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BlogentryBuildings and Municipalities, EnergyGreece
by Evi Tzanakaki (CRES) and Kristen Brand (Guidehouse), BEACON
What exactly are the barriers to aligning national energy and climate strategies with local energy management? And what are potential solutions to overcoming these challenges? On 11-12 February, stakeholders from municipalities and the national government and other national institutions in Greece came together virtually to discuss these issues.
In Greece national strategies such as the National Energy and Climate Plan (NECAP) set goals and include numerous sectoral climate actions, several of which apply to local authorities. However, there is no direct link to municipal energy management or plans, thus limiting municipalities’ potential to contribute to such national aims. Led by BEACON partners CRES, Guidehouse and adelphi, this ‘vertical integration’ workshop sought to connect actors from municipalities with policy makers in the national ministries in an effort to advance information sharing between stakeholders and initiate structural improvements on this topic.
On the first day of the workshop, representatives from BEACONs Greek municipalities (Kalamata, Farsala, Agios-Dimitrios, Syros-Ermoupolis and Dorida) dived into group discussions on barriers after a presentation by CRES on the NECAP and related legislative initiatives. The results of the group discussions can be summarised in three points:
The group discussions concluded in a set of suggestions to be discussed with national stakeholders. The three main points include:
Participants from the BEACON municipalities discuss barriers and potential solutions on day 1. © Guidehouse
The BEACON municipalities were joined on day two of the workshop by representatives of the Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Development and Investment, Management Organisation Unit of Development Programmes (MOU), National Technical University (NTUA), Technical Chamber of Greece (TEE) and the Union of Greek Municipalities (KEDE). National representatives highlighted the necessity of central support and coordination of municipal energy management and planning as well as the need to reach out to citizens and bring them in the carbon neutral equation. Silke Karcher of BMU also joined the meeting to share inspiring welcome words.
Municipalities presented their efforts and priorities, and Michalis Zouloufos of Syros-Ermoupolis presented the results of the day one discussions, which formed the basis of the group discussions with the national representatives.
The main conclusions from the group discussions on day two include:
Michalis Zouloufos of Syros-Ermoupolis presents the results of the discussions from day 1. © Guidehouse
This meeting can pave the way for further discussions amongst participating bodies and new collaborations, which will be explored further in the coming months. The conclusions of this workshop and further developments will be discussed with a wider audience at the Greece National Workshop of the BEACON project in Spring 2021.
Responsible for the content of this page is Evi Tzanakaki (CRES) and Kristen Brand (Guidehouse).
Europäische Klimaschutzinitiative (EUKI) – Projektfinanzierung
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
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