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Availability of EE financial strategy

Upon information provided by partner regions each particular region has somehow outlined its own targets and ways of EE financing, however, not any partner has just separate EE financing strategy of EE financing roadmap developed in their region. They are always part of some other strategic documents
There are particular differences among partners; the most advanced in their EE financing strategies appear to be Emilia-Romagna and municipality of Judenburg, however, also other partner regions are dealing with these issues to some extent.

The basic overview of existing EE financing policy incorporated in strategies of partners’ areas:

Emilia – Romagna

EE financial strategy of Emilia-Romagna Region is part included in the Regional Energy Plan. Since 2007 ERR is adopting a Regional Energy Plan (REP). The last REP was officially approved and adopted the 1st march 2017.
The Regional Energy Plan sets the strategy and targets of Emilia-Romagna Region for energy and climate up to 2030, dealing with the enhancing of green economy, energy saving and efficiency, renewable energy development, transport, research, innovation and training.
The main financial instrument of the Regional Energy Plan (PER ) is the ROP ERDF for the period 2014- 2020.
The more relevant axes of ROP as regards energy efficiency are:

  • Axis 4 - Promotion of the low carbon economy in regions and in the production system
  • Axis 3 - Production system competitiveness and attractiveness
  • Axis 1 - Research and innovation

Zlín Region

EE financial strategy is partly outlined in the special section of Regional SEAP for 2015-2019 approved by the Council of the Zlín Region on 13th July 2015.This section is just an indicative outline of financial sources available for EE financing, not a detailed financial strategy.

Tolna Megye

On county level there’s no strategic document that is dedicated directly to EE, but several documents integrate EE aspects into their priorities and interventions;

  • The Tolna County Regional Development Programme 2014-2020 was approved in Jun 2013
  • The Tolna County Regional Development Concept gave baselines for the strategy, it was approved in Febr 2013.
  • The Climate Strategy of Tolna has been approved by the General Assembly in 2017. It gives guidelines for the adaption and mitigation actions planned for the next couple of years.
  • The Territorial and Settlement Development OP

City Municipality of Velenje

There is not any particular EE financing strategy in the region, just some documents roughly outlining the ways of EE financing.

  • Local energy concept (LEK), year of approval is 2004, updated in 2012
  • SEAP , year of approval 2012
  • Covenant of mayors, year of approval 2010

Plonsk

The City Municipality of Płońsk doesn’t have the EE financial strategy and not any EE financial strategy for the region exists. Only some strategic plans for the city are available, for example the City Development Strategy which includes the main ecological investments and their financing.

Stadtgemeinde Judenburg

Sustainable Energy Action Plan “Judenburg 2020” for municipality, approved in 2012

Allocated budget structure

  1. Staff costs of the Municipality of Judenburg and Energy Agency (EAO) for the development of the action plan and key projects
  2. Material costs for the implementation of environmental measures in Judenburg:
  3. Staff costs for municipal staff for the realisation of planned measures (budget is included in the yearly municipal household)
  4. plus additional project oriented investment budget of the town administration for extraordinary measures like sanitation of public buildings etc. (costs must be ascertained in the planning process)
  5. plus project oriented costs for measures of the Energy Agency (EAO) and the Municipal Utilities (Stadtwerke Judenburg)

Foreseen financial sources for the investment within the action plan

  1. 1. Development of the action plan and key projects: financed by subsidies from the European Union / Programme IEE within the project eReNet (RURAL WEB ENERGY LEARNING NETWORK FOR ACTION) plus own funds of the Municipality of Judenburg and the Energy Agency Upper Styria (EAO)
  2. Material and staff costs for the implementation of environmental measures in Judenburg: annual municipal household of the Municipality of Judenburg
  3. Financing of extraordinary measures like sanitation of public buildings etc.: individual authorization by the municipal council for each extraordinary measure
  4. Financing of projects of the Energy Agency (EAO) and the Municipal Utilities (Stadtwerke Judenburg): own funds of the institutions

Koprivnica

REA North has developed Sustainable Energy Action Plan (SEAP) for the City of Koprivnica in 2011. EE Financial Strategy as a document or one whole is not part of SEAP. However, SEAP contains energy EE measures in variety of sectors that have predicted value (investment cost) and other financial elements as well as potential sources of financing.

Gmina Lubawka

The Town and Municipality of Lubawka doesn ́t have a separate strategy for energy efficiency improvement and its financing, however, these issues have been addressed in several other strategic documents. They are:

  • Low Emission Economy Plan for 2014-2020 with an outlook until 2030 for 15 municipalities of the Wałbrzych Agglomeration – Lubawka Municipality is one of the 15 municipalities covered by this Low Emission Economy Plan
  • Lubawka Municipality Development Strategy 2017 – 2023
  • Local Revitalization Program of Lubawka Municipality 2017-2022

In all cases above where some strategic documents were mentioned they were approved by the relevant municipal or regional council.