CASCADE Cities exchanging on local energy leadership June 2011 May 2014 Contract number: IEE/10/217/SI Last update: May 2014 (final version)

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1 CASCADE Cities exchanging on local energy leadership June 2011 May 2014 Contract number: IEE/10/217/SI Last update: May 2014 (final version)

2 General information Aim: To improve the implementation of sustainable energy policies in large and medium European cities Coordinator: EUROCITIES 3 expert partners: one for each of the three thematic areas: Renewable energy and distributed energy generation Wuppertal Institut Energy in urban transport Koucky & Partners Energy efficient buildings and districts City of Malmö 18 partner cities: Amaroussion, Amsterdam, Birmingham, Burgas, Edinburgh, Eindhoven, Gateshead, Genoa, Gijón, Mannheim, Milan, Nantes, Stockholm, Sunderland, Tampere, Terrassa, Venice and Warsaw.

3 CASCADE levels of networking & peer-to-peer learning Level 1 6 in depth peer review visits among 19 partner cities Level 2 22 study, work-shadowing and mentoring visits 20 additional cities (mainly from Central & Eastern Europe) Level 3 National and regional networking activities across 11 member states 37 additional cities

4 19 partner cities 20 invited cities 37 neighbouring cities

5 METHODS

6 Why peer-to-peer learning? The peers combine technical expertise, with the experience to address the challenges and deliver solutions. They are aware of the difficulties to deliver climate change and sustainable energy policies: organisational barriers complexity of decision making process financial restrictions scepticism of citizens, etc. but they also know how to overcome these difficulties!

7 Methodology

8 Methodology CASCADE BENCHMARK GUIDELINES CASCADE TOOLKIT

9 Peer review A team of peers or equals from other cities are brought together to jointly evaluate the performance of another city against a benchmark. Selfassessment Peer review visit Desk Review Feedback report CASCADE per review visit in Tampere Duration: 3 days Reviewers: Birmingham, Eindhoven, Mannheim, Milan, Warsaw, Malmo & EUROCITIES

10 Peer review CASCADE BENCHMARK Context Key factors A. Local leadership and ambitions B. Local strategies and policies C. Organisational and managerial issues D. Stakeholder and citizen involvement E. Information, knowledge and awareness F. Financing, investments and risks Examples of Evidence

11 Peer review DESK REVIEW PEER REVIEW VISIT Programme: 20 interviews, presentations, study-visits, discussions and recording, exchange of experiences Recommendations FEEDBACK REPORT

12 Mentoring A city welcomes two or three mentors, who support the local administration in understanding common situations and challenges, exchanging and exploring new ideas, options and solutions for further improvements. CASCADE mentoring visit in Terrassa Topic: Review of Terrassa s SUMP Duration: 2 days Mentors: Mobility officer, Nantes Metropole Mobility consultant, Koucky & Partners Programme: presentations, site visits, discussion and meetings, Terrassa s Mobility Forum Outcomes & Lessons learnt

13 Work shadowing An expert or politician from one city will shadow a peer in another city to witness first hand how things work elsewhere and get inspiration for improving its own way of working. CASCADE WS: Nantes Metropole & Venice Topic: city organisational structure for managing climate & energy projects. Duration: 3 days Host/visitor matching: Climate plan coordinator (Nantes) Coordinator of climate & energy planning (Venice) Programme: meetings, presentations, sitevisits etc. Outcomes & Lesson learnt

14 Study visits A delegation of city representatives visits another city to interact with key local stakeholders and see how local projects are being implemented. CASCADE study visit in Gateshead Visitors: Bydgoszcz, Burgas, Genoa, Gijon, Iasi and Sunderland Duration: 2 days Topics: energy-efficient housing & fuel poverty Programme: presentations, site-visits, interactive discussions. Outcomes & Lesson learnt

15 ACTIVITIES

16 Activities 6 PEER REVIEW VISITS 5 WORK SHADOWING VISITS 6 MENTORING VISITS 11 STUDY VISITS 37 PEER ADVICE VISITS

17 6 peer reviews Birmingham Tampere Amsterdam Genoa Nantes Sunderland

18 11 study visits Amsterdam Eindhoven (RES) Eindhoven(Transport) Gateshead Hamburg Malmo Mannheim Milan Stockholm Terrassa Warsaw

19 6 mentoring visits Amaroussion Venice Terrassa Bilbao Edinburgh Burgas FEEDBACK REPORTS

20 5 work-shadowing visits Malmo-Gateshead Nantes-Venice Terrassa-Gijon Birmingham-Mannheim Birmingham-Sunderland

21 37 peer advice visits Angers Breda Brest Botkyrka Cinisello Balsamo Durham Espoo Hartlepool Helmond Galatsi Glasgow Middlesbrough Langreo Ludwigshafen Mataro Mieres Mira La Spezia Pavia Płock Pruszków Rennes Rotterdam Rubi San Donà di Piave Savona Solna St Nazaire Stara Zagora Stirling Stockton On Tees Telford Turku Utrecht Yambol Viernheim Worcester

22 11 seminars

23 ACHIEVEMEMENTS

24 Achievements- CASCADE cities

25 Achievements- CASCADE cities Amaroussion Establishment of an energy office to deliver its SEAP Birmingham Improvements in its building retrofit programme Edinburgh Informing & shaping its SEAP Mannheim Improvements in its climate communication strategy Pilot energy-efficient quarters Tampere Increase of its energy targets to -40% CO2 by 2025 Venice Establishment of a citizens information office More

26 Achievements- Invited cities

27 More Achievements- Invited cities Belfast Converting an old landfill into energy hub Bilbao New ideas to promote its energy retrofit projects Gdydia New department for the energy efficiency of buildings Bydgoszcs Energy audits & retrofit of 178 municipal buildings Iasi A long-term energy-efficiency strategy Tartu Improvements in walking conditions

28 The CASCADE toolkit: Peer-to-peer learning methods Good Practices Collection

29 Partners and contacts Nathalie Guri, EUROCITIES Tel Partners