Covenant of Mayors East II

Outline of the second phase

Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy

supporting the Eastern Partnership Flagship

Initiative on Sustainable Municipal

Development

George Abulashvili

CE for Azerbaijan & Georgia

ClimaEast

TBILISI

02.02.2017

Above 55% of world population is urban

‘An estimated 70 percent of greenhouse

gas emissions come from cities and more

than 70 percent of energy is consumed

in urban areas.

Where most energy is consumed?

Since 2008, about 7200 local governments and self-governments with more then 225 Mln inhabitantsaround the globe have made a voluntary commitmentto strive for sustainable energy development at locallevel.

Covenant of Mayors

Evolution of the initiative

2006 2008 2016

Priority action in

the EU Action

Plan for Energy

Efficiency

Launch of the

Covenant of

Mayors

Setting new

commitments

Launch of

Mayors Adapt

20142011

Launch of

CoMO East

Signatories now pledge to a:

Reduction of CO2 (and possibly other GHG) emissions by

at least 40(30)% by 2030

Enhanced resilience to the impacts of climate change

Increased cooperation to improve access to secure,

sustainable and affordable energy

Offering citizens high quality of life in sustainable and

climate-resilient cities

New!

5 strategic pillars:Reinforce decentralisation and local ownership of the Covenant

Make the Covenant go more national

Inscribe energy and climate in national policies and strategies

Build capacity and mobilize funds

Team work and international networking

5 main activities:Capacity building Helpdesk

Networking and cooperation with key stakeholders

Communication Coordination

3 main expected results:Design of local energy policies and SEAPs in the framework of the

new Covenant of Mayors

Implementation and monitoring of SEAP’s

Covenant has been embedded at the national level

2016 – 2020: General overview

Assessment of capacity building needs and

monitoring of impact

Train-the-trainers workshopsFor Country Experts

For CNC, CTC and CS

Capacity building events for signatoriesFor Signatories on thematic areas

Tailor-made coaching

Organisation of staff exchanges/twinning/study tours

Capacity Building

Main activities:

Capacity Building

Deliverables:

Needs assessment survey

Expertise map

Series of workshops for trainers and CNC, CTC and CS

Trainings for signatories (3 per country/year)

Tailor-made coaching (on-site study visits, face-to-face

consultations, webinars etc.)

Staff exchanges/twinning/study tours

Setting up and operation of Country Helpdesks

Central technical support for Country Helpdesks

Development and adaptation of technical support

materials & creation and update of E-library

Helpdesk

Main activities:

Helpdesk

Specific methodological materials:

Guidance

materials

Action Plan template

& instructions

Thematic leaflets

Helpdesk

Create permanent networking platforms at country levelBringing together LAs and the actors* with the power and capacity to

support them in designing, implementing and funding their

SEAPs/SECAPs

*Includes CNC, CTC, CS, public authorities, financing institutions, donors, private sector,

associations, EU Delegations, etc.

Will ensure sustainability as they will embed the CoM in nat. frameworks

Coordinate participation of LAs and key stakeholders in

international networking eventsFacilitate exchange of experience and know-how between the EU / EaP

countries

Networking and cooperation with

key stakeholders

Liaisons with the Head of the Global CoM initiative /

European CoM Office for strategic questions

Coordination with bilateral EU programmes to avoid overlaps

and create synergies

Liaisons with IFIs and donors (incl. EU Member States and

their Agencies)

Coordination and synergies

Close cooperation with international key stakeholders in

addition to the relationships between Country Experts

and national key stakeholders

Exchange of expertise, experiences and good practices

between European and EaP stakeholders

Communication ObjectivesRaise awareness of key stakeholders

Promote the signing up to the new Covenant of Mayors

demonstrating the benefits for the local communities

Increase CoM’s visibility at the national and local

levels of partner countries to encourage the potential

signatories for replication

Establish an efficient information flows exchange within

the CoM-East and embed it in the existing

informational environment of the CoM and related

initiatives

Specific Communication ObjectivePromote results, achievements and benefits of the

CoM-East Project implementation

Communication strategy

Communication Plan Structure

1. Communication Objectives

2. Communication Activities Context of communication activitiesAnalysis of the CoM-East II target groupsDevelopment of key messages

3. Communication Channels and ToolsExternal communicationsInternal communications

4. Communication Plan Milestones

5. Resources

6. Evaluation of the Communication Activities

Web portal – main source of information about CoM-East

Social media: Facebook, Tweeter, LinkedIn, Vkontakte

Mass media: TV, radio, printed press, ENPI Info Centre, specialised

media, bloggers, news agencies, YouTube, EUTube, etc.

Events:Launching eventEvents organised by CoM-EastEvents organised by third parties

Communication channels

International levelInternational events, international networking meetings,

conferences

Country levelThrough the proactive involvement of the CoM-East local

communication experts network

Regional events with LAs involvement, Sustainable Energy Weeks,

public events, etc.

Mass media and New media

Promotion of CoM East

CoM Signatories

1

8

Signatories Population Adhesion StatusIcherisheher, Az 4000 60-Jul-12 ? 3

Covenant of Mayors in Azerbaijan

1

9

Signatories Population Adhesion Status

1. Tbilisi 1.100.000 30 March, 2010 ? 3

2. Rustavi 120.800 2 Mai, 2011 ? 3

3. Kutaisi 196.600 15 July, 2011 ? 3

4. Batumi 170.000 15 July, 2011 ? 3

5. Gori 50.400 16 July, 2012 ? 3

6. Zugdidi 76.600 1 August, 2013 ? 3

7. Telavi 21.800 24 March, 2014 ? 3

8. Akhaltsikhe 19.200 31 October, 2014 ? 3

9. Tianeti 12.900 13 January, 2015 ?

10. TelaviMunicipality

70.900 30 January, 2015 ? 3

11. Kazbegi 4.900 27 February, 2015 ?

12. Bolnisi 76.600 16 March, 2015 ? 3

13. Mtskheta 7.800 11 May, 2015 ? 3

Signatories CO2 Mission Status

1. Tbilisi 25%

2. Rustavi 24%

3. Kutaisi 23%

4. Batumi 22%

5. Gori 27%

6. Zugdidi 24%

7. Telavi 20%

8. Akhaltiskhe 21%

9. Telavi

Municipality 21%

10. Bolnisi 20%

11. Mtskehta 37%

?- Step 1: Signature

3- Step 2: SEAP submitted

Sustainable Energy Action Plans Accepted

Sustainable Energy Action Plans Submitted

Covenant of Mayors in Georgia

#

Signatories Populati

on

Adhesion SEAP status

(Accepted, Submitted,

Pending, Late)

Comments (situation of

the Signatory)

1 Tbilisi, GE 1,100,000 30 Mar, 2010

Accepted

Monitoring report was

submitted

City has prepared and submitted

its first SEAP monitoring report at

2016. Current plan of the City is

to amend SEAP to SECAP and

focus on 30% for 2030.

2 Rustavi, GE 89,786 2 May 2011 Accepted SEAP has been updated

3 Kutaisi, GE 188,000 15 Jul, 2011 Submitted N/A

4 Batumi, GE 180,000 15 Jul, 2011 Submitted N/A

5 Gori, GE 148,900 13 Jul, 2012 Submitted SEAP has been updated

6 Zugdidi, GE 76,600 1 Aug, 2013 Submitted N/A

7 Poti, GE 47,900 26 Jul, 2012 Submitted N/A

8 Telavi,GE 21,800 24 Mar,2014 Submitted N/A

9 Akhlatsikhe,GE 19,200 31 Oct 2014 Submitted N/A

1

0

Telavi

Municipality70,900 30 Jan 2015 Submitted

SECAP (!) was developed and submitted

recently

1

1Tianeti,GE 12,900 13 Jan, 2015 Late (Grouped Signatories

Expected to be developed

from Early Next Year)

The development of joint SEAP is started.

Capacity development is required1

2Kazbegi, GE 4,900 27 Feb, 2016

1

3Mtskheta,GE 7,800 11 May, 2015 Submitted

Although Municipality was part of the

Joint Signatories Municipality have

developed individual SEAP and uploaded

on the web

BEI development

More specific / sectoral areas

SEAP/SECAP development

Joint SEAP/SEACP/ Twinning cooperation schemes

Monitoring SEAP/SECAP implementation

Adaptation of the structure of local authorities

Financing areas

68,1%

71,4%

73,6%

76,9%

82,1%

85,4%

85,8%

Findings of capacity building

needs assessment in Georgia

Activity Prio

rity

level

in

Actions foreseen Foreseen

period

(Mx)

2016-17

WP1

Train the trainers CNC

CTC and workshops

VERY HIGH Task 1.2.2. To insure CoM East sustainability involvement of

during and after CoM East project CNC/CTC/CS

representatives into the trainings will be encouraged in

international trainings.

March 2017

WP1

Capacity building

events

WP 1.3.1 Trainings for

SIGN on thematic

issues based on the

needs assessment

(SECAP, climate change

impacts, mitigation and

adaptation, project

design,

implementation,

financing, new

Covenant, etc.)

VERY HIGH Financial Trainings that was identified as most requested topic by

Georgian signatories will be focusing on transforming SEAP measures

into the financial projects and also increase capacities within signatories

in conducting primary financial calculations necessary for the

preparation of bankable projects. At list 4 national training to be

conducted on the project financing within CoM East project.

Joint SEAP/SECAP including monitoring Training for the Signatories and

CTC/CNC&CS representatives on CoM new goals and its methodologies.

With specific focus on joint SECAP development methodologies.

Trainings on thematic clusters for SEAP implementation (adaptation and

mitigation; transport; street lighting; onsite power generation;

adaptation; awareness rising & PR )

Based on the country specific capacity needs assessment report

prioritization of the thematic trainings to be conducted and 3 national

capacity building events will be conducted during each project year.

Analysing pros and contact of Telavi Municipality CESAP and Joint SEAP

for Kazbegi and Tianeti Municipalities

December 2016

February 2016

followed by personal

coaching

2017-20

February - March

2017 followed by

personal coaching

April - May 2017

VERY HIGH WP2

WP2.1.4. Coordination of a Pool of local STNKEDecember 2016 -

May 2017

VERY HIGH WP3

Establishment of Municipal Development Coordination Platforms

(MDCP) and access to financing

Meeting to be

organised early

January 2017 that

will be followed

Quarters

meetings till 2020WP 3Project pipeline and

Donors/IFI’s CoordinationHIGH Start Prepare project pipeline with advance, proactive

municipalities and organise match-making event.

May 2017

WP3

Synergies with key

stakeholders / initiatives at

country level

VERY HIGH Tasks 3.2.1. and 3.2.2. Regular liaison with all stakeholders,

initiatives and programmes at country level as well as liaison

with IFIs, banks, donors, funds and private investors (incl.

ESCOs where they are active) in order to promote CoM as a

main vehicle for sustainable municipal development and

conduct fundraising activities for SECAP implementations.

Continuously

visibility strategy & comm.

toolsVERY HIGH WP 4.1. finalisation of communication and visibility strategy

at regional level & Support CNC, CTC, CS to develop their

communication strategy in the field of energy issues and

assist in effective utilisation of existing communication tools.

Annual revision and amendments of the strategy and tools

involving communication STNKE’s and stakeholders PR offices.

February 2017

WP4.2.Communiaction

ToolsVERY HIGH Development of communication tools using social and

mainstream media.

Thank you!

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With the support of the European Union