Patrick Lambert, EACI Director 7th Inter-Parliamentary Meeting, Berlin, 5 October 2007 EU Support Programmes to help implement the RES-Directive

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

3 …EXECUTIVE AGENCY ?  created by the European Commission  to manage EU programmes  for a limited duration, and  under Commission control and responsibility A new organisation type Adding value…

4 OUR REMIT Manage the following EU programmes: Intelligent Energy - Europe Business support network Eco-innovation soon Marco Polo soon Competitiveness and Innovation Programme (CIP)

5 EU Programmes – a coherent set Intelligent Energy - Europe RTD Framework Programme EU Structural Funds LIFE

6 INTELLIGENT ENERGY - EUROPE  € 730 million from  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

7 IEE EUROPEAN PROJECTS Energy efficiency and rational energy use SAVE New and renewable energy sources ALTENER Energy in transport STEER

8 IEE - 60 NEW LOCAL OR REGIONAL ENERGY AGENCIES

9 POLICY AND ACTION – THE ROLE OF IEE Changes on the ground EU renewable energy policy

10 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 :

11 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

12 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:

13 IEE CALL FOR PROPOSALS 2008  Publication in January 2008  Some € 50 million of funding at a rate of up to 75%  European Info Day: Brussels, 31 January 08 (EU Sustainable Energy Week 2008,

14 MORE INFORMATION IEE web site:

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