Other relevant projects and initiatives

  • LG Action - Networking action to involve Local Governments in the EU and international energy and climate debate - Through this project all European local governments (LGs) and their associations are invited to share their input. This can include views, needs and challenges regarding energy and climate protection at the local level. Provide us with items, facts and figures that can be used to shape the LG Positions prior to the COP 15 (the 15th Conference of the Parties) where the Local Government Climate Roadmap will present a common position for LGs around the world, and where the European voice will also be presented. Please make use of the questionnaire to share your input.
  • SMART SPP – Innovation through sustainable procurement is a European project which will promote the introduction of new, innovative low carbon emission technologies and integrated solutions onto the European market. This will be done by encouraging early market engagement between public authority procurers and suppliers and developers of new innovative products and services in the pre-procurement phase of public tenders.
  • SESAC - Sustainable Energy Systems in Advanced Cities is a European project that aims at accelerating innovation in renewable energy solutions. This includes advanced energy efficiency and systems for poly-generation linked together with concepts for eco-buildings. It is part of the broader EU CONCERTO initiative. Partner cities involved are: Delft (The Netherlands), Grenoble (France) and Växjö (Sweden).
  • The Renewable Energy Sustainable Planning and Use within public Bodies in Liaison with Involved Community Actors (RES PUBLICA) project aims at produce bottom up intelligent-energy strategies at local level in different EU countries and to create a network at the EU level for the exchange of best practices.
  • Snowball is an action learning project introducing various integrated urban planning methods to European cities in most practical and co-operative forms like training and coaching sessions, hands-on-planning
    workshops and a Quality Support Group.
  • The main objective of the MUltiplying Sustainable Energy Communities (MUSEC) project is to develop and implement a Sustainable Energy Community (SEC) strategy in seven european communities.
  • AMICA - Adaptation and Mitigation – an Integrated Climate Policy Approach is a completely new approach to environmental policy designed to combine long-term climate protection with short- and midterm adaptation measures on the local level as a means to improve coherence of decisions and allocation of financial means.
  • Managing Urban Europe-25 (MUE-25) is a project that worked with 25 European local and regional authorities to improve their environmental quality and sustainability performance.
  • MAKE-IT-BE - Decision-making and implementation tools for delivery of local & regional bio-energy chains aims to support development and implementation of integrated bio-energy chains across Europe, through the creation and testing of enabling frameworks (decision-making tools and local partnerships). Through a combination of analysis and capacity building on bio-energy best practices, development and application of decision-making tools and interactive working with key stakeholders, the project will result in the definition of proper bio-energy agendas in four EU regions, namely Italy, Slovenia, the United Kingdom and Austria.
  • The Climate Compass is the new Climate Alliance methodology to help local authorities get a climate change action plan up and running in the shortest time.
  • deSOLaSOL is a European co-operation project that aims at bringing photovoltaic energy closer to the people. More precisely, deSOLaSOL aims at raising the awareness about PV energy, and in particular on its decentralised deployment, through the promotion of grid-connected jointly-owned PV plants.
  • Liveable cities - The overall objective of the project was to encourage and support cities in their efforts to improve the quality of life in urban areas while developing local sustainable urban management plans. This objective was achieved through the development of a clear set of guidelines, a Model Plan, grounded in very practical and challenging situations, and through the organisation of thematic workshops where experiences are shared and cooperation between cities is strengthened.
  • The Bourgas Regional Agency for Energy Management (BORAEM) has been established within the project “Creation of new Energy Management Agencies in the Loire County (France), the Warmland Region (Sweden), the Pomurje Region (Slovenia) and Dobrich Municipality (Bulgaria)” (2004-2007), supported by Energy Intelligent – Europe Programme of the European Commission, managed by the Executive Agency for Competitiveness and Innovations.
  • CITEAIR II aims to provide information to the public on measures to improve air quality, promote sustainable transport and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. CITEAIR II will establish an enhanced user community to assess the relevance of the good practices identifi ed within the project and ensure their applicability elsewhere in Europe.
  • The RUSE operation mainly aims at improving the use of Structural Funds and other financial resources on sustainable energy issues by municipalities and other stakeholders in charge of urban development issues in the New Member States.
  • Kyoto in the Home - This site will help you to identify what you can do to help your community meet the Kyoto target for greenhouse gas reductions and prevent global warming.
  • ECHO Action means Energy Conscious Households in Action.
  • TRECO social housing network
  • The EU Life funded NEST Project aims to deliver a verified Eco anagement Auditing Scheme to local authorities in Poland, Hungary and Greece. The anticipated project results will be financially robust practical hands on measures, processes and procedures for effective implementation of EMAS.
  • Energy21 consists of development a Strategy to reach Energy Sustainability, in this way to strengthen in the development of A21 in relation to energy field and other aspect carried out in A21 process. Thus, the adaptation to the European Strategy is favourable to reach the Sustainable Development in European area in its totality, and to achieve the objectives established for the European Union as relation to released greenhouse gases. It will develop a Plan of Energy Performance to implement it in the project area. The obtained results of the diagnosis will made up the Plan, as well as the citizen interaction with this subject. Also it will develop a system of indicators of energy sustainability in the area.