Civil Society for Sustainable Energy – Local to National in Eastern Europe (SELNEE)

Project details

Partners	Nordic Folkecenter for Renewable Energy, Denmark INFORSE Europe, Denmark Renewable Energy Agency, Ukraine Center of Environmental Solutions, Belarus
Project span	2020 – 2022
Countries	Denmark, Belarus, Ukraine
Funding	This project is founded by CISU – Civil Society in Development, Denmark
Type of project	Capacity building

UN Sustainable Development Goals in the project

Project Summary

With the objective of strengthening CSOs promoting climate action and transition to sustainable energy in Eastern Europe, particularly in Ukraine and Belarus, the Project will work for:

Increased national actions for sustainable energy in Belarus and Ukraine with proposals and advocacy for them, as well as with information and exchanges with CSOs;
More ambitious municipal transition to renewable energy with tools to improve municipal Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plans (SECAPs), with proposals for municipal energy management systems, as well as with promotion of citizens involvement;
Increased CSO & citizens involvement in sustainable energy transition with promotion and fundraising of citizens’ energy advisors, with promotion of simple and affordable energy solutions that citizens can do, and with CSO seminar and networking.

The objective is to strengthen civil society organisations promoting climate action and transition to sustainable energy in Eastern Europe in general and in Ukraine and Belarus in particular. The project shall directly contribute to the following SDGs:

Reduce greenhouse gas emissions in sustainable ways (SDG13);
Increase renewable energy and energy efficiency as well as providing people that lack it today with affordable energy (SDG7);
Increase jobs in green solutions (SDG8);
Partnership between CSOs, local CBO’s, municipalities, and other stakeholders (SDG17);

This will in turn contribute to other SDG’s such as poverty reduction (SDG1) with more affordable energy and job creation.

Project Objectives

The SELNEE project has the following objectives:

Increase national actions for sustainable energy in Belarus and Ukraine with proposals and promotion activities for the proposals, as well as via information and exchanges with Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) also in other Eastern European countries. The expected outcome is that by the end of the project, national decision-makers and stakeholders will know key proposals promoted and are considering them in national climate and energy plans;
More ambitious municipal transition to renewable energy. This will be realised with (i) development and promotion of tools to improve municipalSustainable Energy and Climate Action Plans (SECAPs) and with (ii) proposals for municipal energy management systems, as well as with promotion of citizens involvement (see specific objective c). Improved SECAPs and energy management plans will cover 3 municipalities (two in Belarus and one in Ukraine). The expected outcome is that by the end of the project, the municipal decision-makers will have agreed to improvements in SECAPs and in Belarus also to municipal energy management systems;
Increased CSO & citizens involvement in renewable energy and energy efficiency. This will be realised with promotion and fundraising of citizens’ energy advisors on municipal level and with promotion of simple, affordable energy efficiency and renewable energy solutions that citizens can do and that they can benefit from. The activities will both be in the three municipalities and in the Eastern European region, where the project will involve and strengthen CSOs and their networks. The expected outcome is that by the end ofthe project fundraising is ongoing for at least one energy advisor (in Belarus) and that at least 6000 persons and 100 CSOs have learned about the local solutions, primarily in Belarus and Ukraine;

Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency in Ukraine

Simple solutions for energy saving, free online course on RES,feasibility study of installing a heat pump in a house

31 March, 2023, 11:00-12:30 (EET) – 10.00-11.30 (CET)

– Catalogue: Simple solutions for energy saving, and use renewables
– Free online course on renewable energy (DIERET updated and translated to Ukrainian)
– Feasibility study of installing a heat pump in a house.

Download: Program (in English), and Program (in Ukrainian)

Read Proceedings at REA’s website:
rea.org.ua/en/news/929/(Eng.)rea.org.ua/news/929/ (Ukr.)Catalogue: Local Solutions What You Can Do:
selnee.rea.org.ua/en/ (Eng.) selnee.rea.org.ua/uk/ (Ukr.)

DIERET Education: dieret.rea.org.ua/uk/ (Ukrainian & English)

Webinar, Renewable Energy in District Heating in Ukraine

16 March, 2023 14.00 (Ukr. time) 13 (CET) – (UA/EN interpretation)

Renewable Energy for District Heating in Ukraine

District Heating with Renewable Energy Resource Library (DHRL);
Planning tools for Municipalities; Feasibility study for a municipality
Download: Program (English), and Program (in Ukrainian)

Read Proceedings at REA’s website:
in Ukrainian: rea.org.ua/news/905 and in English: rea.org.ua/en/news/905

District Heating with Renewable Energy Resource Library (DHRL):
in English: dhrl.rea.org.ua/en in Ukrainian: dhrl.rea.org.ua/uk

Update of the educational platform called DIERET (Distance Education on Renewable Energy Technology) and translation to Ukrainian

2022 – March 2023

The original English version developed up to 2010 is avalilable at INFORSE-Europe’s DIERET website.
The new Ukrainian version at dieret.rea.org.ua/uk.

District Heating with Renewable Energy Resource Library (DHRL)

2022 – March 2023

– DHRL in English: dhrl.rea.org.ua/en
– DHRL in Ukrainian: dhrl.rea.org.ua/uk

27-29 October, 2021

The results of the SELNEE project are presented at AgroEnergyDay 2021

See more at REA’s website: https://rea.org.ua/en/news/853/

What Can You Do?
– To Save Electricity & Heat & – To Use Renewable Energy

Catalogue in English: https://selnee.rea.org.ua/en/
Catalogue in Ukrainian: https://selnee.rea.org.ua/uk/
Catalogue in Russian: https://selnee.rea.org.ua/ru/

18 October 2021

Launch of Report

Review of Climate Action and Transition to Sustainable Energy in Korosten Town, Ukraine.

Analysis of SEAP of Korosten Town by 2020.

Read more and download publication from REA’s web site in English and in Ukranian.

18 august 2021

Launch of Catalogue of Local Solutions (Ukrainian, Russian & English)

What Can You Do?
– To Save Electricity & Heat
– To Use Renewable Energy

Link to the Catalogue: https://selnee.rea.org.ua/

The Catalogue is available in English, Ukrainian and in Russian. (click on the respective flag)

17-21 august 2021

European Sustainable Energy NGO Seminar at Nordic Folkecenter for Renewable Energy, Denmark

The Program included the Launch of Catalogue of Local Solutions What Can You Do in English, Ukrainian and Russian

Read more and Download Program from: INFORSE-Europe’s website on European Sustainable Energy Seminar

Facebook event link: https://www.facebook.com/events/142373817886220

23 April 2021

Review of the transition of Ukrainian cities to sustainable energy – SELNEE project online seminar

Note: The Event is in Ukranian/Russian. Speakers from REA/INFORSE-Europe, and Korosten city, Ukraine.

See Event on Facebook

Read more: Event’s call at REA’s site in Ukranian from where there is registration link, and Event’s call at REA’ s site in English.

22 january 2021

Implementation of the SECAPs, opportunities for the development and increase of the share of renewable energy sources at the local level within the existing energy system of the Republic of Belarus

Note: The Event is in Russian.

Original title: Вебинар: Развитие возобновляемых источников энергии на местном уровне в Беларуси

Read more and get the Program Registration link from CES homepage in Russian.
For orientation Program in English (pdf) and Russian (pdf)

18 november 2020

Review of Climate Action and Transition to Sustainable Energy in Ukraine – SELNEE project online seminar

Note: The Event is in Ukranian. See Event on Facebook

Event at REA’s site in Ukranian and Event at REA’ s site in English.

Program in Ukranian pdf and English Translation of the Program pdf .

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Project Progress

Project Partners

INFORSE – International Network for Sustainable Energy