Demonstration Projects
Eastern Partnership
From Commitment to Action
From Commitment to Action
140 Eastern Partnership cities have signed
the Covenant of Mayors, 58 adopted their
SEAP
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Demonstration Projects helps them move
from planning to practical action
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Demonstration Projects - Eastern Partnership
A programme to help CoM signatories in EaP countries to move
from identifying SEAP measures to carrying out practical actions
19 grants to projects of advanced CoM signatories, ranging
between EUR 500 000 and EUR 1 500 000 (max. 80% EU cofinancing)
• Ukraine: 11 projects
• Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova: 8 projects
Assisted by a dedicated Support Team
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Demonstration projects
• Actions reflecting needs and priorities of local
authorities in EaP countries
– Retrofitting of public and/or residential buildings
– Energy efficient (district) heating
– LED street lighting
– Renewable energy
– Energy-efficient transport
– Energy Management
– Energy efficiency in waste water treatment
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Inspiration
Know-how
• Technical assistance from the Support Team to
demonstration projects in implementing SEAP
measures:
– Advice on technical implementation of grant projects
(engineering/design, procurement, implementation of
works)
– Increasing capacities of municipalities to implement
projects (training, tools, best practices from EU and
advanced EaP cities)
– Support with project management, administrative and
financial procedures
– Documenting best practices
– Sharing experiences and best practices (networking)
– Communication, visibility and replication
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Know-how
Access to Finance
• Assisting CoM signatories to assess Municipal Project Support Facility
(MPSF) and other sources of TA/financing for preparing investment
projects related to energy efficiency and renewable energy (E5P,
NEFCO, other IFIs etc.)
– Promoting TA facilities that can assist CoM signatories in developing ‘bankable’
projects
– Raising awareness of CoM signatories of technical and financial documentation
and steps needed to prepare investment projects and arrive at ‘bankable’
projects
– Establishing criteria for identification of priority EE projects of CoM signatories
– Assist selected CoM signatories in developing project outlines and submitting
applications for entrance to facilities/instruments
• Information on sources of financing
Finance
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Outcomes
• Demonstration projects successfully
implemented
• Knowledge, successes and lessons
learned during implementation of
demonstration projects documented and
disseminated
• CoM signatories in EaP countries assisted
in preparing documents and accessing
technical assistance to arrive at
‘bankable’ projects
• EaP municipalities increased their
capacities to implement complicated EE
projects and access credits for future
projects
Inspiration
Finance
Know-how
Contacts
• For further information on SUDEP:
Anatoliy Kopets
Key Expert
E-mail: anatoliy.kopets@eumayors.eu
Jan Waanders
Team Leader
E-mail: jan.waanders@eumayors.eu