Prezentacja Agnieszki Tomaszewskiej

BEAM 21 in POLAND
Presentation at the conference in Varna, 27 June 2012
Agnieszka Tomaszewska
Institute for Sustainable Development
Projekt BEAM 21 jest finansowany ze środków Unii Europejskiej
w ramach programu Inteligent Energy – Europe.
Project delivered in Poland
by three organisations
Centrum
Środowiska
i Rozwoju
Pierwsza Warszawska
Agenda 21
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Common project website: www.beam21.pl
Joint adaptation of training materials
Common e-learning platform: www.moodle.beam21.pl
Daily contact to share experience
Meetings to review project progress
Promotion of the project: leaflet, press articles, certificates etc.
Project financed by the EU Intelligent Energy – Europe funding scheme.
Communities involved
 Situated in three
regions
 Capital, towns,
village
 Different economic,
environmental
and social profiles
 Different attitudes
to climate protection
and energy planning
Małkinia Górna
Warszawa
Tomaszów Mazowiecki
Sulejówek
Rejowiec Fabryczny
Kraśnik
Project financed by the EU Intelligent Energy – Europe funding scheme.
Delivery of BEAM 21
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5 on-site seminars moderated by experts from our organisations
E-learning phases
Individual tasks for participants
E-mail exchange
No chats or forums
Skype teleconferences with external experts regarding i.e. PPP, Covenant
of Mayors , SEAP preparation etc.
Co-operation with other projects funded by IEE , i.e. Com2COM
BEAM 21 evaluation by participants
Certificates handing over
Train the trainers workshop on 15 March 2012
Final national conference on 25 May 2012
Project financed by the EU Intelligent Energy – Europe funding scheme.
BEAM 21 in practice
Most popular discussion topics:
 Best practice examples of investment projects and educational campaigns
delivered by other communities: how they were conducted? Funding
schemes. Benefits for local community. Associated risks.
 Potential funding sources: PPP, ESCO, bank loans, grants and subsidies
 Monitoring and analysis of data regarding energy, water etc. use in public
buildings
 Public participation – how to organise the process around controversial
topics, i.e. biogas plant to be situated nearby the town.
 Problems and barriers regarding sustainable management of energy
Project financed by the EU Intelligent Energy – Europe funding scheme.
BEAM 21 in practice
Project financed by the EU Intelligent Energy – Europe funding scheme.
Challenges
 Lack of participants
confidence in their skills to
use e-learning tools (at the
early stage of project
delivery)
 Minor technical problems
with BEAM 21 moodle
platform
 Staff changes after local
elections
 Time pressure
 Too basic data for some of
the participants
 Lack of legal requirements to
prepare and deliver SEAPs
 Lack of local GHG emissions
baseline data
 Uncertainty of regulatory
frameworks
Project financed by the EU Intelligent Energy – Europe funding scheme.
Achievements
 Understanding of communities role
in climate protection and adaptation
 Identification of benefits for local society
and economy related to sustainable
management of energy
 Enhanced knowledge and skills
of decision makers and communities staff
 Better understanding of public participation
rules and opportunities related to that
 Initiated co-operation between different
communities, including Covenant of Mayors
members
 Exchanged information on best practice
projects and ideas for solving common
problems
 A group of potential new BEAM 21 trainers
 BEAM 21 ambassadors among communities
Project financed by the EU Intelligent Energy – Europe funding scheme.
Thank you for your attention
Contact details:
Agnieszka Tomaszewska
Institute for Sustainable Development
Tel. +48 22 851 04 02
E-mail: [email protected]
www.beam21.pl
www.moodle.beam21.pl
Project financed by the EU Intelligent Energy – Europe funding scheme.