3-NITY Qualitative objectives
The qualitative objective of the 3-NITY project is to involve all the relevant stakeholders in local energy planning processes, and thereby improve their joint ability to make better decisions with respect to local sustainability, and related effects e.g job creation, social cohesion etc. A key issue of the EFQM excellence model is that such qualitative improvements should be possible to measure, and this will be a key issues also for the 3-NITY project. If successfully implemented, the Sustainable Excellence will secure a long-term engagement and continuity of the 3-NITY activities within the SECs.
The 3-NITY Work Packages
WP1 - Management
The purpose of project management is to control, secure and constantly seek to improve the progress of the project. Consortium agreement and handling of contracted work-program is within the scope. Monitoring of progress and performance, the management of the consortium with management tools and regular meetings is a part of WP 1. The overall communication and contact with the EC are key issues.
3-NITY Interim report
WP2 – Review, state of the art
The objective is to understand the main mechanisms affecting the development of SECs. This will be achieved by interviewing target groups that are related to the previously established SEC, as well as the SECs participating in the project.
WP2 report "State of the art, review"(PDF)
WP3 – Sustainable Planning
This WP of the 3-NITY initiative aims to further develop an existing tool for local energy planning, prepared for active involvement by several levels in the local community i.e. politicians, planners, energy experts and consultants. The basis for the tool will be the existing KRAM model, which was successfully developed by Chalmers (Sweden) in the 1990’s. The output from the planning tool will be popularized and used for involvement of citizens (WP6)
WP3 draft report "Sustainable Energy Planning"(PDF)
WP4 – Sustainable Measures and Activities
This WP of the 3-NITY project aims to engage citizens and local energy actors to actively participate in local energy planning and implementation of sustainable energy measures. This will be achieved by providing a series of local events, state-of-the-art tools and methodologies at the disposal of the municipal administration, the commercial energy actors, the local schools and the citizens.
WP4 draft report "Sustainalbe Measures and Activities"(PDF)
WP5 – Sustainable Excellence
The objective for this part of the 3-NITY project is to make use of the already existing framework of Public Sector Performance Groups sponsored by EFQM, and to establish a new group called “Sustainable Energy Communities”. Furthermore the WP will develop a tool for monitoring and measuring qualitative and quantitative results, mainly based on the EFQM-excellence model for local governments and municipalities.
EFQM Newsletter, May 07
WP 5 draft report "Sustainable Excellence" (PDF)
WP6 – Project specific information and dissemination
This WP will disseminate the results in two main directions:
1. internally- within the participating SECs and their stakeholders
2. externally - to potentially new SECs and stakeholders to support replication to multiple SECs across Europe.
3-NITY Newsletter No 1(PDF)
3-NITY Newsletter No 2(PDF)
3-NITY Newsletter No 3(PDF)
3-NITY Newsletter No 4 (PDF)
WP7 – Common dissemination activities
The WP will ensure widespread and target oriented dissemination of the developed guidelines and other deliverables with a view to promoting SEC’s around Europe. The key means of dissemination will be a project website and a quarterly E-Newsletter targeting local authorities and other relevant actors at a broad EU level. Further to this the specific outcome of the project cases will be disseminated at seminars and related means on a European, National and regional scale.
This work package is required in all EIE grant agreements in order to provide for resources and budget provisions for common dissemination activities initiated by the Commission in the framework of the EIE programme and related programmes, such as: contributions to the IntellEbase, participation in horizontal/thematic contractors meetings, participation in conferences, exhibitions, production of visuals and abstracts etc. It is meant to be in addition to the WP6 Project specific information and training and does not replace the latter.
3-NITY Factsheet(PDF)
3-NITY Summary (PDF)
