Energy efficiency plays an increasingly important role for intelligent and future oriented energy policies. For the formulation of sustainable and comprehensive energy action plans, cooperation is needed between stakeholders at all levels: local, national and international.

 

Heinrich Boll Stiftung Turkey, Center for Ecology and Energy (Bosnia and Herzegovina - BiH), Center for Monitoring and Evaluation (Serbia), Center for Progressive Technologies (Czech Republic) together with European Union Policies Institute are organising a two days conference on September 30 – October 1, 2011 in Istanbul. The conference is open to participation of local governments, NGOs and private sector representatives working on the issue of energy efficiency.

 

Launched in early 2010 and financed by the European Commission, the project “Strengthening Energy Efficiency Capacities and Networks of Civil Society Organizations and Municipalities: Bosnia Herzegovina, Czech Republic, Serbia and Turkey” ends with this closing conference which aims at increasing collaboration among different groups with the potential to influence energy efficiency policies.

The conference brings together an impressive group of speakers from prominent international organizations, finance institutions and municipalities including the Covenant of Mayors (COMO), German Development Bank (KfW), Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI), French Development Agency (AFD) and Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality. The aforementioned project started off with two surveys conducted in Serbia and Turkey analyzing the energy efficiency policies from a legal and administrative perspective. The project was followed with capacity building programs which targeted representatives from local administrations, civil society organizations, energy consultants and other relevant actors in BiH, Serbia and Turkey with the support from our Czech partners. 

 

The conference will cover a wide range of topics including the following:

 

• Energy efficiency policies in the European Union
• Finances and energy efficiency
• The role of energy action plans, local strategies and methods
• Cooperation between civil society organizations and municipalities: success stories  
• Lobbying and networking among municipalities on regional, national and international level

 

The conference aims to be a platform where local decision-makers, representatives from civil society organizations and private sector will have the opportunity to exchange ideas and experience in the field of energy efficiency with international organizations, finance institutions and municipalities. We hope that it will establish and strengthen the relationship between these groups and that it will contribute to the formulation of a comprehensive and intelligent energy policy in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Turkey. 

 

Here you will find program

Contact person: Banu Yayla boell@boell-tr.org

Heinrich Böll Stiftung Derneği Türkiye Temsilciliği
İnönü Cad. Hacı Hanım Sok. 10/12+4 Gümüşsuyu 34439 Istanbul, Turkey

RSVP: September 12, 2011