ManagEnergy Workshop Bologna, Italy

28&29 October 2010

Workshop on Pilot Models of Sustainable Energy Action Implementation Schemes

The Bologna ManagEnergy Workshop focused on the need for training support for municipalities within the Covenant of Mayors initiative who, beyond calculating their Baseline Emissions Inventories, are now seeking to develop and implement Sustainable Energy Action Plans (SEAPs).

Participants were selected from agencies and Covenant of Mayors Supporting Structures, all of whom were already active in the action implementation phase. Building upon the experience of the ManagEnergy training events for energy agency directors held in 2008 and 2009, a highly interactive training formula was set up, where presentation sessions were alternated with working groups for active mutual learning, role playing events and open debates.

Feedback

“What I liked about the Workshop? Nice people, great organisation, option to visit a fair, possibility of translators – excellent.”
Vesna Kolega
North-West Croatia Regional Energy Agency

“What I learned from the Workshop? Improved my knowledge, especially in the field of communication and promotion in relation to citizens and municipal authorities. I would recommend this workshop to other colleagues connected with CoM initiative.”
Mario Filippini
Energy Agency of Teramo

Workshop Conclusions

The workshop was a great success, with 30 participants coming from energy agencies, municipal authorities and Supporting Structures. The seminar was divided into several sessions focused on different topics, including:

An update of the CoM process in Italy
Examples of SEAP implementation actions
An analysis of the ELENA facility
Best practice case studies
SEAP Working Groups and Role Plays

The participants played an active role during the second part of the seminar, including:

Representatives of Slovenian and Croatian Energy Agencies and a Croatian Municipality formed a working group, chaired by Susanna Ceccanti of the Energy Agency of Livorno, to discuss the viable ways to implement SEAP Actions in their countries, how to convince other public bodies to join and the best strategies to develop. The points of this discussion were all based on the input from the seminar activities.
Along side this discussion, Simone Antinucci facilitated a working group on mobility; Maria Grazia Mazza from the Vicenza multi-utility led a working group on street lighting; Federico Fileni led a group on sustainable urban planning; the workshop coordinator facilitated a group on purchasing for families and touristic resorts; while a group on enterprise energy policies was self organised.

The presentation of the actions developed in the working groups were performed by two representatives of each working group to a simulated administration meeting, chaired by Maria Grazia Mazza acting as Mayor, Marcello Antinucci acting as Environment dept. director, and Federico Fileni as financial deputy mayor. Finally, the different strategies of presentation were compared in order to provide a set of lessons learned.

Outcome of the workshop

How to plan SEAP Action

Workshop Programme

Final Workshop programme

Workshop presentations

Introduction and Welcome (in English)
Marcello Antinucci, Ecuba

The Covenant of Mayors and Local Energy Agencies (in English)
Michele Macaluso, President of Renael - Network of Italian Local Energy Agencies

SEAPs development and actions implementation in the Province of Modena (in English)
Claudia Carani, Local Energy Agency of Modena

The possible role of Energy Agencies and the Elena Facility (in English)
Sergio Zabot, Energy Sector Director of the Province of Milan

Energy Ambassadors (in English)
Pierfederico Fileni, Ecuba

Castelnuovo Rangone Part 1 - Castelnuovo Rangone Part 2 (in Italian)
Benedetta Brighenti, Councillor for Environment and Sustainability of the Municipality of Castelnuovo Rangone (MO)