Programmes and projects
The association’s ongoing programmes and the projects we implement together with international partners.
How we help communities
Certification · #MEMCU
European Energy Award
A certification system for municipal energy management that combines assessment with support. EECU has been the eea National Office since 2018.
Supported by Switzerland
Path to the award
Climate planning
Covenant of Mayors
We help signatory communities prepare and implement Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plans (SECAPs).
Covenant Supporter since 2009
How to join
Funding
Revolving Fund and ReFund+ Lviv
Interest-free loans for HOAs for thermal modernisation. Repaid funds go on to support the next buildings.
0% loans
Funding terms
Mobility
Electric public transport reform and the “Sustainable Urban Mobility” course, created together with Vision Zero.
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Green Office
Since 2013 we have followed the principles of the UN Global Compact GO GREEN! declaration and share our experience of running an environmentally responsible office with municipalities.
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Projects
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- Project name
- Municipal Energy Management Certification in Ukraine / EEA office
- Project implementation period
- 01/06/2024 – 31/05/2029
- Lead organisation
- EECU
- Total budget
- CHF 2,555,600.00 (including funds from the Swiss government: CHF 1,935,200.00)
- Funding
- Swiss Confederation (State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO)
- Beneficiaries
- Ministry of Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development of Ukraine; pilot communities
- Project Goal
- Institutionalization and expansion of the European Energy Award in Ukraine.
Creating a new window of opportunity for Lviv HOAs through the Revolving Fund mechanism (ReFund+ Lviv)
The project creates a new window of opportunity for financing comprehensive thermal modernisation of multi-apartment residential buildings in Lviv — through the EECU Cities' Revolving Fund mechanism combined…
- Implementation period
- 2026–2028
- Lead organisation
- Association “Energy Efficient Cities of Ukraine” (EECU)
- Project manager
- Sviatoslav Pavliuk
- Partners
- Lviv City Council, State Institution “Energy Efficiency Fund”, GIZ project “Energy Efficient District of Lviv”
- Funding
- The project is funded by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMUKN) under the International Climate Initiative (IKI) and implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
- Beneficiaries
- Homeowners’ associations (HOAs) of the Lviv City Territorial Community taking part in the “Energodim” programme of the Energy Efficiency Fund
Project goal
The project creates a new window of opportunity for financing comprehensive thermal modernisation of multi-apartment residential buildings in Lviv — through the EECU Cities' Revolving Fund mechanism combined with the “Energodim” programme of the State Institution “Energy Efficiency Fund”.
Main tasks
- Providing interest-free loans to Lviv HOAs to financially support their participation in the “Energodim” programme of the Energy Efficiency Fund
- Supporting HOAs in preparing the document package for repayable financial assistance, concluding the loan agreement and repaying the interest-free loan to ReFund+ Lviv on time
- Supporting 1–3 projects under package B and up to 4 projects under package A in the first funding cycle
- Piloting a mechanism that combines the Revolving Fund with state grant programmes
- Scaling up Lviv’s experience to other communities through the EECU network
Technical support to municipalities in implementing pilot projects under the “Energy Efficient Restoration of Multi-Apartment Residential Buildings in Ukraine” programme (EERMB)
The project provides for the implementation of pilot projects aimed at establishing institutional structures and financial solutions at the local level that will make it possible to restore…
- Full title
- Technical support to municipalities in implementing pilot projects under the “Energy Efficient Restoration of Multi-Apartment Residential Buildings in Ukraine” programme (EERMB)
- Implementation period
- 2023 – 2026
- Lead organisation
- FELICITY II – “Eastern Partnership and Central Asia Programme”
- Project coordinator
- Maksym Vereshchak
- Partners
- GIZ project “Support to the Recovery of Ukraine”, German Energy Agency (dena), Initiative Wohnungswirtschaft Osteuropa, Germany (IWO), Association “Energy Efficient Cities of Ukraine”, Bauhaus Earth and the urban coalition “Ro3kvit”.
- Total budget
- n/a, EECU share UAH 2.135.210,00
- Funding
- The project is funded by the German Federal Government within the International Climate Initiative (IKI) and supported by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
- Beneficiaries
- Mykolaiv and Kryvyi Rih
Project goal
The project provides for the implementation of pilot projects aimed at establishing institutional structures and financial solutions at the local level that will make it possible to restore war-damaged buildings while carrying out energy-efficient modernisation at the same time, following the “build back better” principle.
Municipal Energy Management Certification in Ukraine / eea Office (MEMCU)
To support Ukrainian communities in developing structured, high-quality energy management practices in line with the goals of green recovery and decarbonisation, drawing on the experience and expanding the…
- Full title
- Municipal Energy Management Certification in Ukraine / eea Office (MEMCU)
- Implementation period
- 01/06/2024 – 30/05/2029
- Lead organisation
- EECU
- Partners
- GFA Consulting Group, Brandes Energie, econcept
- Total budget
- 2,555,600.00 Swiss francs (including Swiss Government funds: 1,935,200.00 Swiss francs)
- Funding
- State Secretariat for Economic Affairs of Switzerland (SECO)
- Beneficiaries
- Ministry for Development of Communities and Territories of Ukraine; pilot communities, including Burshtyn, Vinnytsia, Dolyna (Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast), Dolynska (Kirovohrad Oblast), Zhytomyr, Zaporizhzhia, Zviahel, Kalush, Kovel, Kuialnyk, Ladyzhyn, Lviv, Mykolaiv, Myrhorod, Novovolynsk, Novoiavorivsk, Rivne, Sambir, Sievierodonetsk, Slavutych, Sumy, Trostianets, Khmelnytskyi, Khotyn, Cherkasy, Chornomorsk and Chortkiv communities.
Project goal
To support Ukrainian communities in developing structured, high-quality energy management practices in line with the goals of green recovery and decarbonisation, drawing on the experience and expanding the potential of the European Energy Award (eea) by applying the best Swiss and international management approaches.
Clean Energy Transition Assistance Centers (CETAC)
The Clean Energy Transition Assistance Centre (CETAC) will support the decarbonisation of cities by setting up one-stop-shop offices in municipalities/communities that will act as intermediaries between municipalities and…
- Full title
- Clean Energy Transition Assistance Centers (CETAC)
- Implementation period
- 01/10/2024 – 30/09/2027
- Lead organisation
- SEVEn, The Energy Efficiency Center (Prague, Czech Republic)
- Project coordinator
- Andrii Kyrchiv
- Partners
- Amiestas (Vilnius, Lithuania), Stowarzyszenie Gmin Polska Siec Energie Cites – PNEC (Kraków, Poland), Ekodoma (Riga, Latvia), Initiative Wohnungswirschaft Osteuropa e.V. – IWO (Berlin, Germany), Asociatia Orase Energie in Romania (Brașov, Romania), Association “Energy Efficient Cities of Ukraine” – EECU (Lviv, Ukraine)
- Total budget
- EUR 1 644 081.31
- Funding
- European Union
- Beneficiaries
- the cities of Ostrava (Czech Republic), Serock (Poland), Daugavpils (Latvia), Făgăraș (Romania), Mykolaiv (Ukraine), and 25 follower cities from the Czech Republic, Poland, Latvia, Romania and Ukraine.
Project goal
The Clean Energy Transition Assistance Centre (CETAC) will support the decarbonisation of cities by setting up one-stop-shop offices in municipalities/communities that will act as intermediaries between municipalities and citizens, businesses and other stakeholders. They will serve as a platform for municipal staff, employees of state-owned companies, non-governmental organisations and volunteers in implementing municipal climate policy towards citizens and companies, which will ultimately contribute to the gradual transition of communities to zero emissions. CETAC will provide recommendations on setting these policy objectives, train staff and help establish day-to-day operations. The main activities of the CETAC project will be focused on the Central and Eastern European region, with a particular emphasis on Ukraine as a non-EU country.
LEEAN-CET (Local Energy and Environment Action Networks for Clean Energy Transition in Central and Southeast Europe)
The LEEAN-CET project aims to improve sustainable local governance in the climate and energy sectors of Central and Southeast Europe by implementing the European Energy Award (eea) in…
- Full title
- LEEAN-CET (Local Energy and Environment Action Networks for Clean Energy Transition in Central and Southeast Europe)
- Implementation period
- 01/06/2025 – 31/05/2028
- Lead organisation
- EnEffect (Sofia, Bulgaria)
- Project coordinator
- Andrii Kyrchiv
- Partners
- IMRO-DDKK (Nagykanizsa, Hungary), Habitat-Makedonija Skopje (Skopje, North Macedonia), Eko-Sustav (Vukovar, Croatia), EIHP (Zagreb, Croatia), KSSENA (Velenje, Slovenia), EECU (Lviv, Ukraine), EARF (Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany), AERE (Aix-les-Bains, France), AEA (Vienna, Austria).
- Total budget
- EUR 1 512 557.09
- Funding
- European Union
- Beneficiaries
- 30 municipalities/communities (5 from each of 6 countries – Bulgaria, Hungary, Croatia, Slovenia, North Macedonia and Ukraine).
Project goal
The LEEAN-CET project aims to improve sustainable local governance in the climate and energy sectors of Central and Southeast Europe by implementing the European Energy Award (eea) in Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Croatia, Hungary, Slovenia and Ukraine. Through the systematic application of the eea methodology, the project will provide local and regional authorities with the tools, capacities and organisational structures needed to develop and implement clean energy transition plans. Key project results include adapting the eea methodology to local conditions, rolling out an online eea energy management tool and integrating innovative stakeholder engagement strategies.
Municipal Energy Management Certification in Ukraine / eea Office
Institutionalisation and expansion of the European Energy Award in Ukraine.
- Full title
- Municipal Energy Management Certification in Ukraine / eea Office
- Implementation period
- 01/06/2024 – 31/05/2029
- Lead organisation
- EECU
- Total budget
- 2,555,600.00 Swiss francs (including Swiss Government funds: 1,935,200.00 Swiss francs)
- Funding
- Swiss Confederation (State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO)
- Beneficiaries
- Ministry for Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development of Ukraine, pilot communities
- Project name
- Reform of electric public transport in Ukraine
- Project implementation period
- 01/08/2024-31/07/2025
- Lead organisation
- NGO “Vision Zero”
- Project Coordinator
- Viktor Zagreba
- Funding
- The European Climate Foundation (ECF)
- Project partner
- Association “Energy Efficient Cities of Ukraine”
- Beneficiaries
- member cities of the Association and other cities of Ukraine that have electric public transport or plan to develop it
- Project Objective
- Provide decision makers and key stakeholders with sound policy analysis, technical and economic data to enable them to promote consistent and robust reform of electric public transport in Ukraine.
- Project name
- Promotion of electric public transport as an element of Ukraine’s state policy
- Project implementation period
- 01/08/2023 – 31/07/2024
- Project Coordinator
- Viktor Zagreba
- Project partners
- NGO “Vision Zero” and Association “Energy Efficient Cities of Ukraine”
- Funding
- European Climate Foundation
- Beneficiaries
- member cities of the Association and other cities of Ukraine that have electric public transport or plan to develop it
- Project goal
- to promote the modernisation and development of electric public transport in Ukrainian cities through its inclusion in public policy documents, in particular in modernisation and rehabilitation plans. Brief description of the project: The project will include an analytical review of European sectoral documents and national practices, as well as the development of proposals for changes to public policy that need to be made to Ukrainian legislation as part of the European integration process.
Integration of sustainable development in Ukraine in accordance with the European Green Deal
A well-informed community of active stakeholders able to solve key problems in the field of energy, environment and climate, and demand appropriate political actions.
- Project name
- “Integration of sustainable development in Ukraine in accordance with the European Green Deal”
- Project implementation period
- 01/01/2022 – 12/31/2024
- Lead organization
- DIXI Group
- Project coordinator
- Oleh Harasevych
- Project partners
- Association “Energy Efficient Cities of Ukraine”, Resource-analytical Center “Society and Environment”, NGO “Women’s Energy Club of Ukraine”, NGO “Plato”, NGO “Ukrainian Academy of Leadership”, NGO “Dzyga”.
- The total budget
- EUR 426,564,00
- Funding
- European Union
- Beneficiaries
- bodies authorized to make state decisions in Ukraine, local authorities, public opinion leaders, public organizations, youth and women, business community and bodies authorized to make decisions in the EU.
- The general goal
- to implement the issue of sustainable development in the energy, environmental and climate policy of Ukraine in accordance with the European Green Deal.
- Project name
- Preventing loss of key infrastructure documentation in Ukrainian municipalities
- Project implementation period
- 09/2022 – 06/2024
- Lead organization
- Association “Energy Efficient Cities of Ukraine”
- Project coordinator
- Serhiy Kosharuk
- Project partners
- Ministry of Regional Development, Construction and Housing and Communal Services of Ukraine, Interproekt company
- The total budget
- UAH 8,143,000
- Funding
- Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)
- Beneficiaries
- 99 territorial communities from 14 regions of Ukraine
- Project goal
- ensuring the availability of key documentation and network schemes of communal services in Ukrainian cities, which will contribute to the rapid restoration of service provision and post-war infrastructure restoration.
- Project name
- Provision of the most vulnerable Ukrainian communities with alternative energy sources, within the framework of the EU4Climate initiative and the “Agreement of Mayors – East III” project
- Project implementation period
- 11/07/2022 – 13/11/2022
- Leader organization
- United Nations Development Programme
- Project coordinator
- Vitaly Volkov
- Project partners
- –
- The total project budget
- UAH 2,035,000.00. (55,000 USD)
- Funding
- funds from the European Union
- Beneficiaries
- 11 Ukrainian communities (Mezhivsk, Kramatorsk, Mykolayivsk, Krasnokutsk, Pokrovsk, Novopokrovsk, Chuguivsk, Blizniukivsk, Krasnopilsk, Druzhkivsk, Zelenodolsk)
Restoring access to drinking water and sanitation for residents of the Krasnopilska settlement community in Sumy Oblast
purchase of equipment for water supply and sanitation.
- Full title
- Restoration of access to drinking water and sanitation for residents of Krasnopilska settlement community in Sumy region
- Project implementation period
- 15.06.2022 – 15.08.2022.
- Lead organisation
- Association “Energy Efficient Cities of Ukraine”
- Project Coordinator
- Oksana Nazaruk
- Total project budget
- 377 964.00 UAH
- Funding
- funds from CARE Deutchland e.V. and the International Renaissance Foundation
- Beneficiary
- Krasnopilska settlement community of Sumy region
- Project Objective
- Support for the humanitarian initiative to restore water supply and sanitation in the Krasnopilsk community of Sumy Oblast, which was affected by military operations and is located near the active combat zone.
- Full title
- Strengthening the capacity of Ukrainian communities to implement the objectives of the European Green Deal
- Project implementation period
- 11.01.2022 – 10.12.2022
- Lead organisation
- Association “Energy Efficient Cities of Ukraine”
- Funding
- funds from the European Union and the International Renaissance Foundation
- Full title
- German-English-Ukrainian glossary of technical terms in the field of energy efficiency and renewables
- Implementation period
- 01/01/2019 – 15/10/2019
- Organization – Leader
- Association “Energy Efficient Cities of Ukraine”
- Project coordinators
- Harasevych O., Pavlyuk S.
- Total project budget
- 282 277 UAN
- Funding
- grant from the German Society for International Cooperation (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH)/
- Beneficiaries
- the corresponding departments of the EECU member-cities’ local governments, relevant libraries in Ukraine.
- The purpose
- unification, expansion and harmonization with the European standards of Ukrainian terminology in the field of energy efficiency and renewables regarding construction and buildings through the creation of a German-English-Ukrainian glossary, ready for distribution and use in Ukraine.
- Project results
- about 700 copies of the glossary (out of 1000 copies printed) were sent to public, academic and scientific-technical libraries of Ukraine and libraries of Ukrainian specialized educational institutions (universities, institutes, colleges, technical schools and colleges), and distributed in the EECU member-cities during the annual EECU conference. Besides, copies of the glossary were passed to the GIZ office in Kyiv.
- Full title
- “Mechanisms for financing projects to improve the efficiency of the municipal energy sector” within the framework of the PROSPECT training programme
- Project implementation period
- 2019
- Full title
- European Energy Award (EEA)
- Implementation period
- 08/2018 – 07/2021
- Organization – Leader
- Association “Energy Efficient Cities of Ukraine”
- Project coordinator
- Sviatoslav Pavliuk
- Project partners
- International Office of European Energy Awards (Switzerland), SA Glider (Switzerland)
- Total budget
- 144,600 Swiss francs
- Funding
- Swiss Secretary of State for Economic Affairs
- Beneficiaries
- Cherkasy, Lviv, Sumy, Zhytomyr, Vinnytsia
Reform of electric public transport in Ukraine
To provide decision-makers and key stakeholders with a thorough analysis of policies and technical and economic data that will enable them to promote a consistent and effective reform…
- Full title
- Reform of electric public transport in Ukraine
- Implementation period
- 01/08/2024-31/07/2025
- Lead organisation
- NGO “Vision Zero”
- Partners
- Association “Energy Efficient Cities of Ukraine”
- Project coordinator
- Viktor Zahreba
- Beneficiaries
- Member cities of the Association and other Ukrainian cities that have electric public transport or plan to develop it.
Project goal
To provide decision-makers and key stakeholders with a thorough analysis of policies and technical and economic data that will enable them to promote a consistent and effective reform of electric public transport in Ukraine.
- Full title
- ESINERGY
- Implementation period
- 01/01/2024 – 30/06/2026
- Lead organisation
- Local energy agency Pomurje (Slovenia)
- Project coordinator
- Volodymyr Smolii
- Partners
- EECU and 15 partners from Danube Region countries
- Total budget
- 2.508.094,99 euros
- Funding
- European Union
- Beneficiaries
- local and national authorities; infrastructure and (public) service providers; higher education institutions and research organisations; regional public authorities; sectoral agencies; interested NGOs.
SMARTER4EU
piloting and developing an appropriate regulatory framework for green building certification in the housing sector in Ukraine; creating green building finance instruments; financing green mortgages for residents; expert…
- Full title
- SMARTER4EU
- Implementation period
- 06/2023 – 06/2025
- Lead organisation
- Romania Green Building Council (Romania)
- Partners
- Ukraine: Association “Energy Efficient Cities of Ukraine” (EECU); European-Ukrainian Energy Agency (EUEA)
- Project coordinator
- Volodymyr Smolii
- Partners
- Ministry of Restoration; state banking sector
- Funding
- European Commission
- Beneficiaries
- local self-government bodies; public authorities; property development companies; residents
Project goal
piloting and developing an appropriate regulatory framework for green building certification in the housing sector in Ukraine; creating green building finance instruments; financing green mortgages for residents; expert support; development of documentation; development of certification standards and tools.
Integrating sustainable development in Ukraine in line with the European Green Deal
To embed sustainable development in Ukraine's energy, environmental and climate policy in line with the European Green Deal.
- Full title
- “Integrating sustainable development in Ukraine in line with the European Green Deal”
- Implementation period
- 01/01/2022 – 31/12/2024
- Lead organisation
- DIXI Group
- Project coordinator
- Oleh Harasevych
- Partners
- Association “Energy Efficient Cities of Ukraine”, Resource and Analysis Centre “Society and Environment”, NGO “Women’s Energy Club of Ukraine”, NGO “Plato”, NGO “Ukrainian Leadership Academy”, NGO “Dzyga”.
- Total budget
- 426,564,00 euros
- Funding
- European Union funds
- Beneficiaries
- state decision-making bodies in Ukraine, local authorities, opinion leaders, civil society organisations, young people and women, the business community, decision-making bodies in the EU.
