The project period has comprised the following key phases of activity:
M1-6: Project mobilisation and strategy for intervention
A key activity in the project's mobilisation phase was to elaborate a diagnosis report (D2.1 submitted by M5) with in-depth review of the situation in each target country/region, followed by an intervention plan (D2.2 submitted by M6) for the project activities.
M7-8 + M19-24 + M33-34: Focus on national roundtables
• Holding of national roundtables with the key intention of elaborating road maps for the project intervention in dialogue with stakeholders from the financial and energy efficiency sector
The first round af national roundtables were held in Poland, 23-24 March 2021, in Latvia, 6-7 May 2021, and in Denmark, 18 March 2021, all online. The roundtables were successful in terms of exploring ways to improve the energy efficiency investment framework and identifying specific energy efficiency finance initiatives. Moreover, they contributed to sharing good practice experiences on the national scale as well as exploring how the financial sector can be better engaged in energy efficiency finance activities.
A second round of national roundtables were held in the period M19-24 that brought feedback from the regional/local level on how to shape the investment framework to pave way for energy efficiency and engage the financial sector in such development. A third and final round of national roundtables were held in M33-34 to bring further feedback from the regional/local level and address the implications for the regulatory and market framework, incl. the revision of EU Directives and their provisions within energy efficiency finance.
M9-16 + M26-34: Creating momentum for energy efficiency finance in the target countries Poland, Latvia and Denmark
• Holding of regional roundtables aiming to build capacities and trigger energy efficiency actions, with the following parallel activity:
o Helping to put in place a supportive framework (WP2)
o Enabling actions aiming to generate sustainable energy investments (WP4)
o Networking, experience exchange and learning events with internal focus (WP5)
o Dissemination and Communication efforts (WP6)
A first series of Regional roundtables were held in M9-16 and a second series M26-34 in the target regions: Kurzeme and Vidzeme in LV, Central Denmark, Region of Southern Denmark and East-Denmark in DK and Dolnoslaskie, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Lodzkie, Pomorskie and Podlaskie in PL. The scope of these roundtables has been to mobilise the regional/local stakeholders and set the scene for the intervention as how RoundBaltic can bring momentum to trigger energy efficiency finance actions on the ground. The discussion at the roundtables incl. ideas and recommendations for actions has been described in the event proceedings along road maps for the enabling actions per target sectors as part of the follow-up.
Six learning events have been organised for the project stakeholders in the Baltic region and beyond, the first one 13'th September with focus on how to engage the financial sector and a second 10th February 2022 on the development of ESCO market and EPC to promote the attraction of energy efficiency projects and investments. A third learning event concerned the use of Energy Performance Certificates as a tool to promote financing of energy efficiency measures and a fourth learning event focused on deep energy renovation and a standardised approach to energy efficiency financing. A fifth learning event dealt with energy efficiency investments with focus on the multifamily housing stock in Germany and Poland and the sixth and final learning event displayed the achievements and experience gained under RoundBaltic. News bulletins have been made on each learning event along with update of project activities incl. website, 15 case studies, national exchange activities and other dissemination and communication activities.
M17-18 + M30-36: Mid-term and final evaluation of the achievements
• Evaluation of the project achievements
• Adjusting intervention strategies according to the evaluation
• Extract good practice and other findings for the project’s dissemination
The consortium made a mid-term evaluation and a final evaluation of the project achievements, notably an evaluation of the fulfilment of the project's impact indicators against the original targets set for the action. The findings of this is explained in the project's D4.1-4.4 Documentation of Enabled Actions as well as D5.2 Impact Assessment report.
