Peer Powered Cities and Regions, Deliverable 2.1: Report on Needs Assessment

The overall aim of PROSPECT is to enable peer to peer learning in regional and local authorities in order to finance and implement sustainable energy and climate plans (SECAP). The learning will empower them to make use of best practices in developing financing schemes for these plans. PROSPECT will address the needs of regional and local authorities through developing a complete peer to peer learning program addressing them. The learning process will be focused on how different sustainable energy projects and measures have been successfully financed. Peer to peer learning involves sharing information and experience from each other through mentoring activities, work shadowing, and study tours, among others. The learning program will be divided into five modules that include development of financing for:

i) public buildings,

ii) private buildings,

iii) public lighting,

iv) transport (private and public), and

v)cross-sectoral.