PROmoting regional Sustainable Policies on Energy and Climate change mitigation Towards 2030
PROSPECT2030 tackles the challenges related to the transition towards a low-carbon economy and the adoption of climate change mitigation policies that all Central Europe Regions are facing. The project is based on the belief that Regions should be the hub for a radical rethink of public fund use and energy planning approach in a more decentralized and smart way. Its main objective is thus to boost the capacity of involved Regions in mobilising investments addressed to reach 2030 energy objectives at territorial level in a more efficient way with an increased cost-effectiveness than in the past. Despite taking into account the existing planning and public fund legislation framework in each region, the project will provide an innovative pathway by interconnecting energy planning with economic, financial and technical aspects. The project starts with the evaluation of the 2014-20 investments for low carbon and follows with an energy planning activity with an holistic view toward 2030 for a set of 2-3 key low carbon technologies, identified in each region with a participative stakeholders consultation. The outcomes of these activities will address the use of public funds for the next programming period, assuring project durability. In this way the investments supported in the future will lead to “Sustainable Energy Regions”, also creating new job opportunities. The delivery of policy recommendations on use of public funds will be drafted with the intent to mainly influence the macro regional strategies insisting in Central Europe. In addition 7 regional Energy Action Plans, online training packages and the replication campaign will guarantee the project replicability, as a wide number of stakeholders, in addition to the partnership, will benefit from project main outputs. The transnational capacity building activity will ease the mutual learning process, while an effective communication campaign will spread out project results and boost the project transferability.