CLimate changE covenANt of mayor

Programme 2021 - 2027 Interreg VI-A IPA Italy Albania Montenegro (South Adriatic)

Date of latest update: 2025-01-09

Description

Description (EN):

Pollution and climate change are global challenges, which require joint climate adaptation strategies and plans on renewable energy. CLEAN’s goal is to contribute to a greener South Adriatic by promoting energy efficiency across the region, capitalizing on the experiences gained by the EU Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy (CoM) - network with more than 11.600 cities – that require signatories to prepare a “Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plan”(SECAP). Public officers from both sides of the Adriatic will analyse policies and best practices focusing on the EU Energy policy and, in particular, the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) with recent reform proposals (March 2023). With this regard, SECAPs represent the perfect tool for sustainable territorial planning, since it complies with the “energy efficiency first principle” set in the EED which requires that cost-efficient efficiency measures must be the main driver of policies and energy investments. Public officers from both sides of the Adriatic will then discuss of the CoM and how to join it by studying the drafting process of the SECAP, by also deepening the official guidelines, and learning from local and international best practice. Their improved knowledge will lay the foundation for a joint action plan, aimed at defining a common strategy to further extend the CoM and practices in the programme area, whose implementation will be supported by a Memorandum of Understanding. The MoU will also create a control room to support municipalities in seeking EU/national funds, creating partnerships, synergies. The innovation stands in the approach that the partners want to use and further develop in drafting the SECAP; building on the knowledge developed thanks to the workshops, partners want to create a tailored-made methodology that takes into account the peculiarities of the territories, the evolution they have had over the last 30 years in terms of climate change and possible future scenarios.

Expected Achievements (EN): WP1 will enable public officers to prepare a strategy on energy efficiency in programme area. Public Authorities will provide a tool for defining actions to join the Covenant of Mayors and prepare the Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plans.

Thematic information

Waste and pollution

Priority: (VI-A_SA(I-A-M)_PA 2) A greener South Adriatic programme area, by promoting clean and fair energy transition, green and blue investment, the circular economy, climate adaptation and risk management

Priority specific objective: RSO2.1. Promoting energy efficiency and reducing greenhouse gas emissions

Priority policy objective (Interreg specific objective): PO2 A greener, low-carbon transitioning towards a net zero carbon economy and resilient Europe by promoting clean and fair energy transition, green and blue investment, the circular economy, climate change mitigation and adaptation, risk prevention and management, and sustainable urban mobility

Type of intervention: 044 Energy efficiency renovation or energy efficiency measures regarding public infrastructure, demonstration projects and supporting measures

Partners (4)

Lead Partner: Regione Puglia

Partner’s ID if not PIC: 01105250722

Department: Department of Environment, Landscape and Urban quality

Address: Via Giovanni Gentile, 70126 Bari, Italy

Department address: Via Giovanni Gentile, 70126 Bari, Italy

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Regional public authority

Website: https://www.regione.puglia.it/

Total budget: EUR 58 980.48

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 47 184.38

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 11 796.10

GBER schemes / de minimis:

Comune di Fossalto

Name: Comune di Fossalto

Partner’s ID if not PIC: 00069690709

Address: Piazza Roma, 86020 Fossalto, Italy

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Local public authority

Website: http://www.comune.fossalto.cb.it

Total budget: EUR 38 390.76

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 30 712.60

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 7 678.16

GBER schemes / de minimis:

Opština Budva

Name: Opština Budva

Department: EU INTEGRATION AND COOPERATION OFFICE FOR MB

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 936413654

Partner’s ID if not PIC: 02005409

Address: MEDITERANSKA , 85310 Budva, Montenegro

Department address: MEDITERANSKA , 85310 Budva, Montenegro

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Local public authority

Website: https://budva.me/

Total budget: EUR 33 741.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 28 679.85

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 85.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 5 061.15

GBER schemes / de minimis:

Bashkia Gjirokaster

Name: Bashkia Gjirokaster

Partner’s ID if not PIC: K43025617O

Address: Sheshi Cesciz Topulli , 6001 Gjirokastër, Albania

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Local public authority

Website: http://bashkiagjirokaster.gov.al/

Total budget: EUR 36 607.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 31 115.95

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 85.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 5 491.05

GBER schemes / de minimis:

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Summary

Project name (EN): CLimate changE covenANt of mayor

Project acronym: CLEAN

Project ID: SA-0100196

Project start date: 2024-02-01

Project end date: 2025-01-31

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 167 719.24

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 137 692.78

Total EU funding (co-financing rate): 82.10%

Co-financing sources:

IPA/IPA II/IPA III: Amount, EUR 137 692.78. Co-financing rate, 82.10%.

Investments, deliverables, policy contributions

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Deliverables:

Application form complete
Signed declarations
Report of the workshop
Report of the workshop
Report of the workshop
Report of the workshop
Report of the workshop
Report of the workshop
Report of the workshop
Context analysis in Montenegro
Montenegro Action Plan
Testing of the model in Montenegro
MoU
Context analysis in Albania
Albanian Action Plan
Testing of the model in Albania
MoU
Context analysis in Italy
Italian Action Plan
Testing of the model in Italy
Joint Action Plan
MoU
Conference report
FLC certificate, report and checklist for LP
FLC certificate, report and checklist for PP4

Contribution to wider strategies and policies:

CLEAN’s goal is to promote energy efficiency in the regions, increasing cooperation and connections between cities and different EU/national authorities, and building capacity on preparing “Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plan”.
CLEAN is therefore perfectly aligned with the Pillar 2 of the EUSAIR strategy - “Connecting the Region”-, since it pursues the objective “To achieve a well-interconnected and well-functioning internal energy market supporting the three energy policy objectives of the EU – competitiveness, security of supply and sustainability”.
The project creates the right conditions to adopt the EU rules on energy and prepare integrated plans with measures on energy efficiency and renewables, which is one of the actions part of the flagship “POWER NETWORKS AND MARKET FOR A GREEN ADRIATIC-IONIAN REGION, designed to meet the EU Policy Objectives no. 2 and no. 3 for a greener, low-carbon and more connected Europe.
CLEAN aims to spread across the region the good practices developed by the Covenant of Mayors (CoM), an initiative launched in 2008 by the European Commission; given the importance of the CoM in the EU context and in order to increase the chances of success of the project, the results will be shared with the Thematic Steering Group so to explore the possibility develop programmes or calls suitable for supporting their subsequent implementation.
CLEAN aims at promoting energy efficiency with joint cross border initiatives based on the best practices developed by the Covenant of Mayors.
The European Green Deal is a package of policy initiatives, which aims to set the EU on the path to a green transition, with the ultimate goal of reaching climate neutrality by 2050.
CLEAN is fully aligned with the overall strategy proposed into the European Green Deal.
In particular with pillars
- 2.1.2. Supplying clean, affordable and secure energy
“Energy efficiency must be prioritised” in order to reach climate objectives in 2030 and 2050 and he decarbonise at the lowest cost possible
- 2.1.4. Building and renovating in an energy and resource efficient way.
The “Energy efficiency first principle” must be implicit when it comes to building or renovating constructions, in order to save natural and financial resources
Energy Efficiency is also a pillar of the EU Energy Policy, in particular of the actions aimed at reducing the dependence from the Russian LNG.

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2021 - 2027 Interreg VI-A IPA Italy Albania Montenegro (South Adriatic)

Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme

2025-01-09

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

45 / 80 (56.25%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

189 / 351 (53.85%)

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CLimate changE covenANt of mayor

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