Stakeholders meetings in Ireland and Romania

September for DAPHNE was the month of the stakeholder meetings. We have already mentioned the importance of this activity: the Stakeholder meeting represents the moment of sharing ideas between the participants, the partners can collect ideas, suggestions and needs directly from their local scenarios. This is the moment of listening and note about the feeling of the local communities. On September 12th and 13th the meetings organized by our partner NERDA in Romania and by the Irish partner HSE took place. Here is a short notebook on these:

HSE (Ireland)

The meeting, on September 12, 2024 was participated (Online) by the HSE Climate Action & Sustainability Office, Department of Health Capital Infrastructure Office, the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland, the Technological University Dublin, Codema (City of Dublin Energy Management Agency) and the Clean Technology Centre of Munster Technological University. Peter Smyth, Assistant National Director in HSE Capital & Estates opened the meeting and project team members Cathryn Buckley, Debbie Stones and Steven Daly provided an overview of the DAPHNE Project, the HSE’s policy instrument (HSE Infrastructure Decarbonisation Roadmap), project finances and also the actions taken to date by the project partners. The group discussed opportunities for learning, cooperation and further networking between the HSE and stakeholders, along with opportunities in relation to the wider DAPHNE project partners and opportunities to expand the stakeholder group in particular to include wider community participation.

This is the agenda

• Introductions & Stakeholder Group Responsibilities
• Daphne Project Overview
• Infrastructure Decarbonisation Roadmap
• Project Finance
• DAPHNE actions to date
• AOB
• Next meeting

NERDA (Romania)

NERDA managed, on September 13, 2024 an online meeting with 20 stakeholders out of which 11 medical units of the North East region. There was a presentation of the project as a whole, with non-technical introduction and description of decarbonization as a concept. Additionally, there was a presentation of the Priority 3 - A sustainable, environmentally friendly region of North-East regional programme 2021-2027 (the policy instrument), with all eligible actions concerning energy efficiency in public buildings. A 2nd program was presentated (The National Operational Health programme) for which the North-East RDA has been delegated the attributions of Intermediate Body in the region by the MA.

The agenda of the meeting was structured on the following topics:

• Presentation of the DAPHNE project. What are the current status and European trends in decarbonisation in medical facilities across Europe.
• Involvement of North-East ADR - our role in project implementation;
• The support provided to address the energy challenges – presentation of Priority 3, Energy efficiency of public buildings, North-East Regional Program 2021-2027 (RDA North-East – Management Authority);
• Financial support offered to regional actors in the medical sector through the Health Operational Program 2021-2027 in the North-East Region (RDA North-East – Intermediate Body);
• Question and answer session – open dialogue to clarify project details and funding sources