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„„Redirecting Urban Areas Development Redirecting Urban Areas Development towards Suistainable Energy RUSE - an towards Suistainable Energy RUSE - an example for the use of Structural Funds example for the use of Structural Funds from the EU in co-operation with CEE from the EU in co-operation with CEE Countries aimed at RES and suistainable Countries aimed at RES and suistainable development”development”

The Association of The Association of MunicipalitiesMunicipalitiesPolish Network “Energie Cités”Polish Network “Energie Cités”ul. Floriańska 55/7ul. Floriańska 55/731-019 Kraków31-019 Krakówtel./faks: +48 12 429 17 93 tel./faks: +48 12 429 17 93 e-mail:e-mail: [email protected]@pnec.org.pl www.pnec.org.plwww.pnec.org.pl

Anna Jaskuła - Project ManagerAnna Jaskuła - Project ManagerMaria Stankiewicz - DirectorMaria Stankiewicz - Director

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The Presentation of PNECThe Presentation of PNEC

The Association of Municipalities, Polish Network “Energie Cités” (PNEC) is a non governmental, non profit organisation with its office located in Kraków. The organisation was registered in 1994.

The statutory goal of the Association is promotion of energy efficiency and creation of municipal development strategy, including renewable energy.

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PNEC MembersPNEC MembersThe Association has

30 municipal members in Poland, 1 in Lithuania and 2 supporting organisations in Ukraine.Moreover, the Association has 14 supporting members from business firms and associations.

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PNEC main activitiesPNEC main activities local energy policies promotion of renewable energy and energy efficiency integrated energy planning climate protection water & sewage management waste management ecological education exchange of experience information on financing sources looking for partners

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PNEC PartnersPNEC Partners European Network “Energie Cités”, Besançon, France Agency for Environment and Energy Management (ADEME), France Netherlands Agency for Energy and the Environment (NOVEM) European Institute for Environmental Energy (EIEE), Denmark ORASE Energie Romania (OER) Slovak Energy Agency (SEA) South-Bohemia Region (SBR), The Czek Republik Standing Conference of Serbian Municipalities (SCSMEE), Serbia Lithuanian Energy Institute (LEI) Municipal Energy Efficiency Network/EcoEnergy, Bulgaria Center for Municipal and Regional Development, Lviv, Ukraine The Ukrainian Network of Energy Efficient Cities Lviv, Ukraine South-East Center of Municipal and Regional Developing in Lugansk, Ukraine Alliance to Save Energy (ASE), USA Foundation for Energy Efficiency, Poland

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PNEC PartnersPNEC PartnersThe Polish Network “Energie Cités” belongs to the European Network “Energie Cités” with its headquarter in Besançon, France and subsidiary office in Brussels. “Energie Cités” is a European association of more than 100 local authorities interested in energy issues.“Energie Cités” promotes sustainable energy policies, energy efficiency, renewable energy and protection of environment.

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PNEC financing PNEC financing sourcessourcesPOLISH PROGRAMMESPOLISH PROGRAMMES National Fund for Environmental Protection & Water Management NFOŚiGW Voivodeship Fund for Environmental Protection & Water Management WFOŚiGWEUROPEAN UNION PROGRAMMESEUROPEAN UNION PROGRAMMES TEMPUS SAVE II ATENER INTERREG IIICUSAID PROGRAMMESUSAID PROGRAMMES Poland-America-Ukraine Cooperation Initiative (PAUCI) Academy for Educational Development (AED) Municipal Network for Energy Efficiency (MUNEE) World Learning EcoLinksWORLD PROGRAMMESWORLD PROGRAMMES Global Environmental Facility (GEF) Regional Environmental Centre (REC) International Energy Agency (IEA)

National Fund for Environmental Protection & Water ManagementVojvodeship Fund for Environmental Protection & Water Management in KatowiceVoivodeship Fund for Environmental Protection & Water Management in Kraków

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„„Renewable energy as a challenge for local Renewable energy as a challenge for local authorities. The exmples of good practice authorities. The exmples of good practice in Poland and the European Union.in Poland and the European Union.” ”

sponsored by:

PNEC ProjectPNEC Project

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Polish Network „Energie Cités” received from the European network Energie-Cités CD-ROM presenting 105 best practices of use of renewable energy in cities and communities in 19 European countries.

CD-ROM prepared in English and French by Energie-Cités with the


financial support of European Commission within the scope of the ALTENER Programme was translated into Polish.

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Moreover Polish Network „Energie Cités” prepared another CD-ROM “Renewable energy in Poland. 70 good practice” which contains 72 examples of Polish practice of the renewable energy use.


CEDRY WIELKIE

PYRZYCE

MSZCZONÓWUNIEJÓW

BYSTRZYCA KŁODZKA

ZAKOPANE

MIECHÓW

SŁOMNIKI

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5000 sets of this two CD-ROMs were published by Polish Network „Energie Cités” and given gratuitously to every Polish municipality and eight NGOs dealing with renewable energy.

Dissemination:Dissemination: to all municipalities in Poland with the magazine „Czysta Energia” Polish Association of Biomass POLBIOM Polish Association of Solar Energy PTES Polish Geothermal Association Ecological Education Center in Ełk Renewable Energy Center in Janów NordicHouse Małopolska Silesian Union of Municipalities and Districts The Union of Rural Communes of the Republic of Poland


RUSE

Redirecting Urban areas development towards SustainableEnergy

CONTEXT

From 1st January 2004, the Structural Funds (SF) are available in the new member states (NMS). One of the main challenges we are facing is to use this new opportunity in the most sustainable way, especially regarding energy issues which are a full component of regional development. Experience has already been gained in the EU15, including both good and

bad practice.

OBJECTIVES

The RUSE operation aims at “redirecting urban areas development towards sustainable energy”. The overall objective is to improve the use of SF - and other financial resources - in the urban projects of 4 NMS, progressing towards a better integration of sustainable energy issues in their projects. To reach this goal, it is essential to improve capacity building in collective structures (city networks, agencies) and individual bodies (municipalities).

PARTNERSHIP

– the leader is Energie Cités, a network of European municipalities promoting local sustainable energy policies as an element of urban development, which is very experienced in the management of European projects.

– 4 major partners, in Poland, Slovakia, Czech Republic and Lithuania with various legal structures.

– 10 Municipalities and municipal energy agencies and 2 national energy agencies from the EU15.

– 3 city networks from Bulgaria, Romania and Serbia are also associated.

PARTNERSHIP AND LOCATION

BUDGET

Total cost: 1 248 000 €

Interreg IIIC: 755 000 €

Co-financing: 493 000 €

DURATION36 months

– exchange of experience and knowledge– creation of a network of expertise– preparation/dissemination of good practice case studies/guides– provision of information to municipalities and relevant bodies– promotion of the project

MAIN ACTIVITIES

–communication products (leaflet, web site; newsletters, poster, material for exhibition, P.Point presentations, guidelines for commendations, data bases on contacts and good practice)–meetings (joint seminars, workshops, conferences) publication of good practice case studies from EU15, NMS and TC–study tours–hosting staff–“help desks”

OUTPUTS

EXPECTED RESULTS

– dissemination of good practice and methods from the EU15, NMS and candidate countries– improving the capacity of intermediate bodies (specialist energy networks of municipalities, regions, and agencies– strengthening the activities of the partners towards cities and urban stakeholders– practical involvement of urban areas / cities and towns in SF related projects

–linking urban development and sustainable energy issues more strongly–influencing better use of SF at national, regional and local levels–creating and stimulating the reflex in different bodies and in cities to integrate energy issues as widely as possible in urban development

EXPECTED IMPACTS

Component 1: Management and Co-ordinationComponent 2: Dissemination of information and promotion

at both European and national levelsComponent 3: Exchanges of practical experiences Component 4: Preparation of good practice cases studiesComponent 5: Information and advice to municipalities and

relevant bodies at national scale

FIVE COMPONENTS

Strategic focus:

Providing the partners with the administrative and financial organisation and the co-ordination of relevant activities which will facilitate the development and the reporting of the project in the best conditions.

Planned results:

Quality of technical and financial reports, prepared and sent in due time. Quality of management of the overall project allowing simultaneously friendly relationships and very rigorous implementation and reporting.

COMPONENT 1 Management and Co-ordination

Strategic focus:

Ensuring a targeted dissemination of information towards municipalities, associations of local authorities, bodies in charge of SF programmes and management, essentially at national levels, as well as a high visibility of the project at both local and European levels.

Planned results:

Quality of means of communication (web sites, leaflets, newsletters). Utilisation by municipalities and other bodies of the information available in their own language. Making the RUSE-Project well known at national and European levels.

COMPONENT 2 Dissemination of information and promotion at both European and national levels

Strategic focus:

Taking advantage of existing experience (practice, documents, guides, etc.) from municipalities, cities networks and energy agencies, which will form a network of expertise, through activities such as dissemination of good practice, study tours, exchange of staff.

Planned results:

Improvement of capacity building in intermediate bodies (cities networks, agencies) making them more aware of the opportunities for linking sustainable energy issues and regional development, and more able to provide suitable information to local authorities.

COMPONENT 3Exchanges of practical experiences

COMPONENT 4Preparation of good practice cases studies

Strategic focus:

Using the experience gained by municipalities from all the NMS and Third Countries in order to increase the already existing background of good practice cases studies from the EU15.

Planned results:

Making local authorities more aware of the opportunities for projects in countries which shared a similar history and are facing similar problems, supplementing the information gained from the EU 15 municipalities.

Strategic focus:

In order to go forward towards practical action at local level and not only disseminate information, the assistance service (help desk) will provide individual advice to municipalities, either through local meetings or direct advice on request. Planned results:

Improvement of the capacity of local authorities in preparing and implementing which will integrate sustainable energy issues making them more aware to take advantage of existing funds

(such as SF).

COMPONENT 5Information and advice to municipalities and relevant bodies at national scale

CHALLENGES & OPPORTUNITIESRUSE Operation– has to be a very successful project– will have to be a model– high quality is required– (net)working together

CONTACT

www.ruse-europe.org(under construction)

This document has been produced with the financial assistance of the European Commission (DG REGIO under the “Interreg IIIC West Zone” Community Programme / Contract reference RUSE, 2W0057N). The views expressed herein are those of Energie-Cités and its partners and can therefore in no way be taken to reflect the official opinion of the European Commission. The project will run until March 2007.

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Funding opportunities of the Funding opportunities of the European UnionEuropean Union

for Energy, Environment and for Energy, Environment and Sustainable EnergySustainable EnergyThe funding opportunities of the European Union can be divided into three parts:

the sources of the Pre-Accession funds, the Structural Funds and the Cohesion Fund, the sources of the Community Programmes, and the tenders

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PRE - ACCESSION FUNDSPRE - ACCESSION FUNDSPre-Accession Funds are financial instruments which were established by the European Union to assist the preparation of the applicant countries for the EU-accession.

PharePhare programme supports the implementation of those tasks which have economic, social and political effects. One of the objectives of Phare is to assist the preparation of the applicant countries for joining the regional (ERDF) and social (ESF) sections of the Structural Funds.

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PRE - ACCESSION FUNDSPRE - ACCESSION FUNDS

The aim of the SAPARDSAPARD programme is the assistance of the preparation for the accession in the fields of agriculture and rural development. No more project proposals can be submitted from 30 April 2004. The sources of SAPARD can be used till 2006 according to the signed contracts.

ISPAISPA finances only major environmental and transport infrastructure projects. Cohesion Fund has taken out the role of ISPA after the accession.

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CARDSCARDS (Community Assistance for Reconstruction, Development and Stabilisation) programme was established in 2000 to support stability and peace in the Western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, and the former Republic of Macedonia).In the period of 2000-2006 4.6 billion EURO will be provided for reconstruction, institutional and legislative development, ensuring human rights, to sustain economic and social development and to promote closer relationship between them, and with the EU.

The application of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership is the main objective of MEDAMEDA programme. In the period of 2000-2006 5.35 billion EURO will be allocated in the region.

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The technical assistance called TACIS was created in 1991 to support the transition to market economies and democratic societies in the Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA) countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Mongolia, Russian Federation, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Uzebkistan). The total fund of the programmes is 3.138 million EURO until the end of 2006. The main objectives of the activities in the region are the institutional and legal reforms, supporting the private sector, the development of infrastructure networks and rural economy and to improve environmental protection and the management of natural resources.

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STRUCTURAL FUNDSSTRUCTURAL FUNDSThe reduction of the regional development differences in the EU is the main objective of the Structural Structural fundsfunds and the Cohesion fundCohesion fund. The main supporting instruments of the EU are the Structural Funds which are the following:I.I. The European Regional Development Fund ERDFERDF was established in 1975.The aim of the fund: to assist the reduction of the differences among the regions in the field of level of development and the standard of living to support the reduction of the major territorial differences in the EU with taking part in the development of the underdeveloped regions and in their social adjustment.

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STRUCTURAL FUNDSSTRUCTURAL FUNDSII.II. The European Social Fund ESFESF was established in 1958.The aim of the fund: to help the expansion of the employment with the promotion of the rate of employment, enterprise, equal opportunities, to support the investment in the human resources and in trainings.III.III. The European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guidance Section EAGGF-GEAGGF-G operates since 1970.The aim of the fund: to sustain the contact between the multifunctional agriculture and the soil the improvement of the competitiveness of the agriculture (as the most important activity of the rural areas) to secure the diversification of the rural economy to help the preservation of the rural communities the improvement and the preservation of the environment, land and cultural heritage

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STRUCTURAL FUNDSSTRUCTURAL FUNDS IV.IV. These three structural funds were supplemented in 1993 with the Financial Instrument of Fisheries Guidance FIFGFIFG.The aim of the fund: to help the achievement of the sustainable balance between the resources of sea and their utilisation the modernisation of the fisheries structures to help to sustain a dynamic and competitive fishing and to boost those regions which depend on fishing the improvement of the supply and utilisation of fisheries products.The Union has separated altogether 213 billion EURO for the financing of the Structural Funds for the 15 Member States between 2000 and 2006. After the accession of the 10 new Member States this budget was supplemented with 21 billion EURO.

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COMMUNITY INITIATIVESCOMMUNITY INITIATIVES

The Community Initiatives which are financed by the Structural Funds represent one of the most important pillars of the supporting system. 5.35 % of the sources of the Structural Funds have been separated for the financing of these programmes.

The most important aim of the Community Initiatives is to support new, innovative approaches which belong to specific fields.

The participants of the initiatives commit themselves to make the results of their projects known in order to share their experience with the Member States and the applicant countries.

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COMMUNITY INITIATIVESCOMMUNITY INITIATIVES

For the period of 2000-2006 there are four Community Initatives:

INTERREG IIIINTERREG III – assists cross-border, international and regional

co-operation programmesEQUAL EQUAL – helps combat discrimination and unequal opportunities

on the international labour markets.LEADER+LEADER+ – supports the development of rural regionsURBAN (II)URBAN (II) – support the economic and social regeneration of

declining towns.

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COHESION FUNDCOHESION FUNDThe Cohesion Fund finances major environmental and transport infrastructure development projects in the less developed Member States of the European Union. The Cohesion Fund supports determined projects, which are being selected according to the Cohesion Fund Strategy.The main fields of the Cohesion Fund are: within transport the railway transport, road traffic, inland waterways, civil air transport, combined transport within environment the reduction of air pollution, the protection of surface and groundwater, to secure drinking-water supply, dirty water maintanance, disposal of refuseThe rate of the support granted by the Cohesion Fund varies between 80% and 85% of expenditure, the minimum size of a project is 10 billion EURO.

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COMMUNITY PROGRAMMES COMMUNITY PROGRAMMES The Community Programmes aim to strengthen the co-operation among the Member States regarding Community policies for a longer period of time.

The Community Programmes concern almost every field of the economic-social life of the EU's citizens and are financed from the general budget of the Community.

Originally only the organisations of the Member States could take part in the programmes. Since 1993 the applicant countries also have the opportunity to participate in the programmes although an annual fee has to be paid to the budget by them.

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COMMUNITY PROGRAMMESCOMMUNITY PROGRAMMESFP6 - Sixth Framework ProgrammeFP6 - Sixth Framework ProgrammePeriod, budget: (2000-2006) 17.5 billion EUROThe FP6 has one of the biggest budget of the Community Programmes. The FP6 Framework Programme has three parts: the first block which has the greatest budget includes different thematic and horizontal research activities, the task of the second block is to help to structure the research area through innovation, infrastructure development and mobility actions, the third part helps to strengthen the foundations of the European Research Area through encouraging coherent development of different activities and policies.

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COMMUNITY PROGRAMMESCOMMUNITY PROGRAMMESFP6 - Sixth Framework ProgrammeFP6 - Sixth Framework Programme

Thematic priorities: life sciences, genomics, biotechnology for health, information society technology, nanotechnology and nanosciences, knowledge-based multifunctional scienses, aeronautics and space, food quality and safety, sustainable development, global change and ecosystems, citizens and government in the knowledge-based economy.Horizontal priorities: support of Community policies, new and emerging science and technology (NEST), specific researches of SME's, specific international co-operation (INCO), JRC researches. In addition to this infrastructural development in all fields of the science and technology, mobility actions and the phasing of different researches and innovation policies.

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COMMUNITY PROGRAMMESCOMMUNITY PROGRAMMESLIFE IIILIFE IIIPeriod, budget: (2000-2006) 957 million EURO

The LIFE Community programme was introduced in 1992 in order to support innovative, demonstrative environmental projects in the Member States (later also in the applicant countries). LIFE is a horizontal legal instrument system, which has three main fields of activity. On the bases of these activities it tries to have an effect in all fields of the environmental protection and the preservation of nature. By determining its priorities, the Community leaned primarily on the actual environmental action programmes.

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COMMUNITY PROGRAMMESCOMMUNITY PROGRAMMESLIFE IIILIFE IIIThe present LIFE III programme has three subdivision:Environment (47%) - within this category LIFE supports industrial innovation and demonstrative projects in the fields of land use and development, water management, reduction of the negative impact of economic activities, waste management, integrated product policy.Nature (47%) - Preservation of nature - the goal of the support is to assist programmes aimed at the conservation of wild fauna and flora according to the relevant directives of the EU.Third Countries (6%) - technical assistance for the implementation of an environmental administrative organisation and for the implementation of nature protecting activities and presentations in order to enable sustainable development in the third countries.

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COMMUNITY PROGRAMMESCOMMUNITY PROGRAMMESIEE - Intelligent Energy for EuropeIEE - Intelligent Energy for EuropePeriod, budget: (2003-2006) 215+50 million EURO

The Intelligent Energy for Europe framework programme supports mid-term and long-term developments in the fields of energy.

The programme aims at the easing of the EU's energy dependence and the implementation of sustainable development with the more effective and reasonable utilisation of the energy systems and with the spreading of the renewable energy sources.

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COMMUNITY PROGRAMMESCOMMUNITY PROGRAMMESIEE - Intelligent Energy for EuropeIEE - Intelligent Energy for EuropeThe funding instruments of the programme by priority fields:SAVESAVE rational use of energy and the improvement of the demand management, especially in the construction industry and industry sector including the preparation and the adoption of law 75 million EURO.ALTENERALTENER the support of the centralised and decentralised production of the renewable energy sources, their integration in the urban areas, the preparation and adoption of the relevant laws 86 million EURO.STEERSTEER the support of those initiatives which are in connection with the energy aspect of the transport, the diversification of the fuels, energy-efficiency including the preparation and adoption of the relevant laws 35 million EURO.COOPENERCOOPENER the support of international projects aiming the energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy, especially in the developing countries 19 million EURO.

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