1 SUMMARY THE ENPCOM PROJECT AND THE COVENANT OF MAYORS ............................................................................... 4 1ST EVENT PISA 27-30 JANUARY 2014 .............................................................................................................. 9 2° EVENT BRUSSELS 22-25 JUNE 2014 ............................................................................................................. 12 3RD EVENT EXTREMADURA, 19-22 NOVEMBER 2014 .................................................................................... 18 4TH EVENT SARDINIA 29-29 MARCH 2015 ...................................................................................................... 26 EXCHANGE OF GOOD PRACTICES: A COLLECTION OF PROJECTS .................................................................... 35 Extremadura’s projects (Spain) ....................................................................................................................... 35 Municipality of Skive’s projects (Denmark) ..................................................................................................... 38 Zadar municipality’s projects (Croatia) ........................................................................................................... 40 Pomaretto municipality’s projects (Italy) ........................................................................................................ 42 Pisa municipality’s projects (Italy) ................................................................................................................... 43 MEASURES AND INTERVENTIONS FOR THE INVOLVEMENT OF CITIZENS ....................................................... 44 People and biogas: a story about a public meeting in the barn ...................................................................... 44 ABISA Web application .................................................................................................................................... 46 Car sharing web platform ................................................................................................................................ 46 Thermotour ..................................................................................................................................................... 47 Web platform for the public consultation of the SEAP – Sustainable Energy Action Plan ............................. 47 The municipal energy advisor .......................................................................................................................... 48 CICLOPI project - Pisa pedala in grande .......................................................................................................... 48 “Pisa Città che cammina” project .................................................................................................................... 48 2 The project is funded within the EUROPE FOR CITIZENS PROGRAMME. 3 THE ENPCOM PROJECT AND THE COVENANT OF MAYORS At the top of the European political agenda for the next few years there are important issues closely related to the future of Europe and its citizens: economic growth, Europe’s role in the world, the democratic participation of citizens and the sharing of UE’s policies. A sustainable growth is not only a priority for many EU Programmes, but it is also the pivotal point of a European medium-long term strategy (the 2020 Strategy) that aims to a more competitive Europe, with low carbon emissions, which invests in an efficient and clean energy and employs all the potential provided by new technologies. The achievement of the European targets on climate and energy (2020 Energy strategy, Energy Roadmap 2050) must inevitably pass through the full involvement of local authorities and citizens, as it’s in the cities that the 80% of energy consumption is registered. The need for a bottom up approach to energy policies is at the basis of the European initiative of the Covenant of Mayors, launched by the European Commission in 2009, which started the experimentation of a new method to tackle issues of European interest, based on the direct involvement of local communities and citizens in the fight against climate change and in a sustainable use of energy. The Enpcom project - European network for the promotion of the Covenant of Mayors - funded within the Europe for citizens programme (1.2 networks of towns) works in this area, strengthening the involvement of European citizens in the fight against climate change by comparing different local experiences and developing methods to enhance individual and collective practices. ENPCOM is a network of local governments, citizens, industry organizations and associations aimed at strengthening the involvement of European citizens in the fight against climate change. Municipalities and other European subjects (Counties, regions, associations of local authorities, energy agencies) involved in the project are committed, at different levels, to the planning and the implementation of actions on energy and of CO2 emissions reduction. The sustainable energy action plans represent a planning instrument common to all the European local administrations, with standard and uniform rules valid throughout Europe; these standards enable debates and the sharing of results. Specific objectives of the project are: ● Integration of the involved communities on the issues of emissions, energy policies and strategies to adapt to climate change ● exchange and comparison of experience of citizens and local governments’ good practices, identifying ways to enhance them 4 ● identifying methods of communication between administrators and citizens to improve the quantification and monitoring of consumption/emissions and to improve the effectiveness of the SEAP action ● dissemination of the principles and objectives of the Covenant and of the European energy policies. ●Sharing of the best practices undertaken by local administrations Project Activities The project is divided into four thematic events. All the events’ activities were carried out through a mix of conferences, exchange of experiences, project planning workshops, technical visits, environmental and cultural visits, tours. Thematic events: . Census and monitoring of real energy consumption and the behaviour of citizens (Pisa, 27-30 January 2014); . The possibilities of action with the interaction between the public and private sector in transport and housing(Bruxelles 22-25 June 2014) . The possibilities of action with the interaction between public and private in manufacturing companies: innovation, sharing, and energy efficiency (Extremadura, 19-22 November 2014) . The enhancement of the role of citizens: good daily energy practices, their inclusion in the SEAP and valorisation of results (Quartu Sant’Elena, 26-29 March 2015) The website Our joint work resulted in the development of a “net” of municipalities, associations, companies and citizens which brought to the creation of the website www.enpcom-project.eu . The portal has been translated into two languages – Italian and English - and includes the materials and the multimedia contributions shared by the participants in the project. Partnership ● Legautonomie (lead partner) Contatti : Paola Manca, project coordinator Tel. 0039/06/6976601; email: [email protected] ● Associazione Focus Europe Contatti: Pagliara Angelo, project coordinator 0032 22306652; [email protected] 5 ● Comune di Zadar (Croazia) Contatti: Ana Bajilo, Adviser for Energy Efficiency 00385 23 208 043 ; email: [email protected] ● Agenzia di sviluppo provinciale - ZADRA (Croazia) Contatti: Marica Babić, city manager 00385 99 81 25 087; email: [email protected] ● Comune di Arvika (Svezia) Contatti: Sten Fransson, Chairman of the Council 070-3203962; email: [email protected] ● Comune di Pisa (Italia) Contatti: Guerrazzi Nadia, funzionaria +39 050 910111; [email protected] ● Comune di Sarroch (Italia) Contatti: Caschili Sandro, Head of European Affairs +39 070.90926200; email: [email protected] ● Comune di Palermo (Italia) Contatti: Orlando Leoluca, Sindaco 0039 091 7401111; email: [email protected] ● Comune di Carloforte Contatti: Pinna Enzo Augusto, vice secretary 3492579357; [email protected] ● Comune di Pomaretto (Italia) Contatti: Breusa Stefano, Sindaco 0039 0121 81241; [email protected] ● Agenzia Energetica dell’Extremadura (Spagna) Contatti: Ordonez Javier, Head of the Project Area +34924262161; email: [email protected] ● Regione Extremadura (Spagna) Contatti: Celdran Ana, Head of the Eu. Projects Office +34924993534; email: [email protected] ● Unione dei Comuni del Gerrei (Italia) Contatti : Giuseppe Cappai, President 0039 0709803191; email: [email protected] ● Comune di Vittoria (Italia) Contatti: Nicosia Giuseppe, Sindaco 6 0039 0932 514222; email: [email protected] ● Comune di Gela (Italia) Contatti : Fasulo Angelo, Sindaco 0039 0933 917042; email: [email protected] ● Comune di Piazza Armerina (Italia) Contatti : Nigrelli Fausto Carmelo 0039 0935/982.111; email: [email protected] ● Provincia di Badajoz (Spagna) Contatti: Martin Javier Luna, Head of the Local Develop. Area 924212311; email: [email protected] ● Provincia di Caceres Contatti: Bote Jose Carlos, Convenant of Mayor Responsible 927 25 54 46; email: [email protected] ● Comune di Civitavecchia (Italia) Contatti: Tideo Pietro, Sindaco 0039 0766.5901;