LIFE IP CA 2016 BE-REEL!With the contribution of the LIFE financial
instrument of the European Union
LIFE 2016 KICK-OFF BE REEL! May 29th 2018 – Brussels
Learning Network
Eddy DERUWE
A. Introduction
B. Learning Network project
C. Definition and strategy Learning Networks
D. BE REEL! Learning Network Strategy
E. BE REEL! Work program LN
F. Constraints, Assumptions, Risks and Dependencies
G. Conclusion
OVERVIEW
Introduction
A.
Problem
• The renovation rate of today at 1% is too low and should be speed up to 3% in order to succeed the long term energy and climate goals.
• The actual renovation level is not adjusted to the long term target of cutting the energy consumption in the housing sector by 75% by 2050 and the intended level should be upwards.
Opportunities
• the housing stock and the climate conditions in both regions are very similar
• the building sector is operating in the whole territory
• both regions act independently in the field of energy efficiency policy
• The two regional strategies approved by the regional governments, (need to be further developed and operationalized) have very similar ambitious goals on the long term,
• the regional strategies can only be based on and implemented by a coherent and broad partnership with many stakeholders actively involved
Challenge
Solution
Solution
• An interregional learning network will be set up.
• A network will cover all three Belgian regions: the region of Flanders, Wallonia and the
Brussels Capital Region.
• Over time, it will extend its scope beyond the traditional stakeholders and stakeholder
organisations.
• The adoption of the long term strategies needs to be an approach, based on a broad
partnership with active involvement and win-win situations.
• A first step towards better understanding needs, is mapping and inventory existing measures.
• It brings together practitioners from different fields of expertise and aims at bridging formal
organisational boundaries in order to increase the collective knowledge, create trust and
reciprocity of practitioners and partners.
• Leading to a better exchange of information and interregional cooperation.
BE REEL! Learning Network
B.
Only twenty percent of the knowledge in an organisation is ever captured, leaving eighty percent in the hearts and minds of employees
(Botkin & Seeley, 2001).
Learning network for exchange and cooperation [A1] &[A2]
BE REEL! a learning network will be setup targeting:
• the two Belgian regions Flanders and Wallonia (+ Brussels Region)
• other EU (funded) projects and other potential partners in other EU member states
The learning network aims at enhancing structural cooperation, exchange of information and mutual learning between BE REEL! partners and stakeholders, to create synergies and maximize the take up of good practices and innovative solutions.
When? 28/04/2018 - 30/06/2024
The organizor is the Flemish Energy Agency (VEA) in collaboration with SPW -DG04.
A learning network is a cooperation between two or more partners who commit themselves to
exchanging knowledge and best practices in order to achieve better results for their own projects.
Definition and strategy Learning Networks
C.
Leernetwerken : This learning network practice note presents
A Learning Network depends on the strength of its three core structural dimensions, viz. domain, community, and practice:
• Domain refers to its focal issues and the sense of members’ identity with thetopics.
• Community includes its member relationships and the nature of their interactions—levels of trust, belonging, and reciprocity.
• Practice consists of a repertoire of tools, methods, and skills—as well as members’ learning and innovation activities.
THE BE REEL! PROJECT
A unit of work is a clearly
coherent and bounded
experience, process, or
event.
“Unit of Work” is a Gestalt
procedural frame of
reference (Gestalt Institute of
Cleveland's, 2008), used in
conjunction with the Cycle of
Experience (Zinker, 1980)
Completed task
Resolved issue
Learning experience
(ref. Unit of Work*)
Assessing
"What is"
Choosing what to
attend to
Acting on the choice
Closing out the activity
Beginning Middle End
)
Preparatory Steps with initiation � Domain, community and purpose,
goals and outcomes
Learning session:
• Assessing what it is � Getting Started
• Choosing what to attend to � Working Together
• Acting on the choice � Meeting Up
• Closing out the activity � Moving forward
BE REEL! Network Learning is composed of learning sessions
Learning network: process
PreparationGettingstarted
Workingtogether
Meeting up Conclusion
Preparation
Gettingstarted
…
LC 1
LC 2
Activities of the network will be developed in learninglearninglearninglearning cyclescyclescyclescycles
Each learning cycle delivers input for another cycle
Learning networks – Levels of participation
Core Team
Coordinator
Transactional
Peripheral
Occasional
Active
leaders
experts
beginners
lurkers
outsiders
Source: E. Wenger
� small group of
people with passion
and engagement
energize and
nurture the
community
� small group of
people with passion
and engagement
energize and
nurture the
community
� practitioners
and link to the
community
� practitioners
and link to the
community
� participate when
the topic is of
special interest to
their domain
� participate when
the topic is of
special interest to
their domain
� less engagement
and authority, as
newcomers or no
personal
commitment. May
carry the learning
to other places.
� less engagement
and authority, as
newcomers or no
personal
commitment. May
carry the learning
to other places.
� No member,
receive or
provide a
service or gain
access to tools,
such as its
publications, its
website, or its
tools
� No member,
receive or
provide a
service or gain
access to tools,
such as its
publications, its
website, or its
tools
Typical categories of membership and participation
BE REEL! Learning Network Strategy
D.
Learning network: Domain
2018 2021 2022 2023 20242019 2020
Phase I: 2018-2019 Phase II: 2020-2021 Phase III: 2022-2024
� Identification and
inventory of
o Actions
o Barriers
o Strategies
o […]
� Enrich it with
theoretical and
practical insights
� Search for
solutions (tools,
strategies)
� Policy guidelines
� Communication
and dissimination
of results
Learning network: Community
Core
group
(+ CSG)
2018 2021 2022 2023 20242019 2020
Five large
cities
Building
sector
federations
Phase I: 2018-2019 Phase II: 2020-2021 Phase III: 2022-2024
New representatives
of BS + frontrunner
companies
Average and large
cities
Financial
sector +
energy grid
operators…
New experts
+
Citizen groups, local
functionaries…
Individual building
companies
New experts
+
- Meetings of the core group
- meetings of the core group (strategy, preparation of exchange activities)
- meetings on specific renovations topics
- Emphasis on mutual learning and facilitation of structural synergies
- At least once a year including the local level
- City Twinning approach for at least 5 pairs of cities
- Recommendations for renovation approaches and instruments bases on lessons learned from
concrete implementation actions AND other existing and future deep renovation
projects of partners exterior to the project
- Active cooperation and synergies based on exchange of information and results
- A more widespread acceptance of the long term renovation goals, which will affect in the next
decades all house owners
- Good relations and frequent contacts between different regional authorities and amongst
stakeholders, that will enable and facilitate the implementation of the long-term strategies
Learning network: PracticeLearning network: PracticeLearning network: PracticeLearning network: Practice
� Building sector
� Regional policy
experts
� Financial sector
� Energy grid
operators
Learning network: Strategy I
End of phase III
End of project period
End of phase I
End of phase II
Local
level
BE REEL! LN
1ste phase
2018 & 2019
BE REEL! LN
– 2nd phase
2020 & 2021
BE REEL! LN
– 3rd phase
2022, 2023
& 2024
Citizens – Building Sector – Financial sector – Regional & Cities & Local Authorities
Regional 2050 Climat Strategy
Building sector Public sector
LN sessions
LN sessions
INITIATION
LN sessions
Transact > Periferal Gr > Active Group Core group > Active Group > Periferal Gr Transact
Public sector & citizens organisationsBuilding & financial sector
Learning network: Strategy IILearning network: Strategy IILearning network: Strategy IILearning network: Strategy II
BE REEL! Work program LN
E.
First (Early Adopter) Segment:
BE REEL! LN
1ste phase
2018 & 2019
BE REEL! LN
– 2nd phase
2020 & 2021
Regional 2050 Climat Strategy
LN
sessions
LN
sessions
INITIATION
Core
group> Active
Group
> Periferal
Gr
Tran
sact
Public sector & citizens
organisations
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1) Launch and pilot
2) Thematic meetings between the 3 regions –
Walloon, Flemish and Brussels Region
3) Thematic meetings between the regions and the
local “intra-regional” level (municipalities and
provinces)
4) City twinning for direct exchange of best
practices and site visits. Actual 5 city partners will
twin with another Belgium city
5) Expert meeting with partners with a high
potential concerning deep renovation as:
• cities planning collective renovation projects
• building contractors specialised innovative low-
carbon technologies
• solution with a large potential market uptake in
Belgium (renovation of apartment blocks,
exterior wall insulation, heat pumps,....)
1
Learning network for interregional exchange and cooperation [A1]
A1 - Project plan Target Organ.
1st phase
[A1T01] - Thematic stakeholder meetings - core group > 6 meetings with the IP-partners (core
group)
VEA
[A1T02] - Thematic stakeholder meetings - expert group > 6 meetings on specific renovation
topics (expert group)
VEA
[A1T03] - City twinning > 5 cities VEA
[A1T04] National learning and exchange network – support - VEA
2nd phase
Continued thematic stakeholder meetings - core group > 12 meetings with the IP-partners
(core group)
VEA
Continued thematic stakeholder meetings - expert group > 6 meetings on specific renovation
topics (expert group)
VEA
Continued City twinning: > 5 cities VEA
Continued National learning and exchange network – support - VEA
3rd phase
Continued thematic stakeholder meetings - core group > 12 meetings with the IP-partners
(core group)
VEA
Continued thematic stakeholder meetings - expert group > 8 meetings on specific renovation
topics (expert group)
VEA
Continued City twinning: > 5 cities VEA
Continued National learning and exchange network – support - VEA
Learning network for interregional exchange and cooperation [A1]
A2 - Project plan Partners/Stakeholders
1st phase - 2018 - 2019
[A2T1] ���� Workgroup Learning network - Inventory of relevant projects, research and
renovation strategies
[A2T2] ���� Workgroup Learning network - Harmonisation of tools
[A2T3] ���� Workgroup Learning network - Information exchange between the IP and
related EU funded projects
[A2T3]���� Learning Networking events
VEA,: Region Wallonne-DG04 + all
BE-REEL! partners
Phase 2 - 2020 – 2021
[A2T4]: Organisation of one-day networking events/workshops for the partners of the
BE-REEL! Project and for other projects with Belgian partners
[A2T5]:Organisation of a one-day network event/workshop in Brussels for related
European projects
[A2T7a] Exchange of information - Establishment of correspondence groups (e-mailing
groups) between the IP and related EU funded projects [before 31/12/2018]
[A2T7b] Exchange of information - Organisation of physical meetings between members
of the correspondence groups [before 31/12/2018]
[A2T7c] Exchange of information -Preparation of a correspondence group spin-off for
the ‘after LIFE’ activities,
[A2.07d] Exchange of information - Organisation of one or more video conferences
VEA,: Region Wallonne-DG04 + all
BE-REEL! Partners
Phase 3 - 2022 – 2024
Learning Network as in Phase 2 in extension
[A2T8] Reporting
VEA,: Region Wallonne-DG04 + all
BE-REEL! partners
Constraints, Assumptions,
Risks and Dependencies
F.
Constraints, Assumptions, Risks and Dependencies
Constraints, Assumptions, Risks and Dependencies
Constraints:
• Participation of relevant stakeholders
• Inventory of relevant information and best practices
• No overloaded by supplementary tasks
Assumptions
• Program of learning network must be attractive to include all relevant stakeholders
• A continuous program should deliver qualitive consistent results
• Communication of results are key for dissemination
Risks
• Program is not relevant to needs of stakeholders
• Process is to rigid, lacks flexibility
• Too much workshops and meetings
• No constant and close interaction of BE REEL! “cultivator/facilitator” or other actions and activities.
Dependencies
• Right and usefull information of partners and all stakeholders
• Establish agreement on collaboration and exchange conditions
Conclusion
G.
CONCLUSION
Learning Networks fundamental processes
• Clarifying purpose => the BE REEL! “cultivator/facilitator” is to setup an engagement program allowing for group discussion and having one-on-one conversations or watching experts duel over cutting- edge issues, as is building a portal where members can read about new ideas.
• Convening the right people � An essential aspect of this is face-to-face interaction comprising both formal and informal engagement opportunities, and the strategic and selected use of expert inputs complimented by practitioner interaction and engagement.
• Cultivating trust ���� aim of is to evoke the network’s own internal direction, character, and energy and to create the space for this to find expression. Decisions need to be taken as how best to build and drive the community.
• Coordinate actions ���� LN are voluntary, what makes them successful over time is their ability to become exciting, relevant and value adding spaces – to be “alive”. How do you design for aliveness? You do not. Instead you need to invite the interaction that makes them alive. This is the role of the BE REEL! “cultivator/coordinator”.
• Collaborating generously…
For more information
The LIFE BE REEL! website: www.be-reel.be
The LIFE website: www.ec.europa.eu/life
Contact for the BE REEL! coordination team:
Vlaams Energie Agentschap (VEA)
Graaf de ferraris gebouw
Koning Albert I-laan 20, bus 8
1000 Brussel
+32(0)2 553 15 98
LIFE IP CA 2016 BE-REEL!With the contribution of the LIFE financial
instrument of the European Union
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