CHANGING OUR MINDSET! INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE Environment Protection and Energy Efficiency
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CHANGING OUR MINDSET!
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCEEnvironment Protection and Energy Efficiency
– Practices, opportunities, actions –
Prishtina20 – 21 October 2008
Gabriele BeckerGTZ
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Some questions…
How can we respond to our obvious challenges?
How can we start to envision our desired future?
How to organize such a long-term strategic orientation process?
Who needs to be on board in order to make the process a success?
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What is the starting point?
There is a growing understanding of the importance of improvement of the environment on the local and global level
A number of municipalities already implement energy efficiency measures
There is a growing expertise and knowledge in the country
There is a national strategy and action plans Kosova has the advantage to learn faster
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What is the starting point? cont.
Legal framework needs improvement Cooperation / interplay between different
stakeholders is weak or not even existing Use of renewable energies – an almost
untouched area The different activities are not integrated into a
concept Far-reaching objectives and strategies are
missing or an exception
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How do we want to live in 2030?
What is the impact of the decisions that we take today?
How to plan today for tomorrow?
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What development is foreseeable?
Increase of energy prices Increasing pressure to reduce CO2 Emissions Increasing demand for energy and increasing
consumption of energy Technical innovations will enhance the potential
for decentralized energy systems and the use of RE
Changing lifestyle Demographic changes (?) Economic development
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Where are we going?
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How to get started?
Establishment of a platform for discussion, planning and knowledge management to……engage the different stakeholders
…develop of a common vision
…unpack the vision into concrete actions
…learn from experiences
…to network and partner with others
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Professional Forum Energy
Platform for a municipal
Energy Strategy
Moderator
Public Services
AMKPublicUtilities
NGOs
Town Planning
Science
KEK
Energy Manager
Private Sector
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Elements of a municipal energy strategy
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Horizontal integration
Objectives
Implementation Critiera for decision making
Measures and instruments
Consideration of all relevant topics
Integration of all relevant stakeholders
Checking of all technical options
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Conclusions
With a strategy for municipal energy policies: Municipalities are able to open up new financial means
Activities in municipalities will encourage and mobilize the public
The scope of action of municipalities will increase
Partnerships and networks will be strengthened
It promotes exchange of information, knowledge and expertise
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“Nobody can look into the future, but……we can invent it”
Albert EinsteinAlbert Einstein