
• Magª. Maria Schrammel
• Dr. Johannes Simon

Bereich: Technik & Wissen

Partner:

• Act on Energy
• Agency for Energy Efficiency and Environment
• Association of Municipalities and Towns of Slovenia
• Burgas
• City of Koprivnica
• City of Malmö
• City of Padova
• Climate Action Network France
• EcoEnergy
• Energy Agency Centre
• Estonian Regional and Local Development Agency
• Finnish Consulting Group Ltd.
• Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies
• Sogesca
• The Climate Municipalities
• WWF Bulgaria
• WWF Poland
• ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability (Coordinator)

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Tags: energy, sustainability