OwnYourSECAP

About OwnYourSECAP

The aim of the OwnYourSECAP project is to directly engage municipalities to develop or upgrade their Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plans (SECAPs) with ambitious targets of climate neutrality in 2050 and highlighting measures that have double (mitigation and adaptation) and triple effects (mitigation, adaptation, and energy poverty).

The OwnYourSECAP project aims at assisting small and medium-sized target and replication municipalities in development and/or update of their clean energy transition plans (SECAPs) and in the creation of detailed implementation plans of SECAP measures with (more) ambitious targets towards climate neutrality.

The project promotes adoption and institutionalizing of integrated energy planning in municipalities with clear governance structures, strong political commitment towards climate neutrality and holistic planning and sectoral integration.

Moreover, the project aims at introducing innovative processes in municipalities by focusing on climate-mainstreaming in municipal budgets and using a design thinking approach in direct engagement of different stakeholders to reach the ambitious target of climate neutrality and clean energy transition.

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Funding

Funding is provided by the EU Life Programme.

Duration

2022-2025

Partners

EKODOMA
MT Partenaires ingénierie
SEVEn: The Energy Efficiency Center, z.ú.
Institute of Systems and Robotics – University of Coimbra (ISR-UC)
Energy Agency of Southeast Sweden (ESS)
Energy Centre Bratislava (ECB)
e7 Energie Markt Analyse GmbH (e7)
Tipperary Energy Agency (TEA)
SOGESCA (SOG)
Association of Municipalities Polish Network “Energie Cités” (PNEC)
EuroVértice Consultores

Project Related Events

As part of the EU funded project, OwnYourSECAP, Tipperary Energy Agency will be hosting a series of different workshops to support the development of Climate Action Plans over the next 2 years. These workshops are FREE to attend and will take place online.

We will also be hosting workshops on implementing actions, institutionalising adaptation and climate-mainstreaming in municipal budgets. Keep an eye on our website for more details soon.

OwnYourSECAP P2P international meeting – Prague.

Tipperary Energy Agency successfully delivered a 2-day international peer-to-peer workshop and meeting in collaboration with SEVEn Energy in Prague, Czech Republic this spring. The workshop witnessed participation from several municipalities across 11 European nations. Tipperary County Council representation and Climate Action Officer Eddie Meegan also participated in the event. Our Climate Action Engagement and Communication Specialist, Dr. Sukanya Saikia designed and delivered a workshop on implementation of climate and energy actions from the Local Authority Climate Action Plans across various sectors such as Public Buildings, Nature Based Solutions, Renewable Electricity Generation etc. A workshop on climate-mainstreaming municipal budgets was also delivered by MT Partenaires Ingenierie France, one of our project partners. A field visit to Prague Energy Center was organised by SEVEn Energy. Eddie Meegan elaborated on the LACAP process in Ireland focusing on the planning and implementation of LACAP actions in Tipperary. Watch the video to know more!

OwnYourSECAP workshops takes place on Communications

The first workshops on Communications took place online in February 2023. 33 local authority staff members took part in the communications workshop entitled ‘Communicating your Climate Action Plan’.

You can watch the recording below;