Covenant of Mayors: Coordinators & Supporters in Italy - Zuppiroli

1. CoM C&S IN ITALY
Mayors in Action:
1st centralised training session
Open Workshop
Genova, 26 march 2014
Zuppiroli Maria Elisa
Coordinamento Agende 21 Locali Italiane

2. National Association of Local Authorities and Regions
OUR MISSION
Networking at national and international level
Agenda 21, participation and sustainable development
With and between members, other national association
European projects
Our main expertise is to enhance and improve the exchange of information about our partners activities.
Italian Local Agenda 21 Association

3. OUR MEMBERS
492 members and supporters
344 Cities
43 Provinces
12 Regionis
27 Mountain Areas and Parks
66 Supporters
The Italian Local Agenda 21 Association is a meeting point, a place where to share ideas, best practices, projects among similar entities.

4. OUR STRUCTURE
President: Rossella Zadro, Deputy Mayors, City of Ferrara
Direttore: Daniela Luise, City of Padua
Steering Commitee: 21 local authorities and Regions
Segreteriat: based in Modena
Main activities: conferences, events, workshops, trainings, european co-funded projects, dissemination
Main issues: climate change, resilience, adaptation, Covenant of Mayors, Open Data, participative approaches, smart cities etc.

5. EUROPEAN PROJECTS
LIFE
IEEA
ALTRI

6. COVENANT SUPPORTERS IN ITALY
European, national or regional networks and associations of local and regional authorities
15 COVENANT SUPPORTERS
ANCI Emilia Romagna
ANCI IDEALI
AICCRE
Associazione Borghi Autentici d’Italia
Associazione TECLA
Città slow International
Climate Alliance Italy
Consorzio CEV
Coordinamento Agende 21 Locali Italiane
COPPEM- Comitato Permanente per il Parternariato Euro- Mediterraneo dei Poteri Locali e Regionali
Focus Europe
Fondazione Cogeme onlus
Nebrodi Città Aperte
Sweden Emilia Romagna Network
Union of Italian Provinces

7. The Coordinamento Agende 21 Locali Italiane
is a Covenant Supporter since 2009
‘OUR’ COVENANT OF MAYORS
Our commitment to the EC:
• Promote among its members accession to the Covenant of Mayors
• Publicly recognise the Covenant of Mayors as a key element of its policy
• Liaise with its members and facilitate exchange of experience between signatories and candidates to the Covenant of Mayors
• Play an intermediary role between the CA21L signatories members and the Covenant of Mayors Office, and with the national (or regional) media
•Help identify relevant events where the Covenant of Mayors could be promoted
•Follow-up the implementation of the Covenant of Mayors by its members.

8. ‘OUR’ COVENANT OF MAYORS
-Events, conferences on Intelligent Energy and SEAPs
-Communication on and dissemination of national events (organised by CA21L or members)
- Participation to EIE projects especially focusing on SEAP (Sustainable Now, Energy for Mayors)
-Training sessions on CoM and SEAPs
-Dissemination of the CoMO and EC european events and questionnaires
Bologna, 28-29 november 2013: Conference ‘Policies, tools and experiences for the Covenant of Mayors 2.0’
Declaration CoM 2.0: Action plans for a for a local sustainable energy policy

9. ‘OUR’ COVENANT OF MAYORS
COORDINATION TABLE ON CLIMATE
In 2010, the Coordinamento Agende 21, together with ANCI and UPI, has set up a national ‘Coordination Table for Climate’.
The Italian Charter of cities and territories for climate
From Commitment to the Plan: Local Agendas 21 for CoM and Climate Action Plans
Towards the Cancun COP16: proposals from italian cities and territories

10. National Coordinators: national public bodies such as energy agencies;
Territorial Coordinators: decentralized authorities, such as regions, provinces or grouping of local authorities
COVENANT COORDINATORS IN ITALY
86 COVENANT COORDINATORS
51 Provinces
9 Regions
6 Mountain areas
18 grouping of cities
2 others (ENEA, Association of Energy Managers)

11. COVENANT COORDNATORS
SOME EXAMPLES
-Province of Milan
-Province of Chieti
-Province of Modena
-Province of Bergamo

12. PROVINCE OF MILAN
Signed in 2009
Guidelines: Methodology for the set up, implementation and monitoring of SEAPs
Technical support by Infoenergia
98/134 local authorities
ELENA (BEI): october 2010
Contribution: 2Meuro
Improving energy efficiency and riqualification of public buildings
Leverage factor: 46
Investment to be mobilised: 90Meuro

13. PROVINCE OF MODENA
Signed in 2010
CE SEAPs Guidelines + Regione Emilia-Romagna tools
Technical support by AESS
40/47 local authorities have signed
ELENA (BEI): august 2011
Contribution: 1,3Meuro
21 SEAPs completed, 15 under way, others late due to 2012 earthquake
Investment to be mobilised: 54Meuro
PV plants and energy retrofitting in public buidlings, energy efficiency in public lightning
Leverage factor: 41
Monitoring is under way

14. PROVINCE OF MODENA
NICE PRACTICE!
A club made up of the CoM signatories from the province of Modena: a place where to share best practices and to take joint initiatives, working sessions.
Organisation of study visits.

15. PROVINCE OF CHIETI
Signed in 2009
Provincial SEAPs Guidelines
Technical support by ALESA
104/104 local authorities have signed
ELENA (BEI): november 2011
Contribution: 1,8Meuro
103 SEAPs completed and validated by JRC
Investment to be mobilised: 80Meuro
Energy efficiency in provincial and school buildings (in 22 cities),
public lightning (in 65 cities)
Leverage factor: 44
Strong participation of the Province at local events
Monitoring is under way

16. PROVINCE OF BERAGMO
Signed in 2010
Provincial SEAPs Guidelines
244/244 local authorities have signed
179 have been followed by the Province of Bergamo as SSt
Technical and administrative support in the SEAPs implementation
Focus on:public buildings, small grids of district heating, public lightning, PV
Fondazione Cariplo grants
2010:109 cities
2011: 59 cities
2012: 8 cities
Provincial funding:
12 cities
SEAPs yet to be approved

17. Others? -Province of Turin -Province of Siena
-Province of l’Aquila
-Etc.

18. INFO
COORDINAMENTO AGENDE 21 LOCALI ITALIANE
Viale Martiri della Libertà 34
41121 Modena
Tel. +39 059 209434, Fax +39 059 209142
Email: coordinamento.agenda21@provincia.modena.it
Web: www.a21italy.it