The fourth meeting and the second international peer to peer workshop of the Own Your SECAP project took place in Prague, Czech Republic on the 18th and 19th of April 2024.
On the 1st day, the local authorities shared their experiences and visited Prague Energy Center based in municipal Wastewater treatment facility. During this time, the partners reviewed the results of the project to date and the next steps to be taken to bring it to a successful conclusion.
On the 2nd day, three highly instructive case studies were presented (City of Prague, Tipperary County Council, Ireland, and City of Bydgoszcz, Poland) then the local authorities took part in workshops. After working on the adaptation and implementation of an energy management system in Vienna, the topics addressed this time were the implementation of energy and climate measures and climate mainstreaming in municipal budgets
Presentations from the meeting
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- Cascais-Smart-Pole in Portugal
Located in the Municipality of Cascais, a leading municipality in the definition of a Municipal Roadmap for Carbon Neutrality, Cascais Smart Pole by Nova SBE lead the generation of change makers influencing people and all stakeholders on the path of innovation combined with carbon neutrality.
The concept is based on a physical and a virtual space, providing people with a space for experimentation that aims to be a reference for the whole municipality and for other cities. The management of the living lab is a collaboration between private and public entities (Private and Public Partnership for PEOPLE).
With a duration of 36 months, the project is being developed through interconnected activities. The ambition to achieve carbon neutrality with the contribution of all stakeholders is the driver of this living lab.
For more informations :https://cascaissmartpole.pt/en
- Developing and Implementing SECAP Actions in Ireland
Eddie Meegan from Tipperary County Council in Ireland has presented their SECAP.
Tipperary County Council is the local authority for the county of Tipperary, Ireland. In 2022, the population of Tipperary was 167,661 people. Tipperary is located in Ireland’s province of Munster, and is a landlocked rural county that’s home to mountains, rivers, lakes and farmland.
- Towards climate neutrality and energy self sufficiency of the City of Bydgoszcz
Bydgoszcz is a city in Poland. Since 2016, Bydgoszcz has had an Energy Management Team, whose main activity has been the creation of a comprehensive Energy Management Base.
- Climate-maintreaming municipal budgets
Michaël TOMA of MT Partenaires ingénierie presented the essential elements of mainstreaming climate budgets, from definition to the various possibilities: green public procurement, divesting municipal funds from fossil fuels, financing climate actions and environmental reporting and budgeting.
