Projects
Climate change and energy
Exchange of information and promotion of cooperation for increasing efficiency of energy resource use and facilitation for changing consumer patterns in the Baltic States
Project duration: 01/11/2007 – 31/12/2008
Overall goal: To promote exchange of information and cooperation among involved stakeholders to increase efficiency of energy resource use and promote sustainable use of nature resources as well as to promote change of consumption patterns of inhabitants in the Baltic States
Main objectives:
- Assessment on the current access of information at municipalities in the Baltic States
- Evaluation of information materials for inhabitants on increasing of energy use efficiency
- Assessment on knowledge and consumption patterns of inhabitants
- Fostering best practice example adoption at households in the Baltic States
- Supporting the experience exchange and cooperation networks of municipalities and other involved stakeholders (NGO, state institutions) on energy use efficiency
- Project management and visibility
There following outputs will be produced:
- Publication (for municipalities and NGOS) and leaflet (for inhabitants) In Latvian on best practices for energy saving measures; templates of materials (in English)
- 2 international workshops (on best practices for energy efficiency measures, knowledge of inhabitants and consumption patterns)
- 3 project team meetings (kick-off, interim meeting and final meeting), project reports
- Project information and results available on Internet
Target groups: Municipalities, non-governmental organizations in Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania
Project will be implemented by Baltic Environmental Forum Latvia in cooperation with Balti Keskkonnaforum, Estonia; Baltijos Aplinkos Forumas, Lithuania and Baltic Environmental Forum, Germany.

Project is financed by EEA financial mechanism, Norwegian financial mechanism and Latvian state budget with mediation of the Foundation of Society Integration.