Patrick Lambert, EACI Director7th Inter-Parliamentary Meeting, Berlin, 5 October 2007

EU Support Programmes to help implement theRES-Directive

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THE EACI

The first Executive Agency created by the Commission - previously known as the IEEA

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…EXECUTIVE AGENCY ?

created by the European Commission

to manage EU programmes

for a limited duration, and

under Commission controland responsibility

A new organisation type

Adding value…

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OUR REMIT

Manage the following EU programmes:

Intelligent Energy - Europe

Business support network

Eco-innovation

soon soon

Marco Polo

soon

Competitiveness and InnovationProgramme (CIP) 2007-13

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EU Programmes – a coherent set

Intelligent Energy - Europe

RTD Framework Programme

EUStructural Funds

LIFE

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INTELLIGENT ENERGY - EUROPE

€ 730 million from 2007-13

Develops and promotes policies and favourable market conditions for energy efficiency and renewables

Supports uptake of state of the art technologies

Helps convert policy into action

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IEE - 350 EUROPEAN PROJECTS

Energy efficiency and rational energy useSAVE

New and renewable energy sourcesALTENER

Energy in transportSTEER

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IEE - 60 NEW LOCAL OR REGIONALENERGY AGENCIES

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POLICY AND ACTION – THE ROLE OF IEE

Changeson the ground

EU renewable energy policy

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WINDSKILL

European qualification profile for onshore and offshore workers

modularised curriculum

pilot training courses

Europe leads the global wind power market, but the qualifications of installation and maintenance staff (70% of wind workforce) are still regulated locally or nationally

A public / private partnership in which industry associations and academics are working together across the EU to produce :

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OPTRES

Insight into successes and failures of support schemes

Green-X model to determine costs and benefits of policy options

Definition of “best practice criteria” for support schemes

Important feedback to European and national policy makers

Effective and cost-efficient policies are needed to support renewables in a liberalised European electricity market

www.optres.fhg.de

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ENERGY EFFICIENCY WATCH

Parliamentary network Communication platform on energy efficiency

for Parliamentarians, industry and others Evaluation of National Energy Efficiency

Action Plans to show best and worst practice Complements the evaluation of the European

Commission

Initiated and supported by more than 30 members of the European and national Parliaments

Expected results:

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IEE CALL FOR PROPOSALS 2008

Publication in January 2008

Some € 50 millionof funding at a rateof up to 75%

European Info Day:Brussels, 31 January 08(EU Sustainable Energy Week 2008, www.eusew.eu)

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MORE INFORMATIONIEE web site: http://ec.europa.eu/energy/intelligent/index_en.html

Thank you for your attention!