RES and RUE Stimulation in Mountainous – Agricultural in Mountainous – Agricultural Communities towards Communities towards Sustainable Development Contract: EIE/07/040/S

MOUNTAIN RES/RUE Project RES and RUE Stimulation in Mountainous - Agricultural Communities towards Sustainable Development Outline  The project (objectives, partners);  Background;  Work Programme;  Target groups;  Expected outcomes & impact;  Sustainable energy communities;  Progress of WPs;  Contact.

MOUNTAIN RES/RUE Project RES and RUE Stimulation in Mountainous - Agricultural Communities towards Sustainable Development The Project  Summary: RES and RUE stimulation of mountainous – agricultural local communities of the European Union (EU), in a way that will ensure both the integrated and balanced evolution in the most common dimensions (economical – employment, environmental, social and technological) of the Sustainable Development (SD);  Carried out: Under the Intelligent Energy for Europe Programme, managed by the Executive Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation;  Started: 1/12/2007;  Expected Completion Date: 30/11/2009;  Coordinator: EPU-NTUA;  Number of Partners: 9.

MOUNTAIN RES/RUE Project RES and RUE Stimulation in Mountainous - Agricultural Communities towards Sustainable Development The Objectives  Identification of specific RES and RUE needs and determination of opportunities;  Preparation of viable and socially matured RES and RUE project opportunities;  Formulation of the first European “sustainable energy network in mountainous - agricultural communities”;  Enhancement of the involved actors’ communication bridges, through the development of permanent local communication networks. Prototype “sustainable mountainous - agricultural communities”

MOUNTAIN RES/RUE Project RES and RUE Stimulation in Mountainous - Agricultural Communities towards Sustainable Development The Project Partners 1. National Technical University of Athens - EPU/NTUA (Greece) - Coordinator; 2. Rhônalpénergie-Environnement - RAEE (France); 3. Syndicat Mixte de Gestion du Parc naturel régional des Monts d'Ardèche - PNRMA (France); 4.Energieagentur Obersteiermark - EAO (Austria); 5. Rõuge Vallavalitsus (Rõuge Municipality Government) - RV (Estonia); 6.Sofia Energy Agency – SOFENA (Bulgaria); 7.Energy Institute Hrvoje Pozar - EIHP (Croatia); 8.European Renewable Energy Council – EREC (Belgium); 9.Energy Center of West Thessaly – ECWT (Greece).

MOUNTAIN RES/RUE Project RES and RUE Stimulation in Mountainous - Agricultural Communities towards Sustainable Development Work Programme

MOUNTAIN RES/RUE Project RES and RUE Stimulation in Mountainous - Agricultural Communities towards Sustainable Development Target Groups  Policy Makers: EU, governmental institutions, local authorities, municipalities, chambers of agriculture, chambers of commerce.  Energy Market: Investors, energy production and energy service companies (ESCOs), major industry & business associations in the commercial and industrial sector, owners of (biomass) district heating, farmers, forest companies, installers, construction, fuel trade, educational and research organizations and institutions of the implementation communities.  Energy Citizenship: Citizens, Associations, Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs).

MOUNTAIN RES/RUE Project RES and RUE Stimulation in Mountainous - Agricultural Communities towards Sustainable Development Direct Outcomes  Overview of the RES and RUE implemented technologies in the 4 mountainous - agricultural EU communities;  “Mapping” document with the current status, needs and prospects of the RES and RUE stimulation in the implementation communities;  Upgraded guide for mountainous - agricultural communities for RES and RUE stimulation;  Viable and socially matured RES and RUE project opportunities’ identification;  Set up of an “Early Warning System”;  Sustainable Design for a network in the mountainous - agricultural communities in EU;  Building of a scientific and political consensus on the project results, through workshops;  Diffuse the idea and modus operandi of the mountainous – agricultural communities’ network;  Dissemination material of the elaborated results (leaflets, newsletters, posters).

MOUNTAIN RES/RUE Project RES and RUE Stimulation in Mountainous - Agricultural Communities towards Sustainable Development Potential Impacts  Economy – Employment:  Creation of new business opportunities in the local market;  Enforcement of the local agricultural income;  Increase of agricultural tourism and ecotourism;  Environmental:  Contribution to the national Kyoto Protocol goals;  Minimization of acid rain, soil and water pollution, ozone depletion etc;  Social:  Enhancement of the local’s energy culture;  Technological:  Know how transfer to local manufacturers;  Promotion of best practice solutions and BAT.

MOUNTAIN RES/RUE Project RES and RUE Stimulation in Mountainous - Agricultural Communities towards Sustainable Development Involved Communities Implementation Communities  Karditsa / Greece;  Rõuge Municipality / Estonia;  Mounts of Ardèche / France;  Murtal / Austria; Dissemination Communities  Bulgarian Communities;  Croatian Communities.

MOUNTAIN RES/RUE Project RES and RUE Stimulation in Mountainous - Agricultural Communities towards Sustainable Development Contact Co-ordinator: Prof. John Psarras National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Energy Policy Unit (EPU) /3583 Project’s Website: