EEA Along the Danube
Brief information
The European Energy Award (EEA) is a quality management and certification procedure that is already established in the European reference framework and offers a practice-oriented approach to the topics of climate protection/Green Deal at the local level.
Aim of the project EEA along the Danube is to make the European Energy Award better known in the Danube Region and thereby promote its dissemination and application in the Danube Region.
The project is funded by the State Ministry of Baden- Württemberg and has a duration of 2.5 years.
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Project measures
Module 1: Research and analysis:
Analysis of the current situation in all 14 countries within the Danube Region Strategy and in-depth interviews in selected regions of the Danube Region. (Status Report).
Module 2: Information and networking:
Acquire stakeholders from the Danube countries; online information and launch event on the project and the EEA; presentation of the status report; online mid-term conference on the interim status of the project; final conference and results presentation on the International Danube Festival 2024.
Module 3: Preparation phase and capacity building:
In-depth workshops in the selected countries/regions/municipalities; exchange with existing pilot regions in the Danube Region (Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Croatia, Czech Republic); initiation of the establishment of the required structures in the selected countries/regions and preparation of the implementation phase (introduction of the EEA programme).
Module 4: Presentation and public relations:
Study Visit in Baden-Württemberg for the selected pilot regions; promotional activities and presentation at various events; integration of the project participants in existing EEA events.
Project goals
The aim of the project "EEA along the Danube" is to make the European Energy Award (EEA) better known in the Danube Region and thus to promote its dissemination and application in the Danube Region. Interested partners from the Danube Region will be introduced to a quality management and certification procedure that is already established in the European reference framework and offers a practice-oriented approach to the topics of climate protection/green deal at the local level. Selected pilot regions in the Danube Region countries will receive individual support in establishing the EEA. In addition, regional, local and transnational networks of different actors are initiated and strengthened in order to jointly exchange experiences, knowledge and strategies regarding the European climate goals.
By promoting an implementation of the EEA, municipalities receive an individually adapted instrument for the implementation of concrete, local measures with regard to the European climate goals.
- To publicise and promote EEA in the Danube Region
- Capacity building of local authorities, partners and institutions with regard to the EEA and the implementation of local climate protection measures.
- Initiate structural development in the participating countries/regions/municipalities; find partners and possible implementers
- Identify pilot countries/regions/municipalities to prepare for independent implementation of the EEA.
- Contribution of the selected countries/regions/municipalities to achieving the European climate targets ("Green Deal")
- Contribution to sustainability and environmental protection in the Danube Region
Project partner
Danube Office Ulm/Neu-Ulm
Association European Energy Award AISBL
Climate Protection and Energy Agency Baden-Württemberg GmbH
Germany
Danube Office Ulm/Neu-Ulm
Switzerland
Association European Energy Award AISBL
Germany
Climate Protection and Energy Agency Baden-Württemberg GmbH
Media library
The EEA in the Danube Office Newsletter
September 2023
Click here for the newsletters of the Danube Office in which the EEA was reflected.
EEA in the current issue of the Municipality
October 2022
While the European Energy Award is already practised in many cities and municipalities in Baden-Württemberg, it is not yet known in many European countries. A joint project of the municipalities along the Danube should now change this, as Nadja Rapp from the Danube Office explains.
The EEA in the EUSDR PA 2 Newsletter
October 2021
Click here for the newsletter of the EU Danube Strategy from Priority Area 2 of 2021.
Video of the kick-off event of the project
Spring 2022
Here you can find the two videos for the official launch of the EEA project.
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