Attention! The presentations from the meeting can be downloaded below. They are packed in zip files. Please note, that the zip-file from the first day is approximately 35 MB.

Agenda

10 March

8:30 Registration of the participants

9:00 Opening of the meeting and welcome

• Chairperson: Heidrun Fammler, BEF, Project supervisor

• Welcome: Gints Šķenders, Mayor Cesis Town Council

• Short overview on the INTENSE project implementation (Ingrida Bremere, BEF-Latvia, Project manager)
• Project administration: contracts, reporting, finances (Ingrida Bremere, Heidrun Fammler)

10:30 Coffee & snacks

11:00 Discussion on the Project implementation

• Communication and dissemination activities (WP7, BEF Lithuania)

• Raising public awareness on energy saving measures for buildings (WP6, BEF Germany & REC Hungary)

• Stakeholders Training programme (WP5, BEF Estonia & e.u.z.)

13:00 Lunch break

14:00 Discussion on the Project implementation (continuation)

• Holistic planning of housing for energy optimized municipalities (WP4)
• Best practice options for increasing energy efficiency in buildings (WP3)
• Legal preconditions for energy saving measures faced by municipalities (WP2)

15:30 Coffee & snacks

16:00 General work plan: summary of project activities, partner feedback on concerns and confidence

17:00 Closing of the day

19:30 Dinner (planned)

11 March

9:00 Opening of the day

• Project management coaching – Communication as basis for good project management (
  

  Heidrun Fammler, BEF)

10:45 Coffee & snacks

11:15 Detailed planning of next steps – setting of agreements (what, who, by when):

• Glossary of terms (WP2)
• International workshop in CZ, 23-24 April 2009 (WP2 & WP4)
• Partners seminar and study visit planning (WP3)
• Introduction and definition of best practice planning (WP4)
• Selection of later recruited training institutions (WP5)
• Organization of survey at partner municipalities (WP6)
• Tasks for partners for the web-site operation (WP7)

Wrap up of the discussion part of the meeting

14:00 Lunch break

15:00 Site seeing tour

12 March

9:00 – 13:00 Coordination with other work packages:

• Interlinkage of work packages:
• Questions for other WPs - clarification and coordination needs
• List of major needs to other WP
• Calendar of events and deliverables for all WPs – colored stickers
• Elaborating jointly first messages from WPs to the project website