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POWER INTERREGIONAL PROGRAMME SEPT 2008 – MARCH 2013 2 nd Call Partner Fair

POWER INTERREGIONAL PROGRAMME SEPT 2008 – MARCH 2013 2 nd Call Partner Fair. Kathy Vuillaume, European Programme Manager 15 October 2009, Seville. Todays ’ priorities. Context :. 20% of the population consume 80% of the resources of the planet

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POWER INTERREGIONAL PROGRAMME SEPT 2008 – MARCH 2013 2 nd Call Partner Fair

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  1. POWER INTERREGIONAL PROGRAMME SEPT 2008 – MARCH 20132nd Call Partner Fair Kathy Vuillaume, European Programme Manager 15 October 2009, Seville

  2. Todays’ priorities Context : • 20% of the population consume 80% of the resources of the planet • The average temperature has been the highest ever recorded over the past 15 years • Species are disappearing at a speed of 100 times higher than the natural evolution • The ice floe has decreased by 40% in 40 years • We may have 200 million climatic refugees by 2050

  3. POWER INTERREGIONAL PROGRAMME • Value:Euros 5.7 million • Interregional partnership between 7 regions: • South East England with the support of the Environment Agency, Andalucia, Emilia-Romagna, Noord Brabant, Malopolska, Stockholm and Tallinn • Aims: • Drive low carbon economies • Draw on best practice from other European Regions • Influence policy to facilitate a reduction of carbon • and ecological footprints in the regions • Mainstream results through structural programmes • Cross Cutting themes:Equal Opportunities • Environmental sustainability

  4. Partnership & eligible areas • South East England • Andalucia, Spain • Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands • Malopolska, Poland • Stockholm, Sweden • Tallinn, Estonia • Emilia-Romagna, Italy (not participating in the 2nd call as all funds already allocated)

  5. Kyoto Protocol EU Climate & EnergyPackage Sustainable Development Strategy(Gothenberg) Lisbon Agenda Policy context

  6. Structure of POWER Project Sub-Themes 1. Energy Efficiency 2. Renewable Energies 3. Sustainable Transport 4. Eco-innovation & Environmental Technologies 5. Behaviour Change Policy Working Groups 1. Energy Policies 2. Sustainable Transport 3. Eco-innovation & Environmental Technologies 4. Behaviour Change 5. Mainstreaming of EU Funds

  7. Example :Sub-Project • Funding rate: 75% in Spain, Netherlands, Sweden, UK, Italy and 85% in Poland and Estonia • Minimum of 3 partner regions involved • Project Duration: up to October 2011 • Project size: from €150 000 to €350,000 • Key elements of Interregional Co-operation: • Link to local/regional policies • Exchange of experiences • Identification and transfer of good practices • Beneficiaries: local authorities, universities, business support agencies, estate management associations, local & regional environment agencies, energy agencies, voluntary and not-for-profit organisations (not the private sector)

  8. POWER: Expected Results • 15,000 number of citizens, industrials and public authorities with increased capacity awareness in reducing carbon footprint • 30 interregional events • 16 good practices transferred • 90% paperless communications (no budget for individual web site. Instead usewww.powerprogramme.euor existing websites) • 30% dissemination beyond the participating regions • Reduction of CO2 emissions/carbon footprint

  9. Results from 1st call:11 applications received- 4 approved projects • No projects submitted under 2 specs: • Energy efficiency : 1.1 Development and delivery of public sector energy efficiency • Eco-innovation & environmental technologies: 3.1 Living environment

  10. Country participation in 1st call

  11. Lead Partners per country in 1st call

  12. 4 Sub-projects approved under the first call GENERATION: Green ENERgy AudiTIng for a LOw CarboN Economy TRISCO: Transition Island Communities: Empowering Localities to Act ITACA : Innovative Transport Approach in Cities and metropolitan Areas WICO: Wind of the Coast

  13. POWER Secretariat & Regional Contact Points For South East England: POWER Secretariat, Kathy Vuillaume, Janet Borgers, Pascale Waschnig, Cassandra Bos E: power@seeda.co.uk For Noord-Brabant: Rob de Groot, E: RdeGroot@brabant.nl Wanny Chan, E:Wchan@brabant.nl For Andalucia: Marisa Marcos, E: marialuisa.borra@juntadeandalucia.es For Emilia-Romagna: Paolo Cagnoli, E: pcagnoli@arpa.emr.it For Malopolska: Agata Wesołowska, E: awes@malopolska.mw.gov.pl For Tallin: Raivo Kiis, E: raivo.kiis@tallinnlv.ee For Stockholm: Fernando Alonso, E: fernando.alonso@stockholmregion.org Louise Bratt Carle, E: louise.carle@stockholmregion.org

  14. Thank you for your attention & wishing you a very successful interregional co-operation

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