On top of delivering this innovative and effective approach, IN-PLAN intends to empower local and regional governments and their agencies through a two-step capacity-building programme. From the start, the IN-PLAN consortium will engage 15 local and regional governments – the Lighthouses – to co-create, implement and refine the IN-PLAN practice, its operational guidelines and the capacity-building programme. 30 more local and regional governments – the Pilots – will also benefit, in part, from the IN-PLAN practice.

Once developed, the two-step capacity building will start. Phase one will aim at training the trainers: empowering energy, climate and/or development agencies from across Europe to become IN-PLAN Multipliers. Phase two will aim at passing on the knowledge to local and regional governments, the Replicators. They will be tutored either by the five national project partners or by the trained multipliers.

Start date: October 2022 - End date: March 2026

Partners

• North-West Croatia Regional Energy Agency (REGEA)
• Institute for European Energy and Climate Policy (IEECP)
• UIV Urban Innovation Vienna Gmbh (UIV)
• Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest (TUS)
• Innovatum Progress AB (EKV)
• Area di Ricerca Scientificae Tecnologica di Trieste (AREA)
• Alba Local Energy Agency (ALEA)
• Tipperary Energy Agency (TEA)
• FEDARENE

More information here.