Newsletter HTML No 5 - September 2012
 CONTENTS
Introduction
Introduction
The Pact of Islands becomes an official European Union initiative
5th Project Meeting 27-29 February 2012 - Gran Canaria
Pact of Islands Conference 2 March 2012 Fuerteventura
6th Project Meeting 29-30 May 2012 - Brussels
2nd Forum of the Outermost Regions 2-3 July 2012 - Brussels
Pact of Islands Conference in November 2012
Some preliminary results
Contact
Introduction

The ISLE-PACT project is committed to developing Local Sustainable Energy Action Plans with the aim of meeting or exceeding the EU sustainability objectives set by the EU for 2020, reducing the CO2 emissions by at least 20%.  The project duration is 34 months, 1 February 2010 – 30 November 2012.   The project's coordinator is the Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (CnES) – The Outer Hebrides of Scotland. The project is co-financed by the European Commission, Directorate General for Energy.

The project partners show their political engagement to the project objectives by signing "The Pact of Islands", a three-page document that specifies the individual commitments that are to be made by European island authorities in order to achieve the EU sustainability objectives set for the year 2020.
For more information about the project and its partners, please visit:  www.islepact.eu
Introduction

The ISLE-PACT project is committed to developing Local Sustainable Energy Action Plans with the aim of meeting or exceeding the EU sustainability objectives set by the EU for 2020, reducing the CO2 emissions by at least 20%.  The project duration is 34 months, 1 February 2010 – 30 November 2012.   The project's coordinator is the Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (CnES) – The Outer Hebrides of Scotland. The project is co-financed by the European Commission, Directorate General for Energy.

The project partners show their political engagement to the project objectives by signing "The Pact of Islands", a three-page document that specifies the individual commitments that are to be made by European island authorities in order to achieve the EU sustainability objectives set for the year 2020.
For more information about the project and its partners, please visit:  www.islepact.eu
The Pact of Islands becomes an official European Union initiative

The Written Declaration on the establishment of the Pact of Islands as an official European Union initiative has been adopted by the European Parliament (EP) on 19th of January 2012 with 388 signatures from members of the EP. The initiative was launched by MEPs Spyros Danellis (GR), Maria Da Graça Carvalho (PT), Giommaria Uggias (IT), Alyn Smith (UK) and Kyriacos Mavronikolas (CY), on 12 September 2011 in order to promote the Pact of Islands as an EU initiative and create the conditions for the continuation of the ISLE-PACT process after 2012.

 
 
  

Spyros Danellis MEP GR thanked the Declaration signatories.
 

 
 

 The video of the official adoption is available here. 

 

5th Project Meeting 27-29 February 2012 - Gran Canaria

The fifth project meeting of the ISLE-PACT project took place in the ITC- Instituto Technologicode Canarias premises, on the island of Gran Canaria, from the 27th to 29th of February 2012.  The work progress was presented and discussed in detail as well as the work to be performed in the last months of the project which will be completed by the 30th of November 2012.

Project Team in front of the "Instituto Technologico de Canarias"

 
 
Bengt-Olof Grahn, representing Gotland and WP5 leader conducted a workshop regarding the use of "Guides" (available here) in order to be able to perform environmental and socio-economic assessment of the implementation of the action plans. He explained, with the help of the training material, how to use the tools and also how to make both a preliminary assessment and an in-depth assessment.
 
The meeting was also a good opportunity to visit ITC facilities at the algae farm and laboratory.

 Algae laboratory

 Gonzalo Piernavieja - ITC - presenting the algae farm to the

ISLEPACT team

 

 

Pact of Islands Conference 2 March 2012 Fuerteventura

On the 2nd of March 2012, José Miguel Perez, Vice‐President of the Canary Islands Government and Minister of Education, Universities and Sustainability of the Canary Islands Government, and Margarita Ramos, Minister of Employment, Industry and Trade, chaired the opening ceremony of the Pact of Islands Conference on the European Islands' contribution to the EU sustainable energy development objectives, held on the island of Fuerteventura with the participation of representatives from 11 European island regions.

More information on Islepact website.
6th Project Meeting 29-30 May 2012 - Brussels

The sixth project meeting of the ISLE-PACT project took place in the Islepact Brussels office on the 29th and 30th of May 2012. The main subject of the meeting was the need for a project extension in order to complete the work. Thus, the partnership decided to postpone the end of the project from the 31st of July to the 30th of November 2012.  This extension has been approved by the European Commission.
2nd Forum of the Outermost Regions 2-3 July 2012 - Brussels


The second European Forum of the Outermost Regions (OR) was held in Brussels on 2-3 July, 2012 and gave centre stage to the eight regions eligible for this specific status in the EU. This event provided a forum for debate involving the principle players in the ORs, their Member States (France, Spain and Portugal) and EU institutions. The renewed strategy recently proposed by the European Commission for these regions offered a basis for discussion. Building on the first Forum held in 2010, the aim of this biennial Forum is to raise the profile of the ORs within Europe by highlighting their strengths and potential.

The opening speech of Mr Barroso is available here.
 


Pact of Islands Conference in November 2012

As the project duration has been extended to 30 November 2012, the Islepact team made the decision to postpone the second Pact of Islands Conference to 21 November 2012. More information will be available soon on the Islepact website.

Some preliminary results

EXPECTED RESULTS OF ISEAPS IN 2020
ISEAP
EXPECTED ENERGY SAVINGS [MWh/year]
EXPECTED RENEWABLE ENERGY INCREASE [MWh/year]
EXPECTED CO2 REDUCTION [ton/year]
CO2 Emission in baseline year [ton/year]
CO2 Emission in 2020 [ton/year]
Reduction of CO2 Emission [%]
Aegina, GR
4,898
2,204
4,727
85,536
84,412
1%
Agios Athanasios, CY
41,822
4,809
18,649
104,155
83,744
20%
Andros, GR
4,511
2,026
4,553
68,041
54,742
20%
Aradippou, CY
451,782
4,264
35,068
146,093
116,676
20%
Corvo, PT
252
751
520
2,125
1,289
39%
Crete, GR
3,872,840
604,359
1,184,894
3,992,198
2,994,744
25%
Dali, CY
32,694
1,109
14,492
67,945
53,169
22%
Donousa, GR
96
57
74
666
400
40%
El Hierro, ES
26,004
42,498
38,701
48,897
24,056
51%
Ergates, CY
11,445
296
5,202
21,077
16,862
20%
Faial, PT
11,623
13,796
8,898
70,154
56,244
20%
Flores, PT
2,018
5,103
1,774
13,634
7,851
42%
Fuerteventura, ES
299,397
252,606
440,045
789,560
552,380
30%
Geri, CY
38,459
30
14,070
60,871
47,939
21%
Gotland, SE
179,650
2,471,254
362,288
354,297
-7,992
102%
Graciosa, PT
2,136
13,930
11,520
17,384
13,020
25%
Gran Canaria, ES
1,632,901
1,294,249
1,808,553
4,169,030
3,041,140
27%
Hiiumaa, EE
6,980
93,725
40,545
34,375
-511
101%
Ios, GR
1,183
1,098
1,249
10,034
3,973
60%
Irakleia, GR
135
102
126
825
216
74%
Kea, GR
2,170
372
2,006
12,367
10,519
15%
Koufonisi, GR
313
180
238
2,043
1,183
42%
Kythnos, GR
1,204
554
802
8,622
6,713
22%
La Gomera, ES
36,610
20,399
31,633
85,036
65,715
23%
La Palma, ES
164,175
93,161
128,823
323,395
253,228
22%
Lakatamia, CY
161,549
6,639
57,381
215,611
208,862
3%
Lanzarote, ES
356,943
22,070
469,489
934,473
750,943
20%
Larnaca, ES
284,337
19,540
105,475
421,489
337,378
20%
Latsia, CY
75,027
4,586
29,445
155,822
122,092
22%
Lefkara, CY
3,446
109
1,503
6,339
4,412
30%
Leipsoi, GR
445
150
257
3,187
2,903
9%
Lemnos, GR
10,325
3,621
5,744
89,377
81,626
9%
Lesvos, GR
47,232
21,198
29,548
519,082
445,917
14%
Madeira , PT
358,953
497,188
449,266
1,020,796
762,482
25%
Milos, GR
4,493
827
1,872
26,746
27,426
-3%
Mykonos, GR
16,347
2,580
6,597
100,392
103,297
-3%
Naxos, GR
13,892
6,068
8,831
101,319
80,023
21%
Oland, SE
4,523
9,932
11,928
335,639
220,986
34%
Outer Hebrides, UK
53,917
1,004,225
563,216
191,743
-336,799
276%
Paralimni, CY
90,741
4,664
34,916
199,001
158,277
20%
Pico, PT
9,010
16,774
11,374
61,284
50,177
18%
Polis Chrysochou, CY
5,989
836
6,762
27,658
21,753
21%
Porto Santo, PT
8,195
13,818
14,174
37,646
21,236
44%
Samothrace, GR
1,440
435
1,041
19,033
17,660
7%
Samso, DK
2,350
127,950
34,800
                 22,633
-17,435
177% 
Santa Maria, PT
4,344
6,072
4,683
                 24,123
18,355
24% 
São Jorge, PT
6,297
19,289
14,700
38,814
26,417
32%
São Miguel, PT
100,617
217,840
147,964
481,976
393,596
18%
Sardinia, IT
20,797,000
8,315,000
10,590,000
25,572,000
19,866,000
22%
Schoinoussa, GR
186
29
74
1,136
1,174
-3%
Sifnos, GR
2,512
988
1,520
16,830
13,115
22%
Skyros, GR
2,241
761
1,242
17,116
15,713
8%
Strovolos, CY
261,868
9,407
105,950
493,083
394,952
20%
Syros, GR
13,998
5,208
8,128
108,437
97,673
10%
Tenerife, ES
1,998,496
1,268,312
1,769,659
4,660,631
3,234,976
31%
Terceira, PT
34,917
101,942
64,419
271,251
204,669
25%
Thira, GR
15,329
1,669
5,444
100,828
113,395
-12%
TOTAL
31,572,257
16,632,660
18,716,853
46,763,853
34,924,968
25%

Please note that this is not a complete list of all CO2 emissions reductions from all the Pact of Islands signatories
 

CO2 emissions in 2010 [tons/year]
(source EEA)
Reduction of CO2 of ISEAPs in 2020 compared with EU27 and some member states in 2010
Belgium
132,459,000
14%
Denmark
61,065,000
31%
Portugal
70,599,000
27%

 

Contact

The ISLE-PACT project office in Brussels

Rond Point Schuman 14, 1040 Brussels, Belgium
Telephone  +32 2 612 1704      Fax  +32 2 280 2765    e-mail   admin@islepact.eu
 
Project Coordinator Representative
Derek McKim
COMHAIRLE NAN EILEAN SIAR - The Outer Hebrides of Scotland
admin@islepact.eu
 
Contact for Networking & Communication
Tyler Robertson
admin@islepact.eu
 
project website: www.islepact.eu
 
 
 
 
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