Objectives and Activities

Energy Working Group Leaders: Tuscany EU Office and West Midlands in Europe

Objectives:

The group covers a wide variety of issues connected to the theme of energy. This includes renewable energy sources, energy efficiency and connected environmental issues. The group works on a bottom-up basis and is open to expressions of interests in topics from all group members.

The main aims of the group are:

• To support Brussels representatives with coordinated and up-to-date information on energy initiatives at European level
• To build trusting relations between Brussels representatives from different regions
• To support Brussels representatives in gaining greater knowledge of actions and experiences from other European regions
• To support networking and project development among practitioners in member regions
• To build capacity among Brussels representatives and practitioners in terms of European cooperation in the field of energy

Activities:

The Energy Working Group is organising monthly meetings for the Brussels representatives. At each meeting, a specific energy related theme is dealt with (e.g. specific renewable energy sources, specific policy initiatives, issues related to improving energy efficiency and RE uptake).

• 2 meetings or training sessions for practitioners are organised per year. Theseare directly related to project development.
• Frequent and updated information is provided to Energy Working Group members
• The Energy Working Group work to encourage more responsible behaviour among its own members in terms of energy consumption and efficiency
• Periodic evaluations on Energy Working Group activities are held
• The Energy Working Group work in close contact with the ERRIN Secretariat and other working groups in order to promote synergy among activities