Status Quo Report on RECOMMEND Pilot Actions by Lead Partner, PP CZ & PP EE 24th October 2013

Implementation of RECOMMEND Pilot Action – Lower Austria My ECO-Expert Benjamin Kuscher RECOMMEND External consultant ConPlusUltra Ltd. 24 th October 2013

Overall Theme of Pilot Pilot Action 3 II. Improvement of the effectiveness of eco-management practitioner networks 24th October 2013

General target of pilot pilot action Improve the cooperation of ALL institutions supporting eco-management and eco-innovation in Lower Austria Identify synergies between the different funding schemes Improve the transparency and service for the clients –SMEs –Communities 424th October 2013

Planning of pilot action 1.Definition of eco-management practitioner network –All institutions supporting eco-management and eco-innovation in Lower Austria –All eco-consultants/experts 2.Definition of common denominator –All supporting institutions come back to a similar or even identical group of consultants –But nevertheless the selection of an appropriate consultant for a specific project tends to be a problem 524th October 2013

Specific target of pilot action Each funding scheme in Lower Austria manages its own pool of experts. –partly overlapping –similar selection criteria –not transparent Those pools will be merged to one single group of experts: –To increase transparency –To easy the selection of an expert –To enable a better networking between the experts –To increase the quality of the experts –To ease the development of joined selection criteria 624th October 2013

Original plan for My ECO-Expert 7 Ökomanagement NÖ Environmental Consulting by Chamber of Commerce eNu Klimabündnis Umweltberatung Energieberatung My ECO-expert Clients CompaniesPublic Org. 24th October 2013 private

Difficulties to implement My ECO-Expert Each funding scheme in Lower Austria manages its own pool of experts and wants to keep control There is an ongoing restructuring process in order to merge parts of Ökomanagement with Chamber of Commerce Lack of cooperation willingness between some players Already existing search tools but with specific needs for one institution 824th October 2013

New plan for My ECO-Expert 9 Ökomanagement NÖ Environmental Consulting by Chamber of Commerce eNu Klimabündnis Umweltberatung Energieberatung RECOMMEND Pilot My ECO-expert Clients Companies Public Org. 24th October 2013 RECOMMEND RIP

To Dos for My ECO-Expert pilot 10 No.Due DateActivityPurpose 1 15 th Nov Draft search criteria for eco- experts The search criteria will be always enlargeable and adjustable, nevertheless the first version will define the priorities for the future search tool 21 st Dec Feedback round with a number of eco-experts if they agree with the search criteria The criteria need to be accepted by the eco-experts. Only in that way, it can be a success in the future th Dec Final definition of search criteria for eco-experts with stakeholders The responsible stakeholders need to agree in the final version of the search criteria and will give the expert the OK for programming the database th Feb test version of My eco-expert This version will be to test the functionality and will include the already known data th Mar Collection of expert data All experts will be requested to send the data for the search criteria 615 th April 2014 Input of dataFinal version for promotion 24th October 2013

Field Mission 11 In spring 2012 the team of Lower Austria proofed to organise intense and very interesting study tours. For the field mission we intend to organise a similar study tour but with a new topic. Possible topics are: –Crowd Funded Power Plants in Austria (Bürgerkraftwerke) –Straw-buildings –And please come up with ideas 24th October 2013

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RECOMMEND Pilot Action – South Bohemia Jan Jareš Ekoport 24 th October 2013

PA – innovation vouchers in South Bohemia PA is focused on initiation of first eco-innovation tool in the region – “innovation vouchers” target groups: R&D capacities, entrepreneurs it will help to establish the tool in order to be adjusted and developed further (“eco”) it is based on its simplicity and transferibility using best practices even from the Czech Republic pretty good chances for success – SB is one of the last regions in the CZ with no innovation vouchers 1424th October 2013

Current status of PA in August 2013 – regional board has informally approved intention and assign concrete division to cooperate with Ekoport on development of the scheme Ekoport has contracted JAiP (important stakeholder) to execute specific activities in development of the scheme Preparation of awareness campaign on innovation vouchers Goal is to pass the proposal for the scheme through council by 2013 in order to allocate financial resources for the 1 st call in th October 2013

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RECOMMEND Pilot Action – „Seminars about eco- innovation for eco-management practitioners Martin Kikas Tartu Regional Energy Agency 24 th October 2013

General info on EE Pilot Action 3 Seminars: Eco-Innovation and Green Procurement, Eco and Energy-Labels in Europe and Northern Countries, Energy management systems. Target – public and private sector Budget – 12000€ status quo in project management – 1 seminar is done and 2 seminars are planned february-april 2014 Highlights – High interest from different groups of people difficulties in realising pilot action – Hard to reach to key persons and to explain economic benefits 1824th October 2013

19 Time line, milestones – 2 seminars February and April TO Dos in the next months - Deadline of finalising pilot action – May 2014 Ideas for field mission: September 2014 international Conference Baltic Dynamics th October 2013

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