“Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between MARIE, GRASP and PEEBPE Projects”

Presented by: Thanos Papotis (EUROCONSULTANTS S.A), Technical Consultant of Prespes Municipality

P E Ε B P E

3rd Project Coordination Meeting Florina, 11 July 2014

PEEBPE Networking Activities

In the framework of networking and co-operation with Greek and foreign Universities, Associations, Development Agencies and EU-funded projects….

… a Memorandum of Understanding between the PEEBPE project, the MARIE project (Programme MED) and the GRASP project (Programme MED), has been elaborated and signed

Brief Background

The 3 projects share common thematic goals, such as Renewable Energy Sources (RES) and Energy Efficiency (EE) Issues

Specific sectors of synergies have been defined in the MoU

General Goal: “to promote the sensitization of communities with regard to RES and EE policies, technologies and solutions”

Sectors of Synergies To contribute to the development of databases, regarding technical,

technological and economic aspects of RES and EE interventions and

action plans

To contribute to the specification of energy & cost performance, and

overall green assessment indicators that will help policy makers and

eventually consumers to assess RES & EE investments and

interventions

To stimulate demand by raising awareness among ‘users’ regarding

energy efficiency and the implementation of financial incentives

Sectors of Synergies To cooperate in common dissemination activities such as trilateral

invitations to events, contact sharing of stakeholders, common event

organization; and in playing a catalyst role in merging the actions of the

three projects at local, regional, national and European level

To assist in the challenges that each project presents as to its goal

implementation such as the development of the Mediterranean

Building Energy Efficiency Strategy (MEDBEES) in MARIE; Best Practices

in Procurement and Legal Framework at National and European level in

GRASP; improvement of existing buildings and design and construction

of future buildings in PEEBPE

The MARIE Project

“MediterrΑnean Building Rethinking for Energy Efficiency

Improvement” (project acronym: MARIE)

Duration: 45 months (April 2011 - December 2014)

Lead Partner: Department of Territory and Sustainability (DTES) of the

Government of Catalonia

23 organizations from 9 countries of the Mediterranean area: Spain,

Portugal, France, Italy, Slovenia, Greece, Malta, Cyprus & Montenegro

The MARIE Project

MARIE Project Web-site: http://www.marie-medstrategic.eu

MARIE Associated Partner Platform: http://www.marieapp.eu

The MARIE Project

MARIE project aims to establish the socio economic conditions for ‐

Energy Efficiency (EE) improvement in the Mediterranean Building

Stock in the framework of EU policy objectives, overcoming barriers

and creating sustainable development opportunities in the MED area

Overall Objective: the development of the Mediterranean Building

Energy Efficiency Strategy (MEDBEES)

The GRASP Project

The main theme of the “GRASP: GReen procurement And Smart city

suPport in the energy sector” project is built on the MED objective

for the promotion of innovative energy solutions in smart cities

Lead Partner: University of Patras, Greece

GRASP project website: http://www.grasp-med.eu

13 Project Partners from the Mediterranean area

The GRASP Project

Main Objective: to support cities, municipalities, regions in adopting

innovative solutions in the energy sector, and strengthen them

interregionally through the use of a green transnational electronic

procurement system

MoU signed by MARIE Lead Partner

Thank for your attention and co-operation!

P E Ε B P E