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First BUILD2LC Interregional Thematic Seminar

Event
10 - 12 Jan 2017
Clock 00 : 00 - 00 : 00 CET
Location In person | Vilnius, Lithuania
By Project BUILD2LC
AGENDA
DAY 1 - 10 JANUARY 2017 
8:30 – 9:00 Registration & Welcome Coffee
9:00 – 9:30 Welcome opening and keynote speech
  EU representatives;
Lithuanian representatives; Gvidas Dargužas, VIPA CEO
  Leading partner representative:
SESSION 1 – New strategies to allocate EU funding to energy renovation of buildings
09:30 – 10:00 ESIF support for sustainable energy efficiency financing at European Level. Mr. Tsvyatko Velikov from DG Regional and Urban Policy of the European Commission.
10:00 – 10:30 European Funds for strategic investment in Lithuania, presentation of feasibility study. Representative office of the European Commission in Lithuania.
10:30 – 11:00 Financial instruments in Lithuania: lessons learned. Rūta Dapkutė-Stankevičienė, Deputy Director of the EU Investment Department, Lithuanian Ministry of Finance
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break
11:30 – 12:50 Good practices in innovative financing projects for energy efficiency. Round table.
• ZagEE project: Reconstructed public buildings in Zagreb. Hrvoje Maras, North-West Croatia Energy Agency (REGEA).
• Renovation of Multi-Apartment Buildings in Lithuania. Inesis Kiškis, Director of European Union Assistance management department. Lithuanian Ministry of Environment.
• Programme for Sustainable Construction in Andalusia. Joaquín Villar, Head of Internationalisation and Prospective Dept. Andalusian Energy Agency.
• Eco Fund, Slovenian Environmental Public Fund. Hinko Solink, Ekoslad (tbc).
12:50 – 13:15 Q&A and discussion
13:15 – 14:30 Lunch & networking

SESSION 2 - Challenging of the Managing Authorities in financing energy renovation of buildings
14:30 – 15:00 State of play of Energy Efficiency in the Operational Programmes. JRC/ DG Regio.
15:00 – 15:30 Supporting instruments for managing authorities at national and regional level in the implementation of the Operational Programmes and Smart Specialisation Strategies.
 The Energy and Managing Authorities Network, by EMA representative (tbc)
 Smart Specialisation Platform on Energy. Inmaculada Periáñez, JRC, European Commission
 REBECA: the Spanish Network on Low Carbon Economy. Francisco Tovar, Spanish Ministry of Finance
15:30 – 17:00 Challenging in the implementation of programs with ESI Funds. Round table with the managing authorities of the BUILD2LC partners (Policy Board)
Moderated by Joint Research Centre / DG Regio
• Rzeszów (Poland) – Grzegorz Topolewicz. Marshal's Office of Podkarpackie Region.
• Gorenjska (Slovenia) – Tilen Smolnikar, Energy Directorate, Ministry of Infrastructures of Slovenia.
• VIPA (Lithuania) – Rūta Dapkutė-Stankevičienė, Deputy Director of the EU Investment Department, Lithuanian Ministry of Finance.
• Croatia - PB representative.
• Andalusia (Spain) - PB representative.
• Jämtland Härjedalen (Sweden) - Dr. Erik-Widar Andersson Senior Advisor, Financial issues within regional development, Region Jämtland Härjedalen.
• Gloucester (UK) - Barry Wyatt, Strategic Head of Development Services, Stroud District Council.
17:00 – 17:30 Conclusions and end of the first day meeting 
DAY 2 - 11 JANUARY 2017 
9:00 – 9:15 Registration & Welcome Coffee
SESSION 3 – Innovative financing tackling by end-users in energy efficiency projects
9:15 – 9:45 Public awareness in the field of multi-apartment building renovation process in Lithuania: technical assistance, promotion, construction works. Valius Serbenta, director of the Housing Energy Saving Egency (HESA).
9:45 – 11:00 Good practices in enhancing citizens in the use of innovative financing instruments. Round table.
• Warm & Well – Energy Efficiency Advice and Installation Scheme, Barry Wyatt Strategic Head of Development Services at Stroud District Council. Gloucestershire, United Kingdom.
• Grant for municipal energy and climate advisors, by Anneli Kamb and Moa Breivik. Municipal energy and climate advisors, Jämtland-Härjedalen Region, Sweden.
• Rehabilitation of building and removal of asbestos, by Piotr Pawelec – President and freelance consultant & trainer at the Institute of Good Eco-solutions "Alternative".
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break
SESSION 4 – Other Interregional experiences to boost innovative financing in energy efficiency projects
11:30 – 12:00 Boosting innovative financing in public buildings in energy efficiency projects, Mindaugas Stonkus, Adviser of Heating and Energy Efficiency Division, Lithuanian Ministry of Energy.
12:00 – 13:20 Others interregional experiences to boost innovative financing in energy efficiency projects. Round table.
• Financial Instruments for Energy Renovation Policies (FINERPOL). FINERPOL project representative.
• Leveraging private investment in R&I through a smart funding mix. Ignacio Contreras, The Spanish Institute of Financial Analysts.
• European Partnership of regions to promote investment on energy efficiency in buildings. Joaquín Villar, Head of Internationalisation and Prospective Dept. Andalusian Energy Agency.

13:20 – 13:30 Q&A and discussion.


13:30 End of meeting