Peer Learning Workshop on Partner Management, 15 October 2014, Bilbao

The workshop, organized by NENET in close cooperation with RAEE and the hosting partner EVE, provided concrete examples and testimonies from experienced partners. In addition, the workshop highlighted success factors and transferability conditions, provided indications about the tools and methodologies available, allowed learning partners to share their needs and concerns as well as to recommend subjects to be further discussed during follow-up sessions which will be organized through the ENERGee-WATCH network or through bilateral discussions with experienced partners. During the peer learning workshop, each project partner involved in the creation of a new observatory had the opportunity to present and discuss their own preliminary implementation plan during a practical review exercise with other partners.

WORKSHOP REPORT: short version ; long version ; FULL REPORT

Presentation Basque Tool
9.00-10.20 Learning from the best: Best practice examples of partnership management from existing regional energy and climate inventory tools
Opening the discussion: Different types of energy data suppliers – Patrick Biard, RAEE
Introduction by Patrick Biard, coordinator of Data4Action
Key note: Lessons learnt from Meshartility project round tables – Siegfried Zöllner, ICLEI Europe
Siegfried Zoellner: Mershartility results
GHG Inventories and Protocols – ICLEI
10.20-11.30 Best practices from European regions:
Patrick Yalamas, RAEE: OREGES tool for Partnership Management
Agate Goyarrola, Ihobe, regional environmental agency of Basque region: Regional LA21 tool, Basque Local Sustainability ObservatoryGroup work1
Wolfgang Mehl, NENET – Norrbotten Energy Agency: Energy Loupe Tool
Maria Fabianelli, IRE Liguria: Liguria regional Observatory Tool: Regional Database of Liguria Region
Tomáš Perutka, EAZK: Energy concept of the Zlín Region
11.30-12.00 Why energy stakeholders are willing to cooperate; which types of partnership do we need?
Key note: results and best practice from SEAP-PLUS project on how to successfully involve energy companies and other relevant energy stakeholders presented by EPTA, IRE Liguria and NENET (Andriana Stavrakaki, Wolfgang Mehl and Silvia Bovio)
SEAP-PLUS: recommendations on how to involve Energy Stakeholders
12.00-13.30 Defining what learning partners need to develop and implement their inventory tools regarding partnership management: group discussions and presentation of discussion outcomes in plenary.Group work 2
14.30-16.00 Multilateral peer learning session for concrete exchanges between experienced partners and learning partners aiming to create an observatory: experienced partners displayed small “exhibition stands” which learning partners visited, asked their concrete questions, and discussed their needs.
16.00-16.30 Conclusions: shaping recommendations for partners developing regional inventory tools