1. Exchange on Local Government
Associations
Initiatives and Municipal
Successful Projects
NALAS TF EE Meeting
Dobrich 10.06.2014
Bojan Gajić,
Standing Conference of Towns and Municipalities / The City of Niš
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2. Support to Local Governments in Serbia in the
EU integration process
• SKGO & SALAR Program (2012-15)
• To contribute to strengthened democracy, equitable and sustainable
development in relation to local governance and closer ties between
Serbia and EU
• 5 components of the Program:
– EU accession of Serbia and its implications for Local Level Government
– Environmental Protection
– Gender equality at the local level
– LSGs Regulatory framework for more favourable business environment
– Capacity building of SCTM

3. Support to Local Governments in Serbia in the
EU integration process
• Environmental Protection
• 3 Clusters (1 swedish & 3 serbian muns)
– Strategic Waste Management
– Energy
– Noise- and air pollution
• Theme: Local energy
• Växjӧ, Niš, Kula, Varvarin
• Goal: Energy Strategy planning document
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4. Energy planning - Serbia
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• Commitment by Law:
▫ Program EE (3 years)
▫ Plan EE (1 year)
• Covenant of Mayors
▫ SEAP (2020)
• Long term vision???

5. Energy Cities
• Energy Cities is the European
Association of local authorities in
energy transition
• Created in 1990.
• More than 1.000 towns and cities
from 30 countries
• Niš from 2005.
• Leading Covenant of Mayors

6. Energy Cities
• A chance to learn from the
most active cities
• One of the most active
among the most active ones
is Växjӧ
• In 2012. launched proposals
for the energy transition of
European cities and towns.
• Based on innovative
approaches, new ideas and
groundbreaking practices.
• They provide practical
answers and link today’s
action to the long-term
vision of a low energy city
with a high quality of life for
all.

7. Energy Cities 30 proposals to Rio+20

8. Draft of the program
• Energy transition roadmap
will be prepared by using
inspiration from:
– SEAP of the city of Niš,
– Växjö’s experience in
sustainable energy
development,
– Environmental Program of
Växjö,
– Energy Program of Växjö,
– Energy Cities 30 proposals
for energy transition.

9. Focus areas
• Renewables:
– In district heating, Waste to energy, In
electricity production
• Energy efficiency:
– Energy retrofitting, Improvement of
energy management, Construction of
low energy buildings & neigborhoods,
Public awareness
• District heating
– Improvement, District cooling,
Heating and distribution of hot tap
water…
With a help of:
• Local stakeholders
• Well known current
status
• Different (innovative)
ways of financing
• Human capacities
• Smart & sustainable
energy planning

11. Consortium
• KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
• TU Delft, Holland
• Barcelona tech UPC, Spain
• Politecnico di Torino, Italy
• University Banja Luka, Bosnia Herzegovina
• University East Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina
• Univerzity Crne Gore, Montenegro
• University Belgrade, Serbia
• University Kragujevac, Serbia
• Associations of local authorities of Serbia, Montenegro, Republic
of Srpska

12. About the SD Train Project
• Develop training programme for capacity building of the staff of public
authorities in sustainable infrastructure, energy efficiency and good
governance at partner Universities in BiH, Montenegro and Serbia
• Improve capacities of partner Universities in providing training in
sustainable public infrastructure through retraining of the key teachers at
EU universities
• Develop a web-based toolkit as an interactive learning environment for
training of public authorities
• Pilot training programme in cooperation with EU teachers
• Develop recommendations for capacity building of public authorities in
sustainable infrastructure and securing continuous update of their
knowledge, skills and competencies
• Ensure continuity of the training Programme and the web toolkit beyond
Tempus Programme funding

13. Trainings programs - Serbia
• Indicators of sustainable development of local
goverment,
• Analysis of energy consumption and possibilities of
using of local energy resources in municipalities,
• Methodology and tools for energy planning,
• Participatory Backcasting method of planning of
energy development at municipality level,
• Improvement of energy efficiency – sustainable
infrastructure

14. Participatory Backcasting method
of planning in Niš

15. Planning of development in Niš
• Starting from adopted planning documents:
– Local ecological Action Plan (LEAP), 2001.
– Agenda 21 for sustainable development, 2004.
– Development Strategy of the City of Niš, 2007.
– Revision of Development Strategy of the City of Niš for a period 2009-
2020, 2010.
– Action plan of sustainable development of the City of Niš 2010-2014,
2010.
– Energy planning documents – Sustainable Energy Action Plan (SEAP) to
be developed soon

16. Enrgy transition roadmap
(energy vision of the city 2030, 2040,
2050)
Study of
improvement of
heating of the City
(action plan of
measures in heating of
the City of Niš 2030?)
SEAP
(action plan
for CO2
emision
reduction
2020)

17. Team for Participatory Backcasting in Niš
• KTH
Royal Institute of Technology
– Dr Olga Kordas
– Kateryna Pereverza
– Oleksii Pasichnyi
• TU Delft
– Prof. Karel Mulder
• University from Kragujevac
Faculty of engineering sciences
– Goran Bošković
– Nikola Rakić
– Vladimir Vukašinović
• University from Belgrade
Mining-geological faculty
– Doc. dr Marija Živković
– Aleksandar Madžarević
– Prof. Dejan Ivezić
Mechanical faculty
– Dimitrije Manić

18. Participatory Backcasting in Niš

19. Approach – scope of the study
• Project covers:
– Final energy consumption of:
• Sector of households,
• Public sector
– Energy transformation sector
• Timeline year 2030.

20. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION
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