1. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
CHANGING OUR MINDSET!
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
Environment Protection and Energy Efficiency
– Practices, opportunities, actions –
Prishtina
20 – 21 October 2008
Gabriele Becker
GTZ

2. Some questions…
How can we respond to our obvious challenges? How can we start to envision our desired future? How to organize such a long-term strategic orientation process? Who needs to be on board in order to make the process a success?

3. What is the starting point?
There is a growing understanding of the importance of improvement of the environment on the local and global level
A number of municipalities already implement energy efficiency measures
There is a growing expertise and knowledge in the country
There is a national strategy and action plans
Kosova has the advantage to learn faster building on the experiences of others

4. What is the starting point? cont.
Legal framework needs improvement
Cooperation / interplay between different stakeholders is weak or not even existing
Use of renewable energies – an almost untouched area
The different activities are not integrated into a concept
Far-reaching objectives and strategies are missing or an exception

5. How do we want to live in 2030?
What is the impact of the decisions that we take today?
How to plan today for tomorrow?

6. What development is foreseeable?
Increase of energy prices
Increasing pressure to reduce CO2 Emissions
Increasing demand for energy and increasing consumption of energy
Technical innovations will enhance the potential for decentralized energy systems and the use of RE
Changing lifestyle
Demographic changes (?)
Economic development

7. Where are we going?

8. How to get started?
Establishment of a platform for discussion, planning and knowledge management to…
…engage the different stakeholders
…develop of a common vision
…unpack the vision into concrete actions
…learn from experiences
…to network and partner with others

9. Professional Forum Energy
Moderator
Public Services
Town Planning
Platform for a municipal Energy Strategy
AMK
Public
Utilities
Science
KEK
NGOs
Energy Manager
Private Sector

10. Elements of a municipal energy strategy
Horizontal integration
Objectives
Implementation
Critiera for decision making
Measures and instruments
Consideration of all relevant topics
Integration of all relevant stakeholders
Checking of all technical options

11. Conclusions With a strategy for municipal energy policies:
Municipalities are able to open up new financial means
Activities in municipalities will encourage and mobilize the public
The scope of action of municipalities will increase
Partnerships and networks will be strengthened
It promotes exchange of information, knowledge and expertise

12. “Nobody can look into the future, but…
…we can invent it” Albert Einstein