CONURBANT

1. CONURBANT An inclusive peer-to-peer approach to involve EU CONURBations and wide areas in participating to the CovenANT of Mayors

2. How to organize the City’s structures to cooperate with the requirements for the Covenant The City of Bydgoszcz as a case study Bożena Katarzyna NapieralaMunicipality of Bydgoszcz, Poland

3. 366 074 inhabitants (2005)

4. GOVERNMENTALADMINISTRATION LOCALGOVERNMENT REGIONAL (VOIVOD) OFFICES REGIONAL PARLIAMENT DISTRICT (POVIAT) COMMUNE The Municipality • responsibility for providing services at district and commune levels • the capital city of the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Voivodship • developed into one of the most important economic centers • 46.000 companies operating

5. Important role of cities and communes in fight agaistn climate change - about 75% European population lives on urban area cities are responsible for about 80% of energy consumption and CO2 emission Local authorities influence on: - local municipal buildings management public transportation public lighting procurement Undertaken initiatives may significantly influence reduction of GHG emission

6. Project LAKS Title „Local Accountability for Kyoto Goals” Goals of the project: - To increase the awareness and accountability of local authorities, public and private institutions, business and citizens for actions which contribute against climate change, to undertake activities to reduce GHG emission from city’s territory by 20% till 2020, what will contribute to fulfilment of EU commitments in this scope. Programme: Financial Instrument for the Environment (LIFE+) Component II: Environment Policy & Governance LAKS web page: www.municipio.re.it/laks, www.czystabydgoszcz.pl

7. Structure of the project – 5 partners: City of Reggio Emilia, Italy (coordinating beneficiary) City of Padova, Italy City of Girona, Spain - City of Bydgoszcz, Poland - ARPA (Regional Agency for health prevention and environmental protection in the Emilia – Romagna Region), Italy

8. General situation • in 2009 lack of EE Act in Poland (adopted in 2011) • lack of awareness and understanding the climate related issues, lack of (climate) energy specialists in municipalities, implementation would require hiring of specialists. In majority of local governments difficult financial situation is reflected in financial cuts and controlled spending. • problems with reliable planning for a longer period (till to 2020) – actions necessary for development of Mitigation and Adaptation Plan • the topics are technical, and there is a need for periodic training and communication initiatives, both inside and outside the municipality.

9. CLIMATE ACTION IN POLAND • Many cities take action which have GHG emission mitigation context, but still only few have created(or will createsoon) policies and strategies for comprehensive mitigation and adaptation actions: • Bydgoszcz • Bielsko-Biała (first Polish Sustainable Energy action Plan) • Warszawa • Wrocław • Niepołomiceand few others … • representing about 3,6 million of citizens which is less than 10% of population • (compared to ~25% in the EU)

10. EUROPEAN CONTEXT FOR CLIMATE ACTIONS

11. GHG Inventory EconomicImpact Report Mainstages of implementation of climateaccountability system Defining GHG emission and sources of emission to establish further actions Mitigation and Adaptation Plan (M&AP) Selection of activities taking into consideration aspects of sustainable development (environment, social, economic) Integration Program Presenting activities which enable reduction of GHG by 20% till 2020 ClimateBalance Integration of activities with existing plans and programmes Monitoring of implementation of M&AP

12. Necessary data for completion of GHG Inventory: electricity consumption, consumption of district heating, fossil fuel consumption (coal, gas, fuel oil and others), fuels used in vehicles, biomass and renewable energy sources, municipal solid waste production and disposal, water and sewage management.

13. INVENTORY - 2005 Local government operations GHG emissions Community activity GHG emissions

14. CLIMATE ACTION IN BYDGOSZCZ

15. Preparatory work • Creation of inter-institutional LAKS team – Internal Regulation of City Mayor • Selection of experts • Division of responsibilities • Training, meetings and cooperation

16. Undartaken actions, examples • Expert – local and working with PP (ARPA, ICLEI, Indica) • Expert audits – evaluate policies and actions that are useful for complience with 20% GHG emission reduction, • 6 training sessions (even during City Council Session), many meetings • Final conferences of LAKS and 3x20 network projects – open for public, directed to local authorities, councillors, NGO’s, business, students • Broad communication/promotion • Workshops (eg. Frosta – in 2009 – 600m2 of Photovoltaic system for cooling of products system), medical waste incinator • Study visits • (3x20 network project, - also representatives of City Councillors, Investment Department, universities, Urban Planning Office) • twinning visit in Padova – + city councillor –eg. waste incinerator, ecological island, solutions for transportation, ESCO,)

17. Challenges • Work with local authorities - understanding the climate protection issues to support realisation of project (needed direct involvement to present interest to municipal employees and citizens), • Overcoming menthal barrier - awareness increase of local authorities, municipal staff involved in LAKS – devoting time for collecting reliable data, reporting action implementation • Cooperation for success between departments, institutions • Collection and data entry, reporting – training, expert support • Awareness that many activities already undertaken or planned by the Municipality have impact on climate protection. • Interest of other local governments in using tool – just Warsaw and one Italian city due to promotion of LAKS tool in 3x20network project

18. What we gained: Raised awareness – local authorities, councillors, municipal employees and units, citizens (meetings, training sessions, conferences, twinning visit, events, press articles, TV spots with LAKS film etc.) Learned lesson for cooperation with local authorities, municipal units, stakeholders (cross-department and institutional), Expert assistance in establishing and introducing climate accountability system Capacity building measure – councilors, municipality staff, stakeholders Consultation – transparency of actions (citizen consultation, internal consultations) Compliance with EU law

19. What we gained: Examples of local policies and regulations: - Development Strategy for Bydgoszcz until 2015 - Local Development Plan for Bydgoszcz in 2009-2014 - The Environmental Protection Programme for the City of Bydgoszcz for 2005-2012 - City of Bydgoszcz Waste Management Plan for 2005 – 2012 - Air Protection Program - Program of Environment Protection against Noise for City of Bydgoszcz - Green Areas Development Strategy in Bydgoszcz Mitigation and Adaptation Plan ClimateBalance Assumption data for plan of heat, electric energy and gas supply of Bydgoszcz City till 2025 Mobility Plan/Studium

20. Cooperation for success We learned on our skin that cooperation leads to success What we reached: Participation in CEC5 project co-financed by CE Programme (due to LAKS experience) – goal demonstration of EE and utilisation of RES in public buildings - City’s management realizes the need for establishing the Energy Management Unit In future – savings on energy Signed the Covenant of Mayors in November 2011 Joining the Association of Municipalities Polish Network “Energie Cités”

21. Cooperation for success We learned on our skin that cooperation leads to success Advices: establishing the Road Map with feasible goals to reach work on acceptance, understanding, cooperativeness of local authorities (1 councillors responsible for cooperation), support of experts capacity building assignins responsibilities to departments and institutions (with person responsible) establishing the Energy Management Unit or devoting responsibilities to existing one for implementation of actions regarding CoM requirements (SEAP, Energy Days) Selection of reliable actions to reach the 20% GHG emission reduction Transparency of actions – broad information, consultations

22. Thank you for your attention Bozena Katarzyna Napierala Manager of the European Projects Unit Department of Municipal Utilities and Environmental Protection Municipality of Bydgoszcz k.napierala@um.bydgoszcz.pl Tel. +48 (52) 58 58 373