Call for proposals 2011 for actions under the programme “Intelligent energy – Europe”

Location: EU, Croatia

Deadline: 12 May 2011

• The objective of the Intelligent Energy - Europe II Programme ("IEE II") is to contribute to secure, sustainable and competitively priced energy for Europe, by providing for action1:
• to foster energy efficiency and the rational use of energy resources;
• to promote new and renewable energy sources and to support energy diversification;
• to promote energy efficiency and the use of new and renewable energy sources in transport.

The Programme in particular contributes to the EU Energy 2020 Strategy2, and facilitates the implementation of the EU action plan for energy-efficiency3 and of the Directive on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources4.

Intelligent Energy - Europe builds on the experience gained from its predecessor, the first Intelligent Energy - Europe (2003-2006) Programme5. This Programme has become the main EU instrument to tackle non-technological barriers to the spread of efficient use of energy and greater use of new and renewable energy sources. From 2007, Intelligent Energy - Europe has been included in the overall Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP)6 in order to contribute to achieving the objectives of EU energy policy and to implementing the Lisbon agenda.

The Programme is managed by the Executive Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation (EACI, formerly known as Intelligent Energy Executive Agency) under powers delegated by the European Commission.

In operational terms the Intelligent Energy - Europe Programme aims to7:

• provide the elements necessary for the improvement of sustainability, the development of the potential of cities and regions, as well as for the preparation of the legislative measures needed to attain the related strategic objectives; develop the means and instruments to follow up, monitor and evaluate the impact of the measures adopted by the EU and its Member States in the fields addressed by the Programme;
• boost investment across Member States in new and best performing technologies in the fields of energy efficiency, renewable energy sources and energy diversification, including in transport, by bridging the gap between the successful demonstration of innovative technologies and their effective, broad market uptake in order to attain leverage of public and private sector investment, promote key strategic technologies, bring down costs, increase market experience and contribute to reducing the financial risks and other perceived risks and barriers that hinder this type of investment;
• remove the non-technological barriers to efficient and intelligent patterns of energy production and consumption by promoting institutional capacity building at, inter alia, local and regional level, by raising awareness, notably through the educational system, by encouraging exchanges of experience and know-how among the main players concerned, business and citizens in general and by stimulating the spread of best practices and best available technologies, notably by means of their promotion at EU level.

Deadline: 12 May 2011

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