LOCAL COUNCILS

1)      Training

Characteristics: training by lectures.

Subject: introducing international and national programmes affecting local municipalities in the field of climate protection (for example: Covenant of Mayors, Display program, Energy Brigades, Best Practices, Local Council climate protection strategies, Action plans, Adaptation tasks, Solar Halo Championship.)

Advantages: Councils receive information on the latest international and national initiatives, opportunities, advantages and results concerning energy and climate protection from independent experts.

Target group: local council employees, energy engineers, PR people

2)      Professional partnership

Characteristics: professional partnership based on a one-off or longer (project) partnership agreement, covering various fields.

Subject: communicating climate change and its consequences to the public; public energy efficiency consulting; developing programmes helping climate protection and climate change adaptation; professional commenting on climate change strategies; grant application sub-contractor activities; grant application communication partnership, etc.

Advantages: Local councils can carry out tasks efficiently with our help, which would otherwise be beyond their human resources or experience. Public energy efficiency consulting can result in considerable savings for example, and the appropriate climate strategy brings advantages in the long run, over the decades.

Target group: local councils, mayors, energy engineers

3)      Public awareness raising

Characteristics: package service, or developing one certain topic.

Subject: reducing household energy use; public communication of energy related grants; preparing for climate change; reasonable use of renewable resources, etc.

Advantages: reaching the public in a more considered, more effective, professionally more credible way, with the option of professional partners, utilising the latest communication tools.

Target group: local councils, and the citizens within their area.

STATE ADMINISTRATION

1)      research, appraisal, studies, strategies

Characteristics:  comprehensive studies, preparation of analysis of policies under formulation or energy sector, making use of available data, statistics, consultancy, national and international studies. Preparation of strategy documents and plans based on international obligations.

Subject: broad theme; from the spread of renewable energy in respect of international trends, to particular regulations in practice.

Advantages: our decades of analytical and consultancy experience helps us to examine individual issues in light of international practice and newest scientific advances, in an independent, professional way, showing the connections and taking into consideration the advantages and possible weaknesses.

Target group: those working in state administration, decision-makers, and preparers of legislation.

2)      Training courses

Characteristics: training courses in issues related to energy for those working in state administration.

Subject: a wide spectrum; general information regarding renewable energy, the consequences of climate change, practical questions about energy efficiency, energy auditing, etc.

Advantages: we have organised numerous courses, through which we have gained a great deal of experience regarding both the target knowledge to be disseminated, and the best methodology with which to achieve this. Our decades long experience with the issues guarantees that such knowledge is included in the training that is indispensible to those working in the field, and can be transferred into practical situations.

Target group: those working in state administration and responsible for issuing energy related permits, for monitoring, decision-makers, etc.