CES-MED Milestones EN_WEB_rev July 2017

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Jordan Aqaba Irbid Karak The preparation of the SECAP for Aqaba Municipality is in the making in collaboration with the municipality and Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority (ASEZA). Key objectives are to convert Aqaba city into a Sustainable Zone and the raise the tourist attractiveness, considering the existence of unique world heritage site “Petra” and adjacent historical sites. The SECAP will be in line and complement major developments planned in Aqaba, starting by the Urban Planning Facility Initiative (UPFI) project to be funded by EIB and French Development Agency (AFD), which in line with the SECAP, is invited to apply SE, EE and climate adaptation measures in its conception and regulatory framework. The ultimate target of the under-preparation SEAP is to reduce the Carbon footprint of the city by 5% by 2020 (short term target), and 15% by 2030 (long term target). Importance is given to collaboration with various actors and integrating the following projects planned by ASEZA: • Solar Street Lighting • Energy Efficient and Street Lighting applications • Energy Efficiency Measures in Household Sector • Wheeling PV plants • Green Buildings Initiatives in the Municipality Buildings • Smarter Transportation System • Eco-tourism, creation of Eco-Park, adapted lightening of archaeological sites Irbid also started developing their SE- CAP during the second semester of 2016. Its anticipated target is to reduce the Carbon footprint of the city by 5% by 2020 (short term), and 15% by 2030 (long term) through developing multi-potential projects, in close collaboration of local, national and international actors. Anticipated projects include: • Solar Street Lighting • Energy Efficient Street Lighting • Energy Efficiency Measures in Household Sector • Wheeling PV plants (16 MWp is under progress) to fully cover the city’s demand • Electricity Generation from Waste Energy (Bio-gas) • Green Buildings Initiatives in the Municipality Buildings The SECAP will be in line and complement the Local Development Economical Strategy of Irbid (developed jointly by ILO) and ongoing and future physical plans, including the creation of Irbid Development Area (IDA) (a 3,2 Km2 development area, located 20 km east of Irbid city and 80 km north of Amman); and Local Economic Development Plans for Irbid (and Mafraq), aiming at boosting business growth and employment in northern Jordan, which came as a response to the Governorates’ need to address the impact of the Syria crisis on Jordan’s host communities, noting the concentration of refugees in Irbid. Karak municipality also intends to convert the city into a sustainable city through developing and implementing short and long term actions and strategies, to be largely addressed in the SECAP. The local council of Karak is seeking the preparation of planning tools to facilitate the prescription and implementation of comprehensive projects, while inviting the stakeholders to be partners in the sustainable energy building process. The SECAP of Karak will be in complementing and integrated to national and area development plans, including 2016-2018 Karak Development Programme and other projects, such as Karak City Revitalization Project, as a SE and Climate component to add and/ or seeking to apply related measures interactively with the SEACAP programming. The ultimate target of Karak’s SEAP is to reduce the Carbon footprint of the city by 5% by 2020 (short target), and 14% by 2030 (long target) through developing projects in the following areas: • Solar Street Lighting and Energy Efficient Street Lighting • Energy Efficiency Measures in Household Sector • Wheeling PV plants (8 MWp is under progress) • Electricity Generation from Waste Energy 20
Lebanon Population: 5.85 million Surface: 10,450 km² Partner cities that prepared a SEAP • Ashkout, Kesrouan District • Baakline, District of Chouf Souwayjani • Beirut, Governorate of Beirut • Kab Elias, Zahle District • Menjez, Akkar District National Partners Members of CES-MED “National Coordination Group” • Ministry of Interior and Municipalities – CES-MED National Focal Point • Ministry of Energy and Water • Ministry of Environment • Lebanese Green Building Council • UNDP Lebanaon CES-MED actions and progress • One “Recommended National Sustainable Urban and Energy Savings Actions” reports prepared • One “Donors and other Funding Initiatives in the Areas of Sustainable Development at the Local Level” report prepared • One training workshop “Sustainable Energy Needs Assessment” held in each city • One training workshop “Support cities/municipalities with the design of their SEAPs” held in each city • One training workshop on the methods of Baseline Emission Inventory (BEI) held in each city • BEI conducted and a SEAP finalized for three cities following an on-the-job-training approach along the preparation • A set of Project Action Fiches was prepared in each city • One workshop held in for communication and awareness raising training for each municipality • National SEAP Support Mechanism set under the leadership of the Ministry of Interior and Municipalities with the support of CES-MED • One National Conference held to announce the SEAP Support Mechanism and promote the SEAP and the CoM • One Training of Trainers workshop held: “Technical Steps for The Preparation of SECAPs” • One National Municipal Training workshop held: “Introducing The SEAP and SECAP: “Planning For Sustainable Energy For Cities and Municipalities”. • Regular National Coordination Group meeting held, next to regular consultations with key national authorities • Financial expertise engaged to finance Actions Fiches and to consolidate the National Support Mechanism • Help-Desk assistance: Provide municipalities with information, manuals and support related to their adhesion to CoM, as well as the necessary support in the design and implementation of their SEAPs Recommended National Sustainable Urban and Energy Savings Actions Legal and regulatory framework measures • Appointment of a sustainability manager in municipalities above a certain size, or unions of municipalities. • Strengthening the Central Administration for Statistics (CAS) service for updating the energy database. • Set up a CoM coordination body to assist municipalities • Provide coaching and technical assistance to municipalities to prepare SECAPs • Improve the tax collection system for municipalities • Remove Legal barriers preventing Municipalities from using their assets. • Amend law to allow Municipalities to take loans from the bank. Financing measures • Establish a central mechanism to act as a resource mobilization hub for municipalities. • Enable the National Environmental Fund to provide an operational mechanism to support municipalities. • Promote donor’s support to finance SECAPs. • Develop technical capacity to prepare bankable projects for municipalities and unions of municipalities. • Promote municipal planning in support of Sustainable Energy • Facilitate and support municipalities obtaining and managing loans for Sustainable Energy projects. • Establishment of a Local Development Fund. 21
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