1. VERONIKA ŠIKOVÁ AND PÁL SÁGVÁRI Priority Area Coordinators
14th SG MEETING OF PA2 INSTITUTE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE Budapest, 13 July 2017
Progress report
VERONIKA ŠIKOVÁ AND PÁL SÁGVÁRI
Priority Area Coordinators

2. Project generation and management Communication and promotion
Activities in 2017
Events
Studies
Project generation and management
Communication and promotion 2

3. Events Participation at the Kick-Off Conference DANUBEparksCONNECTED 3
Participation at the conference „Biomass for growth: potentials and challenges of bioenergy in the Danube Region“ – 30 November 2016 Bratislava
Presenting the Danube Region Action Plan for Biomass
Participation at the Kick-Off Conference DANUBEparksCONNECTED
Possible synergies between PA2 and DANUBE FREE SKY
Organization of project financing conference – 11 May Budapest
Almost 200 stakeholders – to present international financial resources
Organization of workshop on balancing bioenergy production and sustainable forest management in mountains areas – 17 May Sopron
Organized back to back to the Carpathian Convention Working Group on Sustainable Forest Management
Organization and participation at the conference „Future of macroregional strategies post 2020”
23 May Brussels with the participation of 23 countries – existing macro regional strategies shared their experiences
Participation at the conference “Energy Prospects Post-2020” – 31 May Budapest
Technical, infrastructural and regulatory challenges facing the energy systems of Central and South-eastern Europe 3

4. Studies Preparations of 3 studies
Study on gas market integration in the Danube Region – post-2020 outlook for the Stakeholder Seminar – to be presented later
Study on clean transport – for the Annual Forum – to be presented later
Study on connectivity – traditional energy, transport, clean transport – for the Annual Forum – to be presented later
Study on challenges and opportunities of natural gas sector in the Danube Region – for the Stakeholder Seminar – to be presented later 4

5. Project development activity
DSPF – 2 projects submitted by PA2
REED project – Establishment of a Platform to promote sustainable energy project development in the Danube Region
YourMobX project – Expectations of youth towards the future of mobility and potential implications to policy and education
Danube Transnational Programme 2nd call
10 projects were submitted under the special objective 3.2 To improve energy security and energy efficiency, 2 or 3 will be funded
Projects that received LoR from PA2
IEEDR - Improving Energy Efficiency of local authorities in the Danube Region
SPA-REUSE – Successful pro-energy applications – responsible thermal water and energy use in the Danube Region 5

6. Project management activity
Participation in DARLINGe project (Danube Region Leading Geothermal Energy)
1st project meeting in January, in Budapest
Kick-off meeting in May, in Budapest
2nd project meeting in June, in Ljubljana
Participation in professional work
Participation in thematic pole 8
(Darlinge, Energy Barge and 3Smart
projects)

7. Communication and promotion
Homepage management
Regular articles and updates
Participation in the preparation of the EUSDR newsletter
Introduction of Darlinge project
Information about eTourEurope 2017
Supporting the event eTourEurope 2017
European electric car long-distance rally
to promote eMobility
Participation at the event
Promotion of PA2 in the official newsletter of the event

8. Upcoming tasks and events 2017
Focus: Annual Forum on October
Events organized by PA2
Stakeholder Seminar – date to be defined, Brussels, and in Prague
Annual Forum – 2 workshops on energy: traditional energy and clean transport + Ministerial panel focusing on energy security
Studies
Study on gas market integration in the Danube Region
Study on clean transport
Study on connectivity
Project management
Project generation and support (Seed Money Facility)
Participation in ongoing projects – DARLINGe + other projects in thematic pole 8 (Energy Barge and 3Smart)
Communication, promotion
Webpage management
Promotional materials for annual forum
Participation in workshops, conferences related to our activities 8

9. GAS MARKET INTEGRATION ELECTRICITY MARKET/ SMART CITIES
Medium-term plan
2017
GAS MARKET INTEGRATION
2018
2019
ELECTRICITY MARKET/ SMART CITIES
Electricity market
Bioenergy/bio-economy
Activities:
Small studies/reports (different topics)
Expert seminar on decentralization of electricity grid
Project seminar on Smart cities, clean fuel,…
Policy seminar on Smart DR
ENERGY POVERTY
Energy poverty
Financing (post 2020)
Study, policy seminar and call for papers on energy poverty 9

10. General information PA2 Roadmap 2017 – 2019 PA2 piloting
slight modifications (phrasing)
PA2 website
PA2 piloting
½ year basis

11. Thank you for your attention!