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Innovative Arrangements to accelerate local production of renewable energy by citizens

First international meeting March 27, 2014 ~ 9.30 - 16.00 City Hall, Lochem, the Netherlands

People to people project, in cooperation with: Euregio Universiteit Nijmegen Provincie Gelderland Landkreis Osnabrück Gemeente Lochem Energie voor burgers Innovative Arrangements to accelerate local Bürger für Energie production of renewable energy by citizens

Invitation

Invitation Our energy supply is more and more from renewable sources. Production moves from centralized industry towards decentralized small-scale installations. Energy will be produced in our backyard as it was centuries ago. Program Citizens have organized themselves in many places and created companies in recent years. They met each other Workshop 1 Energy Initiatives discussing their roles and responsibilities and actions on energy reduction strategies and on local production Workshop 2 Wind Energy of renewable energy by themselves. These initiatives support climate and energy goals of local governments. Balancing and cooperation between citizens, private companies and governments on policies, concrete projects Workshop 3 Water Power/Biomass Energy and joint investments is a hot topic. Goal project You are invited to join the first international meeting and contribute actively in one of the workshops. Goal international meeting Application

First international meeting March 27, 2014 ~ 9.30 - 16.00 City Hall, Lochem, the Netherlands

Program 13.30 Master speeches: Invitation 9.30 Reception/registration 10.00 Openingsession - Participatory process for citizens and Program 10.15 Master speeches: formulation of governance deals by Thea - energetic society by Thijs de la Court van Kemenade (University Nijmegen) Workshop 1 Energy Initiatives (alderman municipality Lochem) - Possibilities from a People to People project - Results of interviews (by Tonnie Tekelenburg) into planning of an Interreg V program Workshop 2 Wind Energy 11.00 Panel with key stakeholders on new roles of by Herr Alexander Jaegers (Euregio office) citizens versus governments and private 14.15 Workshops continued: planning and focus Workshop 3 Water Power/Biomass Energy companies. 15.00 Closing drinks 11.30 Workshops: 15.20 Optional: Excursion on sustainability Goal project 1 Energy Initiatives measures in the City Hall 2 Wind Energy Goal international meeting 3 Waterpower, biomass energy 12.30 Lunch Application

First international meeting March 27, 2014 ~ 9.30 - 16.00 City Hall, Lochem, the Netherlands

Workshop 1, Energy Initiatives

Invitation Chairman: Wil Philipsen Technical assistance: Nick Verkade Program Topic: Workshop 1 will be introduced by a speech on a common vision of the development of renewable energy and Workshop 1 Energy Initiatives the contribution of citizen initiatives in the energy transition. Number, location and type of initiatives and potential of Workshop 2 Wind Energy local production of sustainable energy in the border crossing project area are reviewed. Technically the focus is on a smart mix of renewable energy sources. Workshop 3 Water Power/Biomass Energy Goal of the workshop: to set the boundaries for successful cooperation between organized citizens, Goal project private companies and local governments. Role of energy network companies will be discussed here in relation with Goal international meeting smart grid development and reducing transport losses. Issues will be raised to discuss further in three follow-up sessions aiming at proposals for accelerating local production of renewable energy by local citizens. Application

First international meeting March 27, 2014 ~ 9.30 - 16.00 City Hall, Lochem, the Netherlands

Workshop 2, Wind Energy

Invitation Chairman: Siward Zomer Technical assistance: Rik Olde Loohuis Program Topic: Workshop 2 will be introduced by Siward Zomer on new arrangements for cooperation between Workshop 1 Energy Initiatives citizens (organizations), private companies and local governments for wind energy development. He will Workshop 2 Wind Energy provide an overview of existing arrangements and expectations for citizen organizations to participate in the development of wind energy. LochemEnergie developed a toolbox for a participatery approach of bottom-up Workshop 3 Water Power/Biomass Energy and local wind energy. Goal project Goal of the workshop: to identify key topics that enhance wind energy development such as local Goal international meeting government procedures, changes to land use planning, research requirements, and possibilities to increase confidence between citizens, private companies and governments. Question is what new roles and Application responsibilities for each stakeholder must be? Issues will be raised to discuss further in three follow-up sessions aiming at proposals for accelerating local production of renewable energy by citizens.

First international meeting March 27, 2014 ~ 9.30 - 16.00 City Hall, Lochem, the Netherlands

Workshop 3, Water Power /Biomass Energy

Invitation Chairman: Thea Van Kemenade Technical assistance: Tonnie Tekelenburg Program Topic: Workshop 3 will be introduced by Thea van Kemenade on new arrangements for cooperation between citizens Workshop 1 Energy Initiatives (organizations), private companies and local governments for water power. Traditional stakeholders like the body of Workshop 2 Wind Energy surveyors of the dikes moved from water management for agricultural purposes and water risk management towards nature development, tourism, alternative use of water resources like energy supply and landscape development. Workshop 3 Water Power/Biomass Energy What are new roles and responsibilities for stakeholders, especially local citizen organizations? Goal project Goal of the workshop: to make an inventory on energy production initiatives by citizens and other stakeholders on Goal international meeting waterpower and to carry out a SWOT analysis and to select best practices. Issues will be raised to discuss further in three follow-up sessions aiming at proposals for accelerating local production of renewable energy by citizens. Application

First international meeting March 27, 2014 ~ 9.30 - 16.00 City Hall, Lochem, the Netherlands

Goals of the project

Invitation This people to people project will connect several actors, policies and innovative aspects of the energy transition from the Dutch and German side. The focus is on gathering experience how the initiatives arise and can be Program strengthened by involved stakeholders in order to accelerate the local production of renewable energy by or with citizen organizations. The project will provide facts, knowledge and starting points for new arrangements among Workshop 1 Energy Initiatives stakeholders on social and economic innovation in the region. Our pre-assumption is that knowledge and experience Workshop 2 Wind Energy on the technical economic side is well-known, but that social/organizational aspects need further development.

Workshop 3 Water Power/Biomass Energy The following questions will be answered in the project: 1. What are differences and similarities in basic assumptions in the border area? Goal project 2. Which conceptual working processes can be distinguished by the creation of citizen initiatives, Goal international meeting and how are process steps passed through? 3. What new roles and responsibilities and innovative arrangements are required in the energy transition? Application 4. how could key stakeholders cooperate better and how can development be supported best?

First international meeting March 27, 2014 ~ 9.30 - 16.00 City Hall, Lochem, the Netherlands

Goal of the first international meeting

Invitation The first international meeting: New Roles, Responsibilities and Innovative Arrangements to accelerate local production of sustainable energy by citizens aims at bringing together stakeholders, to inform them about the main Program topic, to challenge them to participate in one of the three bordercrossing working groups in order to find innovative arrangements to speed up the local production and consumption of renewable energy. Workshop 1 Energy Initiatives

Workshop 2 Wind Energy The topics are: - formulation of a common view on the importance of the development of decentralized renewable Workshop 3 Water Power/Biomass Energy energy production and the contribution of citizens the such a transition; Goal project - identification of innovative arrangements between stakeholders. Goal international meeting Working groups will be established among the participants. Results of the working groups will be presented and discussed in the second international meeting in Osnabrück in june 2014. Application

First international meeting March 27, 2014 ~ 9.30 - 16.00 City Hall, Lochem, the Netherlands

Application

Invitation Invitations: LochemEnergie is inviting all interested local governments, knowledge institutes, business enterprises, civil society and energy cooperation’s from Landkreis Osnabruck and regions Twente, Achterhoek and Stedendriehoek Program in the Netherlands.

Workshop 1 Energy Initiatives Information and application: [email protected] Workshop 2 Wind Energy For Dutch speaking partners contact: Tonnie Tekelenburg: +31 6 5247 6832 For German speaking partners contact: Wil Philipsen +31 6 8190 9845 Workshop 3 Water Power/Biomass Energy Venue and date: LochemEnergie invite stakeholders to meet each other on March 27th 2014. Goal project The venue of the first international meeting is the new local city hall of Lochem. Goal international meeting The address is: Gemeentehuis Lochem - Hanzeweg 8 - 7241 CR Lochem - tel. city hall: +31 573 289 222

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First international meeting March 27th, 2014 ~ 9.30 - 16.00 City Hall, Lochem, the Netherlands

People to people project, in cooperation with: Euregio Universiteit Nijmegen Provincie Gelderland Landkreis Osnabrück Gemeente Lochem