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Background The Conference on Local and Regional Energy Management
Agencies on 6 November 2001 invited all local and regional energy management agencies
under one single roof for the first time. The conference aimed at starting a process
to improve the demand policy implementation at local level in line with the Green
Paper on Security of Energy Supply. As a result, the Commission's initiative ManagEnergy
was launched which aims to provide European support for local energy and transport
activities. With the aim to continue to reinforce the communication between
energy agencies, over 1100 participants, including virtual delegates and media
conference participants, joined the second annual ManagEnergy event on local energy
action in November 2002. The number of virtual delegates that viewed the event
online totalled 705 resulting in 2170 video clips being requested during the two
days. MEPs Ms Rothe, Ms Schierhuber and Mr Turmes together with Mr Lamoureux,
Director General for Energy and Transport in the European Commission, offered
the conference audience Community views on energy efficiency, renewables and clean
urban transport at local level. This year's conference on Local Energy
Action is to be held on 26-27 November in Brussels and focus will be towards the
broadening of local and regional cooperation in Europe, particularly towards the
Development Agencies and Municipalities. The Development Agencies are the main
operators in regional development, while municipalities, as the public body closest
to citizens, can control and influence many energy decisions at a local level.
A key area within the programme is the importance of Structural Funds for European
regions and the potential they offer for Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy Sources
and Clean Urban Transport. These highlighted areas will facilitate global thinking
on strategic local issues and support local actors in the capacity building process,
resulting in better use of available solutions to sustainable energy and transport
problems. Objectives of the third Annual Conference in 2003
- To inform local and regional energy agencies about the latest Community legislative
and other policy initiatives.
- To address transport issues related
to energy efficiency and the use of renewables.
- To discuss financing
through the Structural Funds of local activities in the energy efficiency and
renewables sector.
- To exchange experience on efficient communication
between local energy management agencies and local decision-makers, and on influencing
the attitude and behaviour of final energy consumers.
The Annual Conference
is an event in a series of other events planned under the ManagEnergy Initiative.
The conference will be an opportunity for the Community institutions to inform
local and regional energy management agencies promoting DG TREN policies about
Community priorities and to get feedback from local and regional level in what
works and what does not. The results of this dialogue will help the Commission
to shape and fine-tune the future information activities within local and regional
actors. The first day will allow organisations and associations to present
their views on the role of local and regional actors in energy policy. It will
be followed by the presentation of the Community dimension to local actions, including
the Intelligent Energy for Europe programme. The second day of the event
will be dedicated to the Structural Funds, examples from local and regional projects
implemented with the financial help of the Funds as well as possibilities for
future use of the Funds in the Union as well as in the Accession Countries. The
conference will end in a Round Table discussion between relevant European, national,
regional and local actors on co-operation between the European and local actors
in the energy and transport sectors. Number of expected attendants
- 450 in Brussels;
- 1500 attendants through the virtual facilities;
- 50-100
energy and transport actors participating in media-conferences organised by local
and regional energy agencies at local level.
Interactive Video
Conferencing on Internet - Virtual Facilities The Conference was covered
by a full two day Internet streaming (voice and picture) in five languages and
by interactive Internet Chats, which allowed any energy actor to follow and participate
in the whole conference through Internet. It was also possible for virtual participants
to discuss the event and topics covered with each other during the conference.
Full video recordings of the conference deliberations are available on the ManagEnergy
Internet Broadcast website. Follow-up
Action The conclusions of the conference will feed into more targeted
thematic workshops focusing on learning from good practice and developing replication
strategies, joint projects and co-operation. Workshops will involve local and
regional energy management agencies (SAVE, OPET and non-SAVE and non-OPET) in
the EU, EEA and in the Candidate Countries. They will facilitate the transfer
of expertise within certain thematic fields from 'agencies of excellence' to those
energy management agencies that have expressed a particular interest in the topic.
The conclusions of the conference will also lay ground to the development
and increased cooperation with local and regional governments on energy issues.
In the near future the European Commission will be further broadening the provision
of online European information services, including partner search function for
exchange of expertise and joint projects, information on latest Community legislation,
funding opportunities and news to energy experts and persons responsible for energy
matters in municipalities.
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| The conference was webcast live
on the Internet in multiple languages. Click on the link below to access the Video
Recordings of the Presentations and Interviews. |
| Day 1 - 26 November 2003 |
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 Day 1 Video Recordings |
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| Welcome and
Opening Speech |
| | Ms Eryl McNally, Member of European
Parliament |
| Session 1 - Role of Local and Regional Actors in Energy Policy
| | chaired
by Mr
Günther Hanreich, Director for Renewable Energies and Demand Management,
Energy and Transport Directorate-General, European Commission |
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| | Role of municipalities
in implementing Community policy in the energy and transport sectors -
Mr Jeremy Smith, Secretary General of CEMR and
co-ordinator of the CEMR energy network of municipalities |
| | The role of renewables on a local and regional level -
Mr
Erik Guignard, Vice President of Syndicat des Energies Renouvelabels,
France | | | How
to promote sustainable energy policy at local level -
Mr Ioan Ghise, Mayor of the City of Brasov, Romania, Member of Energie-Cités |
| | European cities
working with European transport and energy policies
- Mr Jürgen Murach, City of Berlin, Germany |
| Session 2 - Community Dimension to Local Action |
| chaired by Mr
Günther Hanreich, Director for Renewable Energies and Demand Management,
Energy and Transport Directorate-General, European Commission |
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| | IEE and recent legislative initiatives
in the renewables and demand management sectors -
Mr Günther Hanreich, Director for Renewable
Energies and Demand Management, Energy and Transport Directorate-General, European
Commission | | | Integration
of urban actions in energy and transport : Concerto and Civitas -
Ms Maria Alfayate Jimenez, Unit for Clean Transport,
Energy and Transport Directorate-General, European Commission |
| | Community-wide networking of local
actors - Mr Pedro Ballesteros Torres,
Unit for Demand Management, Energy and Transport Directorate-General, European
Commission | | | ManagEnergy
promoting energy efficiency and renewables in buildings and local industry
- Mr Gerry Wardell, Co-ordinator of ManagEnergy Reflection
Group, President of National Association of Irish Local and Regional Energy Agencies
| | Session
3 - Intelligent Energy - Europe | | chaired
by Mr
Gonzalo Molina Igartua, Head of Unit for Demand Management, Energy and Transport
Directorate-General, European Commission |
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| | Intelligent Energy
- Europe - Mr Gonzalo Molina Igartua, Head of
Unit for Demand Management, Energy and Transport Directorate-General, European
Commission | | ALTENER
and SAVE impact assessments - Mr William Gillett,
Deputy Head of Unit for New and Renewable Energy Sources, Energy and Transport
Directorate-General, European Commission | | SAVE
- Ms Waltraud Schmid, Unit for Demand Management,
Energy and Transport Directorate-General, European Commission |
| | ALTENER -
Mr Karl Kellner, Head of Unit for New and Renewable Energy Sources, Energy
and Transport Directorate-General, European Commission |
| | STEER - Ms Eleni Kopanezou, Head
of Unit for Clean Urban Transport, Energy and Transport Directorate-General, European
Commission | | | COOPENER
- Mr William Gillett, Deputy Head of Unit for New
and Renewable Energy Sources, Energy and Transport Directorate-General, European
Commission | | Plenary
Discussion and Concluding Remarks |
| Plenary discussion with questions and answers
chaired
by Mr Gonzalo Molina Igartua, Head of Unit for Demand
Management, Directorate-General for Energy & Transport, European Commission |
| | Concluding remarks -
Mr Gonzalo Molina Igartua, Head of Unit for Demand Management, Directorate-General
for Energy & Transport, European Commission |
| Cocktail Reception, Charlemagne
Building | | Council
of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR) and Energie-Cités
were pleased to host a cocktail reception in the Charlemagne building and all
speakers and delegates were cordially invited to attend. It was a great opportunity
to relax in an informal atmosphere, make valuable contacts and perhaps even do
a little business. The cocktail reception started directly after the last conference
session on Day 1. |
| Day
2 - 27 November 2003 |
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| Day 2 Video Recordings | Round Table Transcript |
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| Session 4
- Energy Policy and Local and Regional Development |
| chaired by Mr
François Lamoureux, Director General for Energy and Transport, Energy
and Transport Directorate-General, European Commission |
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| | Opening
speech : Contribution of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energies to Regional
Development in the Enlarged EU - Mr
Graham Meadows, Acting Director General for Regional
Policy, Regional Policy Directorate-General, European Commission |
| | Action
on energy within Structural Funds - Mr Roger Léron,
President of FEDARENE |
| | Regional and Energy Policies : Synergies
in a Peripheral Region - Some examples in the West of Ireland -
Mr Frank Conlan, Udaras Na Gaeltachta, Ireland, Representative of EURADA
(European Network of Regional Development Agencies) |
| | Energy sector funding within the EU Cohesion
Fund and Structural Funds : Cases in Ireland and Estonia -
Mr Nils Daugaard, COWI A/S, Denmark |
| | Networking and energy action : SAVE Penelope/Bacchus
project on good practice in cities - Mr Marcello
Antinucci, Ecuba srl, Italy |
| | Question and Answer Session |
| Parallel
Sessions - Local and Regional Energy Agencies and Development Agencies : common
objectives under Structural Funds |
| 11:15 | Parallel Sessions |
| Parallel
Session A | Parallel
Session B | Parallel
Session C | | Integration
of energy objectives into local development | Directive
on
Energy Performance and Buildings | Ensuring adequate
contribution of transport sector to rational use of energy |
| Chair - Mr Valentinas Klevas, Lithuanian
Energy Institute, Lithuania | Chair
- Ms Christiane Egger, O.Ö. Energisparverband, Austria | Chair
- Mr Remco Hoogma, Novem, The Netherlands |
| Participants - Local and
Regional Energy Agencies, Developent Agencies, European Networks, Structural Fund
implementing authorities, DG REGIO, Directorate-General for Energy & Transport |
| Presentations | Presentations | Presentations |
| EU Energy Policy and Local Development
- Mr Marcello Antinucci, Ecuba srl, Italy | Development
and Implementation of a Uniform German Certificate for Buildings -
Mr Stefan Heuss, Deutsche Energie Agentur, Germany | The
emotional approach in mobility management - Ms Astrid
Wilhelm, FGM-Amor, Austria |
| Achieving Effective Partnerships in Energy Projects -
Mr Séamus Hoyne, Tipperary Energy Agency, Ireland | The
Building Directive in Poland: national, regional and local aspects -
Mr Roman Babut, KAPE (Polish National Energy Conservation Agency), Poland | MOBASTO
- Mobility Agency in Small Towns - Mr Reinhard Six,
RAEE - Rhônalpénergie-Environnement, France |
| How to prepare the new States -
Mr Valentina Klevas, Lithuanian Energy Institute, Lithuania | Regional
implementation of the Buildings Directive - the experience of Upper Austria
- Ms Christiane Egger, O.Ö. Energisparverband,
Austria | Sustainable mobility in Almada -
Ms Catarina Freitas, AGENEAL, Portugal |
| The EUReNa project - Ms Katja
Dinges, B.S.U., Germany | The present
state of the implementation of the Buildings Directive
- Mr Randall Bowie, Unit for Regulatory Policy and Promotion of New Energies
and of Demand Management, Energy and Transport Directorate-General, European Commission | Operation
of an Energy Agency in the Frame of a Regional Development Agency: Advantages
and Experience from this cooperation
- Mr Kostas
Konstantinou, Anatoliki Regional Development Agency, Greece |
The use of Structural Funds for bioenergy development in Jyväskylä
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Mr Dan Asplund, Jyväskylä Regional Development, Finland |
| Rapporteur - Mr Henri Pauwels, Energy
and Transport Directorate-General, European Commission | Rapporteur
- Mr Pedro Ballesteros Torres, Energy and Transport
Directorate-General, European Commission | Rapporteur
- Mr Marcel Rommerts, Energy and Transport Directorate-General,
European Commission | | Location
& Languages | Location
& Languages | Location
& Languages |
| Main Conference Room | Room S1 (1st floor) | Room
S2 (1st floor) |
| In 5 Languages | English | Englis |
|
| | Reports from parallel
sessions - Mr Pauwels, Mr Ballesteros Torres and
Mr Rommerts, Energy and Transport Directorate-General, European Commission |
| | Conclusions from the
parallel sessions - Mr Gonzalo Molina Igartua,
Head of Unit for Demand Management, Energy and Transport Directorate-General,
European Commission |
| Session 5 - Round Table Discussion : Local Energy Action in
2004-2006 : Collaboration between local and regional actors for development and
an Energy Intelligent Europe |
| chaired by Mr
Günther Hanreich, Director for New Energies and Demand Management, Energy
and Transport Directorate-General, European Commission |
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| | Round Table Discussion
| | | Mr
Claude Turmes, Member of European Parliament |
| | Mr Gérard Magnin,
Executive Director of Energie-Cités, Association of European Local Authorities
promoting sustainable energy policy at local level |
| | Mr Josef Neterowicz,
Member of the advisory committee for ecoenergy strategies of counties, Association
of Polish Counties, Poland | | | Ms
Lindha Feldin, Project Development Officer, INTERREG
III B North Sea Region Programme Secretariate | | | Mr
Dan Asplund, Jyväskylä Regional Development, Finland |
| | Mr
Gerry Wardell, Co-ordinator of ManagEnergy Reflection Group, President of
National Association of Irish Local and Regional Energy Agencies, Ireland |
| | Mr
Marcell Rommerts, Unit for Clean Transport, Energy and Transport Directorate-General,
European Commission, representing virtual participants on Internet |
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| |
Round Table Interactive Chat Participants |
| Mr Bashir Khanbhai,
Member of European Parliament |
| Mr Luc Werring,
Head of Unit for Regulatory Policy and Promotion of New Energies and Demand Management,
Energy and Transport Directorate-General, European Commission |
| Mr
Jean-Marie Bemtgen, Desk Officer for Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) and Intelligent
Energy - Europe (IEE) programmes, Unit D3, Energy and Transport Directorate-General,
European Commission |
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| | Closing remarks
- Mr Günther Hanreich, Director for New Energies
and Demand Management, Energy and Transport Directorate-General, European Commission |
| Meeting Points
| | | Meeting
points for networking and partnerships | |
| Interviews of speakers and participants took place
during the event. Video-recordings of interviews are available on this website
- click on the links below. |
| Interviewers | Bernhard
von Mach, Managing Director, PRACSIS, Belgium
- bv@pracsis.be
Mr von Mach has extensive experience in animating interview
sessions and events. He has been working with energy and environmantal issues
for 5 years and is responsible in the framework of the CO-OPET project of Directorate-General
for Energy & Transport for supervising the communication tools. |
Jonathan
Eldridge, Communication Consultant, PRACSIS,
Belgium
Mr Eldridge has been a rapporteur with the European Parliamant
weekly newspaper. Currently he is working as a freelancer for the European Voice
and the American Chamber of Commerce. |
| Day 1 - 26 November 2003 |
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| Interviewees |
| Mr Michel Viaud,
General Secretary of the European Photovoltaic Industry Association |
| Ms Lindha Feldin,
Interreg IIIB North Sea Programme (INSP) Secretariat | | Ms
Eryl McNally, Member of European Parliament |
| Mr Jeremy Smith,
Secretary General of Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR) |
| Mr
Erik Guignard, Vice President of Syndicat des Energies Renouvelabels,
France | | Mr
Günther Hanreich, Director for Renewable
Energies and Demand Management, Energy and Transport Directorate-General, European
Commission | |
Group interview with: |
| | Mr
Mikko Ahonen, NAFEA National Association of Finnish Energy Agencies,
Finland | | | Mr
Andrew Bull, Powys Energy Agency, Wales, UK |
| | Mr
Ivan Kalchev, Municipal Energy Agency, Rousse, Bulgaria |
| Day
2 - 27 November 2003 | |
| Interviewees | | Mr
Josef Neterowicz, Member of the advisory committee
for ecoenergy strategies of counties, Association of Polish Counties, Poland |
| Mr
Graham Meadows, Acting Director General for Regional
Policy, Regional Policy Directorate-General, European Commission |
| Mr Volker Kienzlen,
City of Stuttgart, Germany |
| Mr Roger Léron,
President of FEDARENE |
| Mr
Gerry Wardell, Co-ordinator of ManagEnergy Reflection Group,
President of National Association of Irish Local and Regional Energy Agencies,
Ireland | | Mr
Frank Conlan, Representative of EURADA
| | Mr
Claude Turmes, Member of European Parliament |
| Ms Michaela Holl, Assistant
to Mr Claude Turmes, Member of European Parliament |
| Group interview with: |
| | Ms Eleni Kopanezou, Head of Unit for
Clean Transport, Directorate-General for Energy & Transport, European Commission |
| | Mr
Ian Hodgson, Unit for Clean Urban Transport, Energy and Transport Directorate-General,
European Commission |
| Group interview with Round Table Chat Participants: |
| | Mr
Bashir Khanbhai, Member of European Parliament | | | Ms
Louise Fox, Assistant to Mr Bashir Khanbhai, Member of European Parliament |
| | Mr
Luc Werring, Head of Unit for Regulatory Policy
and Promotion of New Energies and Demand Management, Energy and Transport Directorate-General,
European Commission |
| |
Mr Jean-Marie Bemtgen, Desk Officer
for Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) and Intelligent Energy - Europe (IEE) programmes,
Unit D3, Energy and Transport Directorate-General, European Commission |
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| A Meeting Points for Networking and Partnerships session
was included in the European Conference on Local Energy Action programme. Meeting
points were not recorded.
Meeting
Point A: FEDARENE - "Enlargement" - Introduction by Michael Geissler
& Armand Dütz
- Brief presentations by DG TREN & DG Enlargement
& DG Regio of the EC tools
- Presentation of successful common projects
between agencies from EU15 and accession countries (4 projects - 3 min each)
- Open
discussion managed by Ralf Goldmann on "How facilitate joint Member State/Candidate
Country projects"? How support the set up of regional and/or local energy agencies
in candidate countries? How provide advices in the realisation of programmes,
policies and campaigns?
In parallel, exhibition of panels presenting
the above successful projects will complete these very short presentations. Michael
Geissler, Secretary General FEDARENE,
Email: strehlow@berliner-e-agentur.de
Meeting
Point B: The SEANCE project Meeting of UK (and possibly Belgian) Energy
Agencies to explain the SEANCE Project Ian Byrne, Association of UK Energy
Agencies, UK
Email: ian@natenergy.org.uk
Meeting
Point C: The Energy League NRC is running a network called the Energy
League. Through this network managers and maintenance personnel in property sector
can seek advice/support and exchange ideas of improving energy efficiency. Focus:
constant improvement. Want potential partners. Elsmari Julin, NRC, Sweden
Email:
elsmari.julin@nrc.se
Meeting Point D: Transport
Hans Gulliksson, Energikontor Sydost,
Sweden
Email: hans.gulliksson@energikontor-so.com
Meeting
Point E: The market for SAVE Agencies in the field of contracting
What
are the main success factors? Heiner Matthies, Energieberatung Prenzlauer
Berg (Berlin), Germany,
Email: matthies@energieberatung-pb.de
Meeting
Point F: Meeting point for SAVE agencies The European Commission officials
in charge of the management of energy agencies within Directorate-General for
Energy & Transport will be available to discuss contractual, administrative,
technical and financial issues related to energy agencies' contracts. They will
also discuss good practice and suggestions for other ManagEnergy initiatives for
2004. Pedro Ballesteros
Daniela Mormile
José Duprez
Mari
Varho
Partner
search facility (Exhibition area) Forms were provided in the conference
pack for anyone to fill out and put on a "bulletin board" which was available
throughout the conference. Those interested in participating in the development
of the project proposal ideas could sign up. After the conference the service
provider collected the completed forms and sent details to the project proposer
so that they could make further contacts with those who have indicated that they
are interested in the project idea Project proposals have also been added
to the Partner Search section of this website. |
