Training for Renewable Energy Network Development Erasmus Project

Project Title

Training for Renewable Energy Network Development

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships addressing more than one field

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2014

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Economic and financial affairs (incl. funding issues); Enterprise, industry and SMEs (incl. entrepreneurship); Energy and resources

Project Summary

The TREND (Training for Renewable Energy Network Development) project is a regional initiative to support the development of the renewable energy potential of the Drava River Croatia-Hungary-Slovenia Cross Border Region by the training of local SMEs, NGOs, municipality opinion leaders and students.

The project aimed to:
– train the local actors to be able to organize their community for launching a local renewable energy initiative with bottom up approach
– train the local actors to be able to select the technologically, agriculturally, economically, socially and environmentally best fitting option for their community.

To reach this aim the project
– MAPPED the regional best practices and found the competences needed for a successful renewable energy initiative
– TESTED the state of art competences of the target groups – with the help of an internet based self assessment – to identify the training gap.
– DEVELOPED four e-learning modules (biomass to energy, renewable energy technology, energy efficiency, project management)
– ESTABLISHED an ICT based international learning management system in the Drava border region able to educate trainees in Croatian, Hungarian and Slovenian
– EDUCATED target groups in all three countries to gain the personal competences needed for successful initiatives.
– SPREADED and embedded the project’s results to contribute to the implementation and shaping of national and European policies and systems.

The project is coordinated by the Faculty of Agriculture, University J..J. Strossmayer, Osijek. The partner organizations are:
– University of Maribor
– Regional Development Agency of Slavonia and Baranja
– South Transdanubian Regional Development Agency Nonprofit Ltd
– International Development Norway
– Européer Foundation
– EcoSynergy Ltd.
– EU Centar
– IMRO-DDK Ltd.

The main results of the project are:
Good practice handbook which contain results and findings of prior renewable energy and energy efficiency projects and surveys. The handbook identified the strong-weak points of the national good practices and summed up the additional requirements of the training material to be developed by the project.
“Competency Tool-Kit” is made for the target groups and provides an access to self-assessment, it can be used to identify currently possessed competencies and competencies to be developed. The self-assessment questionnaire is available on-line in the English, Croatian, Slovenian and Hungary languages (www.trend2020.eu).
By filling out the questionnaire, the target group members were able to identify their own missing competencies required for sufficient management of a renewable energy initiative.
Based on the good practice handbook and the self assessments of the national target groups a competency based training material was developed in four modules: (1) biomass to energy, (2) renewable energy technology opportunities (3) Energy efficiency schemes (refurbishment and sustainable construction) (4) project development and management skills. This material is available in four languages (english, croatian, slovenian, hungarian) and can be accessed on e-learning site of the project (www.trend2020.eu).

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 208133,75 Eur

Project Coordinator

SVEUCILISTE JOSIPA JURJA STROSSMAYERA U OSIJEKU POLJOPRIVREDNI FAKULTET U OSIJEKU & Country: HR

Project Partners

• Regionalna razvojna agencija Slavonije i Baranje d.o.o. za medjunarodnu i regionalnu suradnju
• EUROPEER Foundation
• ECOsynergy Gazdasági Tanácsadó Kft
• International Development Norway
• South Transdanubian Regional Development Agency Nonprofit Ltd.
• UNIVERZA V MARIBORU
• IMRO-DDKK Nonprofit Kft.