1. PILOT PROJECTS ON FUTURE OUTCOME/RESULT INDICATORS The Interreg IVB North Sea Region Programme Case Carsten Westerholt Project Devlopment and Communications Unit Manager @ DG Regional Policy – Evaluation Network Meeting Brussels, 20 – 21 October 2011

2. Interpretation of the exercise 1.Narrowing the focus – energy as a topic within our programme 2.Clarification of the connection between project input, output and outcome 3.Conclusions

3. Narrowing the focus – energy as a topic within our programme  +/- 20 projects linked to the topic of energy  No baselines/reference data in the fields of energy on NSR-regional/local levels available  Issues addressed: – Transport addressed by 60% of energy related projects – Energy use addressed by 85% – Energy efficiency addressed by 70% – Renewable energy addressed by 55% !

4. Narrowing the focus – energy as a topic within our programme Project activities: – education/awareness raising, knowledge exchange, networking, research, development of tools and methods, pilot and demonstration projects, strategy development, political activities, preparation for further investments… – 85% of projects include pilot/demonstration elements (material investments though small compared to total budget) Narrowing the focus – energy as a topic within our programme

5. An Example  Example:(June 2008 – Sep 2012) Funding Partnership Project activities Stakeholders ~ 3,4 Mio. € (total) 6 (+3 sub-)partners from 5 countries, public & private Analysis of regional bioenergy markets, stakeholder networking activities, strategy development, regional pilots, optimisation of Sustainable Supply Chain Management tool for transfer Regional bioenergy initiatives incl. all stakeholders in the supply chain, regional planners Increased awareness and knowledge Extended networks 1500/255 individuals/organisations Stakeholder networks in each region, exchange between pilot regions Input Output

6. Studies New solutions and approaches Pilots/demonstration projects Energy strategies/ concepts/ action plans Preparation for further investment Analysis of 11 supply chains Fine-tuned Sustainable Supply Chain Management business model/analysis tool Experimenting with options for singular processes after Supply-Chain analysis and assessment in 6 regions, cooperation between pilots Defined business optimisation strategies for each initiative analysed investment plans for bioenergy infrastructure in each of the participating regions and planning data for bioenergy production in coastal strips Increased energy efficiency Increase of renewable energy production Increase of local energy sources being used Decrease of GG emissions Unlocked investments “positive”, 5 optimised supply chains 10% increased biomass supply in each region; 200 Mwh additional capacity of renewable energy production; 200 tons/a of organic matter from additional sources See above approx. 14.978 tons/a saved, potential even 10x bigger Expected: Major infrastructure investments Follow-up activities: dissemination activities, training and education Output Outcome

7. Preliminary results Difficulties:  Projects are not finished yet: results and impacts not fully predictable  Projects as a first step for future implementation – bigger outcome is often dependent on follow-up activities  Projects might be one of several contributors to change at macro level  Tangible project outcome partly difficult to measure – would the effort be justifiable? No data which can be aggregated in a meaningful way to measure the programme’s outcome in the field of energy

8. Findings  Programme and Project indicators / targets mixture of predefined and individual defined determinants  Outputs: quantifiable and related to some indicators  Outcomes: have more of a qualitative character and can be linked to some of the targets  No baselines/reference data in the fields of energy on NSR-regional/local levels available

9. For the future  Better definition of programme and project indicators  Defined links between programme and project indicators  Predefined targets including relevant indicators and calculation tools (StratMoS)  More openness towards qualitative data  Less is more !

10. Increased awareness and knowledge Output Input Studies New solutions and approaches Growing transport sector – congestion and emissions Highly energy dependent economy High availability of alternative energy resources Experience in the field of energy technology Potential for energy savings in the building sector Conclusion & discussion Extended networks Pilot/demonstration projects Strategies, concepts and action plansPreparation for further investment Improvements in the pilot regions Funding, partnerships, activities, stake holder Unlocked investments & actions in regions analysed transnational take-up of solutions Incorporation of results in regional, national and EU-policies and across the energy sector Fascilitation of change in other related fields...? Considerable gains in energy efficiency, renewable energy production, local energy production, emission reduction Outcome

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