EXCITE

Project name: EXCITE

Project implementation period: 09/2020 - 11/2023

Lead organization: Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises  (EASME)

Project coordinator: Vitaliy Volkov

Project partners: EnEffect Energy Efficiency Center (Bulgaria), Austrian Energy Agency (AEA - Austria), Alternative for Energy, Renewable Sources and Environment (AERE - France), Romanian Association Green Building Council (RoGBC - Romania), Korosko Energy Agency (KSSENA - Slovenia), Association "Energy Efficient Cities of Ukraine" (EECU - Ukraine), Habitat Foundation in Macedonia (HFHM - Northern Macedonia), Salzburg Institute of Spatial Planning and ACMH (SIR - Austria), Joint Stock Company BRANDES ENREGIE AG (BRE – Switzerland).

Total project budget: EUR 1,390,830 (EECU budget – EUR 113,000)

Funding: European Union (within Horizon 2020 Program)

Beneficiaries: at least 15 cities from Bulgaria, Romania, Northern Macedonia, Slovenia and Ukraine (Myrhorod, Novovolynsk, Khotyn, Trostyanets, Chortkiv).

Project goal: Support for the implementation of modern energy management systems in Central and Eastern Europe, including the use of the methodology of the system "European Energy Award". The project activities are carried out within the framework of seven work packages: "Project Management", "Pilot Implementation of National EEA Programs in New Countries (Bulgaria, Northern Macedonia, Slovenia)", "Financial Instruments and Business Models for EEA", "Public Involvement Strategy", "Exchange of Experience and Training", "Local Pilot Implementation of EEA" and "Communication and Dissemination of Project Results".

Project Results:

Website EEA in Ukraine: https://eea.enefcities.org.ua

EEA Facebook page in Ukraine: https://www.facebook.com/eeaUkraine

Project EXCITE Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ExciteH2020

Website Project EXCITE: http://excite-project.eu/