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LOCHEMENERGIE RELATIONSHIPS WITH (LOCAL) GOVERNMENTS

Step

Development

Skill

Group

Organised by

LochemEnergie

Cost

0.00

  • Animated by

    Tonnie Tekelenburg

  • Languages

    EN, NL

  • Goal of the MC

    To support existing ECCO’s who have already set up and running some businesses and are ready for the next challenges of development a strong relationship with (local) governments. That means knowledge and empathy for the goals and problems that governments face in the energy transition and also on other policies. Instead of thinking: How can we get money from the governments, the focus could be: How can we help them. Can we link our work on the climate goals and energy transition to energy poverty, mobility, social welfare, SME and agriculture development, etc? That opens space for joint collaboration and implementation of projects/policies.

  • Targetted Group

    Board members and staff personal of established ECCO’s as well as local governments, politicians, civil servants and semi/non-governmental organisations

  • Previous Requirements

    This masterclass is developed especially for already started citizens initiatives. LochemEnergie developed other masterclasses for starting or more experienced cooperatives towards creation and running business: 1. Awareness: A general introduction for starting initiatives: story telling LochemEnergie, including set up and initial growth with smart grid project 2. Emergence: First business development and choice for legal form 3. Development: Relationship with (local) governments 4. Post Development: Strategic ECCO development

  • Dynamic Animation

    N/A

  • Feedback & Testimonies

    None

  • Numerical Support

    N/A

  • Case Study

    None

  • Duration

    1-2 hours

  • Localisation

    meeting room

Program

- PowerPoint presentation on relationship(s) with (local) governments
- Questions and answers from audience
- Introduction state of the art of receiving initiative
- Discussion on how to work together with local governments

Topics from the presentation of LochemEnergie:
1. How LochemEnergie started with 10-10-10 meeting jointly organized with the municipality and amplifying the three-way playground: government, companies and Citizen organizations
2. Right from the start many volunteers with different backgrounds in working groups
3. Dream on the first big project (that never could be realized) and alternative pathways
4. Support from local government
5. Project development and innovative experiments in a living lab
6. Promotion and publications
7. Be happy and enjoy the process day by day and do not focus only on the long term impact

Contact:

Tonnie Tekelenburg

tonnie.tekelenburg@lochemenergie.net