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The Covenant of Mayors Initiative going East with support of the European Commission

Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine October 5, 2011 Anatoliy Kopets Team Leader - Covenant of Mayors East Project

Covenant “philosophy”

Battle for secure energy future and against climate change is won or lost at local level ‘ Cities consume 75% of all the energy, emit 75% of all CO2 in Europe, and are the economic engines of the regions’

Source: UNFCCC Environmental Integrity Group, 2009

The Covenant Signatories commit to:

• Go beyond EU policy objectives -20% of energy

consumption, 20% of renewables in energy balances and -20% in CO 2 emission by 2020

• Support their commitment with a Sustainable

Energy Action Plan (SEAP)

• Publish periodic reports to show progress and results • Encourage other cities to join the initiative • Involve citizens and other stakeholders

Covenant of Mayors as a platform to integrate the efforts

governments EU institutions energy agencies associations & networks of local authorities regions banks NGOs

Covenant of Mayors www.eumayors.eu

local authorities

The Covenant at a glance

European initiative launched by the Commission – DG ENERGY in February 2009 to endorse and support local and regional authorities in the sustainable energy development and the fight against climate change

The Covenant in progress

3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 0

370

9 Feb 2009

1680 more than 2800

4 May 2010 3 Oct 2011

What does the Covenant bring to a city?

Quality energy services + secure energy supply + healthy environment + low energy expenditures + more investments + more jobs +… =

liveable city

The Covenant step-by-step

STEP 2: SUBMISSION OF YOUR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY ACTION PLAN (SEAP)

Development of sustainable energy action plan (SEAP) – in collaboration with local stakeholders & citizens Compilation of energy balances and Baseline Emission Inventory Definition of long-term vision of energy and climate policy for city Establishment of Energy Team

STEP 1: SIGNATURE OF THE COVENANT OF MAYORS

Implementation of sustainable energy and CO 2 reduction measures Monitoring and reporting of the progress in SEAP implementation

STEP 3: SUBMISSION OF YOUR IMPLEMENTATION REPORT

The Covenant key figures

2 871 city-signatories

representing 131 156 785 inhabitants

740 SEAPs

submitted by signatories identified opportunities for

132 m tonnes/CO 2 savings

every year

€1.6 bn investments

committed

Thousands new jobs

created on the local level

Covenant of Mayors Office (CoMO) in Brussels

Promotes the initiative in the EU and beyond Provides administrative and technical support to signatories Monitors the implementation by signatories and supporting structures Facilitates exchange of experiences and networking Liaises with other EU initiatives and actors

The office is managed by a consortium led by Energy-Cities and composed of CEMR, CLIMATE ALLIANCE, EUROCITIES and FEDARENE.

Covenant Helpdesk

Jointly operated by the CoMO and by the European Commission Joint Research Center Provides personal assistance, administrative and technical support Develops in collaboration with signatories guidelines & methodological support materials for:  collecting data & elaborating a   CO2 emission inventory developing a SEAP monitoring progress

Support materials are available at www.eumayors.eu

Financial support

Energy saving companies (ESCOs) finance transition European Regional Development Fund access to funding ELENA - EIB ELENA – KfW ELENA – CEB development of investment programmes European Energy Efficiency Facility access to project funding European Investment bank access to loans Municipal Finance Facility Intelligent Energy Europe JESSICA & JASPERS project funding URBACT & Interreg Sustainable Energy Initiative access to project funding

Status of Covenant signatories in Eastern Partnership and Central Asia

Ukraine: Moldova: Georgia: Kyrgyzstan: Armenia: 6.

Belorussia: Azerbaijan: Kazakhstan: Tajikistan: 10. Turkmenistan: 11. Uzbekistan: 20 signatories 8 signatories 4 signatories 2 signatories 1 signatory 1 signatory 0 signatories 0 signatories 0 signatures 0 signatories 0 signatories

Covenant of Mayors East office in Lviv

CoMO-East office has been launched on the 20 September 2011 as a branch office of the Covenant of Mayors Office in Brussels This new office will aim at “Supporting participation of Eastern Partnership and Central Asian Cities in the Covenant of Mayors It will help and advise the Partnership countries (Azerbaijan, cities from Eastern Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine) and 5 Central Asian countries (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan) in their efforts towards sustainable energy

The office is managed by a consortium led by Energy-Cities and composed of CLIMATE ALLIANCE, EECU, NL-Agency and CAREC.

CoMO-East's four principal missions

Promotion of the Covenant eastwards; 2.

Capacity building and training in support of the implementation of the Covenant of Mayors in the region; 3.

Helpdesk function and support implementation of cities proposals; to the 4.

Support to donors’ coordination for SEAP’s sector-wide approach (in particular, financing SEAP investments).

Promotion of the Covenant OBJECTIVES:

Foster high visibility of the Covenant of Mayors in new areas

Attract more cities, teritorial Coordinators, Covenant Supporters

Involve other key actors (private and public) to contribute the Covenant movemant

INSTRUMENTS:

• • • • • • Covenant Annual Ceremony in Brussels Networking events and seminars CoM meterials adapted and translated Energy days Newsletter Web presence: eumayors.eu, wikipedia, social media

Promotion of the Covenant

Raise awareness of the Covenant within the • • • • • key target groups:

Local authorities

– the priority target group;

National and sub-national authorities Donors and financial actors Press and media Energy advocacy groups, NGOs

Capacity building and training OBJECTIVES:

E nabling the Signatories when absolving the individual steps to comply with the Covenant commitments

organising a set of high-quality and nationally adapted trainings to Signatories

building a network of competent Covenant Facilitators and national experts offering direct and more frequent support services to Signatories • • • • Country Profiles