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Cooperating to Foster Renewables & Energy Effic.

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CO2FREE = Cooperating to Foster Renewables & Energy Effic.
Equipping Europe's regional and local authorities with solutions to address energy efficiency and sustainable transport challenges

Project Status:

Completed

Project Leader:

Dr Caitriona Strain

Funding Programme:

INTERREG IV C

Project Budget:

€1,645,549

Start Date:

Nov, 2010

Finish Date:

Dec, 2012

Project Website:

http://www.co2free-project.eu/

The aim of the project is to:

Give the regional and local authorities specific instruments to address the challenge of energy efficiency and sustainable transport, by jointly developing Action Plans in close cooperation with regional stakeholders, to be implemented by making use of mainstream Objective 1 and 2 Structural Funds available in each participating region.

Specific objectives are to:

Translate the best practices mastered by the CO2FREE partnership into regional Action Plans to be implemented under the Operational Programmes of the EU Structural Funds (Objective 1 and 2 Operational Programmes) in each region.
Gain political commitment that regional Action Plans will be actually implemented, both from the regional stakeholders and the Managing Authorities of the Operational Programmes.
Involve regional and local stakeholders in the preparation of regional Action Plans.
Disseminate information about the project, its objectives, the approach, results and lessons learned to a large audience including policy and decision makers at local, regional, national and EU level, as well as EU local and regional authorities.

Region	Organisation / Role
Ávila City Spain	Avila County Council Co-responsible for developing the bi-annual newsletter
Carinthia Austria	Carinthian Federal State Government Project Management
Derry & Strabane United Kingdom	Derry City and Strabane District Council Exchange of experiences dedicated to the transfer of good practices into EU Structural Funds mainstream programmes
Donegal Ireland	Donegal County Council Communication and Dissemination / Responsible for organizing the Interregional Closing Conference
Donegal Ireland	ERNACT Management and Coordination
North Karelia Finland	Regional Council of North Karelia Responsible for Organizing Seminars
San Sebastián Spain	Fomento de San Sebastián Responsible for Organizing the Interregional Launch Conference / Reporting to the Steering Committee the component 3
South East Bulgaria Region Bulgaria	ARDI Responsible for Organizing Seminars / Co-responsible for developing the bi-annual newsletter
Västernorrlands Sweden	Association of Local Authorities in Västernorrland Reporting to the Steering Committee on the progress of the Communication and Dissemination
West Romania Romania	WRDA Designing a Common Action Plans Format

9 regional energy efficiency and sustainable transport Good Practices documented
9 Action Plans for implementing the Good Practices in other regions developed and launched.

The ERNACT regions focus on adapting and transferring services, approaches or digital knowhow between regions. Please examine the following table to see a list of specific items transferred over the past few years

Region	Organisation / Service
West Romania	XXXXXXX DO NOT USE - West Regional Development Agency Romania Energy Efficient Buildings in West Region Romania	View
North Karelia	Regional Council of North Karelia Energy Efficiency at the Office of Regional Council of North Karelia - based on Västernorrland	View
North Karelia	Regional Council of North Karelia eMobility - North Karelia	View
North Karelia	Regional Council of North Karelia Centre of Forest Bioeconomy in North Karelia	View
West Romania	XXXXXXX DO NOT USE - West Regional Development Agency Romania Forest Biomass for Bio Energy in West Region Romania	View
Ávila City	Avila County Council eMobility - Avila County Council	View
Donegal	Donegal County Council Monitoring & Targeting System in Donegal	View
South East Bulgaria Region	Municipality of Bourgas eMobility - Burgas Municipality	View
San Sebastián	Fomento de San Sebastián Sustainable Strategies Model - Fomento de San Sebastian	View
Carinthia	Carinthian Federal State Government Institut for Technology and alternative Mobility - Carinthia	View

Region	Organisation / Service
Derry & Strabane	Derry City and Strabane District Council Monitoring and Targeting System	View
San Sebastián	Fomento de San Sebastián ICT for energy efficiency in public buildings in San Sebastián	View
South East Bulgaria Region	ARDI Cleaner production in Tourism Enterprises	View
North Karelia	Regional Council of North Karelia North Karelia Climate and Energy Programme 2020	View
North Karelia	Regional Council of North Karelia Renewable (wood-based) energy region	View
Donegal	Donegal County Council Development of the Green Economy in County Donegal	View
West Romania	WRDA Research Institute for Renewable Energies (RIRE)	View
Västernorrlands	Association of Local Authorities in Västernorrland Green ICT in Västernorrland	View
Carinthia	Carinthian Federal State Government Electric vehicles	View
Ávila City	Avila County Council Integrated promotion of the Biodiesel chain	View

CO2FREE stems from the need identified by the partner regions to address the problem of climate change and the dependency on fossil fuels, and to seek ICT-based solutions for energy challenges and new approaches to make transport more sustainable; the partners have decided to tackle these issues through the exchange of good practices and their transfer into their Regional Operational Programmes.