• E-Mob 5 business cases for e-mobility
  
• The 10 commandments of E-Mob: policy & strategy recommendations
  
• GENERATION policy recommendations
  
• GENERATION - State of Art Audit Methodology
  
• ITACA Handbook
  
• SEECA policy recommendations
  
• SEECA eco calendar - polish version
  
• SEECA - Ecocalendar - English version
  
• SILCS Final Report
  
• SILCS Final Report Appendices
  
• Timber best practice
  
• TIMBER Booklet
  
• Tracit Report
  
• TRISCO Final Report
  
• TRISCO Final Report Annex
  
• WICO Guidelines
  

SEEDA, as the managing partner for the POWER programme, wishes to engage specialist consultants to facilitate and co-ordinate, with the POWER Programme Secretariat, the POWER Policy Working Group panel of experts.

http://www.seeda.co.uk/about-us/procurement-and-tender-opportunities 

Do you want to learn more about the projects funded under POWER?

Please download the brochure here .

A second round for funding will be opened on Thursday 15 October 2009 - Partner Fair in Seville, Spain (further details to be announced), the 2nd call will close on Friday 15 January 2010 at 4pm UK time. The Italian partner region has already committed all its funding on the first call and will not be participating in the second call.

Kathy Vuillaume, European Programme Manager at SEEDA, said: “This is a great opportunity for organisations to access catalyst funding to support green projects and to exchange best practice with other European regions in their contribution towards EU Renewable Energy/Climate targets. I am delighted to see a good participation from South East England in this first call. ”

The POWER partner regions will now begin the assessment of all the applications. A decision on approved projects will be made public in early Summer 2009. A second round for funding is likely to open mid October if funding remains available.

Newsletter April 2009: Specifications and Partnership

POWER INTERREGIONAL PROGRAMME

POWER is a €5.8m inter-regional programme funded through INTERREG IVC in seven European regions: South East (England), Malopolska (Poland), Emilia-Romagna (Italy), Noord-Brabant (Netherlands), Stockholm (Sweden), Tallinn (Estonia), Andalucía (Spain). In the context of ambitious EU targets for climate protection, the POWER Regional Initiative will explore ways to move towards a low carbon economy at regional level, in particular by reformulating regional development strategies and policy instruments and identifying effective forms of sub-regional action which also contribute to regional competitiveness.

The regions have come together to exchange good practices, transfer knowledge and experiences on how to tackle these complex issues requiring an integrated policy framework and committed individuals and organisations at all levels to decouple the links between economic growth and environmental pressures. The partner regions will work toward achieving long-term policy objectives of fossil free Europe, Kyoto Protocols, Energy targets set for 2020 and the renewed Sustainable Development Strategy.

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POWER Launch Event in Noord-Brabant

The POWER Interregional Programme was successfully launched in the Province of Noord Brabant in The Netherlands on 11 and 12 March 2009. . The meeting was attended by nearly 80 participants from the seven participating regions. The first day was dedicated to networking with a visit to Boxtel a sustainable village near s’Hertogenbosh followed by a networking dinner with the participation of Alex Pratt, Board Member of the South East England Development Agency (SEEDA) and Wobine Buijs, Director of European and international affairs at the Province of Noord-Brabant.

On the second day, attendees were invited to join one of the 4 workshops dedicated to the POWER sub-themes. These workshops provided information on the sub themes covered by POWER Programme and gave participants the opportunity to discuss their initial project ideas. Participants were then invited in the Noord-Brabant Regional Assembly to be presented the communication plan and what is expected of a POWER sub-project.
The day concluded by offering potential stakeholders individual consultations led by the POWER secretariat and the Regional Correspondents.

Insights into the role of a Regional Correspondent

Hello, my name is Rob de Groot and I’m the Regional Correspondent for POWER in Noord-Brabant. I work as project leader on international business for our Economic Development Programme, called Dynamic Brabant. Brabant is a very prosperous region. But to stay on this high level we need to invest in the future. Worldwide competitiveness is increasing. This requires a flexible and dynamic adaptation of our Regional economy. Dynamic Brabant includes a comprehensive approach to achieve this. The bottom line of the Brabant approach, is that we do not have to teach entrepreneurs how to do business, but we can create conditions that may help them to be successful.

The International dimension has a lot to offer for the economy in Brabant. POWER fits in perfectly within the ambitions of Brabant to translate social issues into market opportunities. Climate change is definitely an important issue Europe has to find answers to.

I see two important tasks in my role as Regional Correspondent.

1) To bring in our ideas and ambitions to the POWER consortium making the link with our regional strategy. One of our success factors is that our Regional approach is strongly tuned in with the national and European approach. Together we focus on the same sectors and by that we make use of the multiplier effect to create enough critical mass to make a difference. POWER fits in this strategy.

2) I am the intermediary between our regional stakeholders and their international counter partners. We are so to say a ‘virtual highway’ for them to make international contacts. These contacts bring in new knowledge and inspiration, to solve our regional challenges more efficiently.

We all know that trust is a very important factor in successful cooperation’s and this you have to build. In my opinion there lies the strength of the POWER programme. We are not meeting each other once a year. But in the sub projects there is the possibility to work together more closely. Having contact once a week or even more, by phone, email and in project meetings. I fully trust that POWER will have a big impact on our regional economy. Not only within the programme, but also in additional outputs, new networks and projects.