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What are the partner’s competences and experiences in the issue addressed by the project? Energy agency of REAP is typical energy actor, which constantly works with public administrations on development and improvement of their environmental policies. Main areas of expertise are: - Energy audits of SMEs, and buildings; - Works on policy improvement and policy development with public authorities from Bulgaria like: municipalities, regional administrations, and national public bodies (ministries); - Development of programmes and strategies for sustainable development of rural areas; - Dissemination of Best European practices on different topics contributing for sustainable development at local and regional level; - To encourage international programs that focus on the financing and marketing of projects which emphasize on sustainable development; - Development, implementation and funding of energy efficiency projects through energy performance contracting involving ESCOs; - Awareness raising campaigns, and training activities on different topics. 977/1000

How will the partner benefit from the cooperation? In case this partner plays a particular role in the project (e.g., responsible for a specific topic, for communication activities), please also indicate it here. REAP will accomplish an increased capacity from this transnational partnership by acquiring knowledge and expertise on a specific topical issue: improving energy efficiency and security of tourism sites, and increasing sustainability of this sector. Several municipalities which are members of REAP are also popular tourism destinations, and by the current project, REAP will gain expertise and best practices on policy development targeted at this specific sector. This way, the agency intends to increase its capacity on the topic and work with the tourism municipalities from Bulgaria, transferring the knowledge and best practices of the project to other remote regions, not directly involved in the project. REAP will be also the main partner from Bulgaria responsible for communication and dissemination activities in Bulgaria, and at EU level. 852/1000

In case the partner is involved in several Interreg Europe applications/ projects, please justify this multiple involvement. REAP is not involved in any other Interreg Europe 2021-2027 proposals.

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D.6.2 Partner(s) addressing policy instrument 6 Partner PP10 Burgas Municipality What are the partner’s competences and experiences in the issue addressed by the project? Burgas municipality aims to achieve sustainability on both priorities: tourism and energy. The municipality already implemented together with Partner REAP some targeted initiatives aiming to improve energy performance among vulnerable citizens and to tackle issues like energy poverty (FIESTA). Results of this project were quite successful, but they were targeting at a specific group of citizens: vulnerable households, threatened by energy poverty. On the other hand, the municipality is one of the biggest and one of the most popular tourism destinations for Bulgarians and also for foreign tourists with its seaside resorts. The municipality wants together with REAP to mobilize local stakeholders and together with other partners from the project, work on the improvement of its local programme to stimulate the larger deployment of EE and local renewable energies into the tourism sector and by this way to oppose against the negative impacts of the Global situation mentioned above. 991/1000

How will the partner benefit from the cooperation? In case this partner plays a particular role in the project (e.g., responsible for a specific topic, for communication activities), please also indicate it here. The municipality already had a successful collaboration with REAP on a project related to vulnerable citizens threatened by energy poverty. Now, the municipal administration wants to build on this partnership and tackle the topic of development of sustainable tourism with introduction of modern energy efficiency technologies and utilization of local RES. Burgas will be supported by REAP in capacity building of municipal staff in regards to development of customized policy instrument, which influences one of the main sectors in the region, the tourism sector. Due to activities of this project, municipal staff will increase its competences on topics like local and sustainable renewable energies, energy efficiency systems and technologies which could be implemented in the region of Burgas and more precisely in the tourism sector, and increased competences to develop such specific policies. 899/1000

In case the partner is involved in several Interreg Europe applications/ projects, please justify this multiple involvement. Burgas is partner in the following proposals: 1.Zero Carbon Infrastructure. Activities in the projects are directed to transformation of the transport sector in the city. 2.Green Power in Blue Infrastructure. The project examines, analyzes and provides critical information on how Port Organizations, Marinas and Port Cities can implement Green Energy investments. Burgas is committed to achieve climate neutrality by 2050. “Increasing the share of RES in the municipality up to 32% by year 2030” is laid in the Long-term programme for RES and biofuels. In order to achieve our ambitious goals, there is a need of involving and encouraging multiple local stakeholders (tourism sector, energy and transport sector, households, SMEs, big enterprises, universities, NGOs etc.) to act jointly for achieving a common goal. Focusing on three of the largest sectors in the city (tourism, energy, and transport) is a must in order to achieve 1000/1000

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D.6.3 Stakeholder group relevant for policy instrument 6 Please provide an indicative list of the most relevant stakeholders (i.e., name of the organisation concerned) to be involved in the project. It is recommended to have no more than 12 entries. You have 10 entries.

Burgas Regional Chamber of Tourism 34/300

Tourism Advisory Board, Burgas 30/300

Municipal enterprise Tourism 28/300

Burgas District Administration 30/300

Association of Municipalities “Centre for Sustainability and Economic Growth” (CSEG) - an association of municipalities from Bulgaria 134/300

Strategic Development Department, Burgas Municipality 53/300

Energy Efficiency Department, Burgas Municipality 49/300

Burgas City Council – Committee on Tourism 42/300

Association of SMEs NEST – an association of SMEs from different sectors, industry and services 95/300

Energy Agency of Plovdiv (EAP), an energy actor 47/300

D.6.4 Pilot action under policy instrument Is a pilot action proposed to improve this policy instrument? No

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D.7 Policy instrument 7 D.7.1 Territorial context and general description D.7.1.1 Territorial context What is the state of play of the issue addressed by the project in the territory covered by the policy instrument? Which challenge needs to be overcome in this territory? Please be as specific as possible and provide detailed information on the characteristics of the territory. OP of the Central Danube Priority Area (CDPA) contains goals of energy sustainability, including the aims to increase the use of renewable energy sources and energy efficiency of buildings. The OP is based on the national and county development strategies, which focuses on the energy modernization of the building stock in general. The CDDA will carry out a survey of tourism infrastructure. The operation of buildings (including hotels in tourism) is the main cause of greenhouse gas and CO2 emissions, contributing with almost 50% to the total emission rate.

In the project it is worth tackling the following issues: - survey of tourism building stock, examining energy modernization possibilities of accommodations/infrastructure: utilization of solar energy and geothermal energy for heating and cooling in larger hotels of the CDPA - Assessing the energy-efficient operation of the larger hotels in the Priority Area, creating operational and management aspects and principles that can significantly improve sustainable energy management and infrastructure management of the accommodation - Assessment of the effect of the energy modernization of the tourism accommodation on the increase of guest nights, on seasonal customer flow due to the development - Regional adaptation of the existing national best practice, which focuses on energy modernization of Hungarian thermal baths and joint bath-hotels. - Regional adaptation of international best practices. 1470/1500

D.7.1.2 General description of the policy instrument Please name the policy instrument addressed (for Investment for jobs and growth goal programmes, please provide the name of the operational programme concerned). The Operational Programme (OP) of the Central Danube Priority Area Priority 4.: Innovation and environmentally friendly (green) development

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Is this instrument an Investment for jobs and growth goal programme (i.e. national or regional operational programme)? No Please indicate the geographical scope of this instrument Regional Please select how the authority responsible for this policy instrument is involved in the project: The authority responsible for this policy instrument is involved as…

Partner Please select the authority responsible for this policy instrument. PP11 Central Danube Development Agency Nonprofit Ltd. Please describe the main features of this policy instrument (e.g. objective, characteristics, priority or measure addressed).

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The Operational Programme of CDPA is presenting the development needs of the 99 municipalities, entrepreneurs, civil society organisations and everyone living in the territory of CDPA. The OP has been made by the Central Danube Development Agency for the period of 2021-2027 on the basis of the situation analysis of the CDPA and the legal basis of: - the Parliament Resolution No. 1/2014. (I. 3.) on National Development 2030 - National Development and Territorial Development Concept, - Government Decree 218/2009 (X.6.) on the content requirements of regional development concept, regional development programme and spatial planning plan, and the detailed rules for their integration, elaboration, harmonisation, adoption, and publication. There are six development directions of the OP, the proposal addresses Priority 4. “Innovation and environmentally friendly (green) development”. The priority’s goals are developing energy efficiency of residential and municipal buildings, encouraging the development of solar parks, encouraging the use of renewable energies, specifically solar parks.

The priority is in accordance with the following national and EU strategies: - National Energy Strategy (-2030) - National Energy Strategy of Buildings - National Energy Efficiency Action Plan - National Action Plan for the use of Renewable Energies - Tolna County Development Concep - Bács-Kiskun County Regional Development Strategy - Fejér County Regional Development Strategy 1476/1500

D.7.1.3 Expected policy improvement What kind of improvement do you envisage for this instrument? New projects financed by the instrument No

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Change in the management of the instrument No

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Revision of the instrument itself Yes

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The policy instrument needs to be revised due to the following reasons: The operation of buildings, including hotels in tourism, is the main cause of greenhouse gas and CO2 emissions, contributing with almost 50% to the total emission rate. Energy use and pollution rates are higher around the tourist destinations. The amount of CO2 emissions by tourist accommodations mostly depends on the occupancy of the accommodation. The occupancy of accommodations differs mostly due to the weather conditions, while the number of guest nights filled depends on the season. During the pandemic crisis, the number of tourists has decreased drastically, causing hotel closures and income losses, creating a bad effect on the economy. However, as a positive side effect, greenhouse gas and CO2 emissions have decreased resulting in a cleaner environment. Right after the pandemic, we can experience increased effects of climate change, facing us with a new challenge. Based on the experience of the decrease of customer flow in tourism building facilities resulting in a cleaner environment, it is necessary to revise the goals of our policy instrument and add new green infrastructure goals, addressing both fields of tourism and sustainable energy use. 1244/1500

D.7.2 Partner(s) addressing policy instrument 7 Partner PP11 Central Danube Development Agency Nonprofit Ltd. What are the partner’s competences and experiences in the issue addressed by the project? CDDA project preparation in progress related to this proposal: - Complex energy development of other properties, especially in municipalities without gas supply. CDDA colleagues’ experiences: -Energy Centre Hungary (national level, Ministry background organisation) -Strategic Department – analysis of renewable energy and energy efficiency developments (RES + EE), market research, assessment and monitoring review of RES + EE applications (writing studies and reports), participation in EU projects (information dissemination), participation in planning of Environment and Infrastructure Operational Programme -organisation of renewable energy exhibition and conferences -Managing Authorities of the Environment and Energy Efficiency Operational Programme (national agency level and Ministry) - strategy and evaluation of the OP and energy projects, action plan RES project preparation and management of the preparation construction, management of energy efficiency projects of settlements 991/1000

How will the partner benefit from the cooperation? In case this partner plays a particular role in the project (e.g., responsible for a specific topic, for communication activities), please also indicate it here. CDDA can gain experience in a new energy efficiency and RES projects, receive more information of best practices of other EU countries, which contributes to the revision of the CDDA‘s policy instrument related to this proposal. Through the CDDA, the Priority Area will benefit also by gaining a new aspect on new energy efficiency measure and use of new technologies to decrease GHG emissions in accommodation facilities of tourism. The results of the project and implementation possibilities of best practices could be a potential opportunity for future involvement of the renewable energy and energy efficiency market actors into the tourism sector. CDDA can carry out management and consultancy tasks in this process.

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In case the partner is involved in several Interreg Europe applications/ projects, please justify this multiple involvement. CDDA is going to be involved as project partner in the following project: BIOWIND (Increasing social acceptance for wind energy in EU regions through environmental and community-based planning). The project is tackling different topic and incudes different stakeholders as the DETOCS project.

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D.7.3 Stakeholder group relevant for policy instrument 7 Please provide an indicative list of the most relevant stakeholders (i.e., name of the organisation concerned) to be involved in the project. It is recommended to have no more than 12 entries. You have 9 entries.

Kiskőrös Tourist Association 28/300

Kalocsa and Surrounding Tourism Nonprofit Ltd. 46/300

Szekszárd Tourist Association 29/300

Municipality of Bátya 21/300

Municipality of Hajós 21/300

Municipality of Györköny 24/300

Municipality of Tamási 22/300

Municipality of Paks 20/300

Tolna County Development Agency 31/300

D.7.4 Pilot action under policy instrument Is a pilot action proposed to improve this policy instrument? No

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D.8 Policy instrument 8 D.8.1 Territorial context and general description D.8.1.1 Territorial context What is the state of play of the issue addressed by the project in the territory covered by the policy instrument? Which challenge needs to be overcome in this territory? Please be as specific as possible and provide detailed information on the characteristics of the territory. The visiting function to the city of Middelburg is under great pressure due to the corona crisis.Most tourism accommodations and shops in Middelburg are located in heritage buildings. Energy efficient solutions and installations for example solar energy applications and heating, storage, ventilation and airconditioning installations in a historical setting are not evident and a big challenge. The policy instruments do not take into account the problems to overcome in traditional and heritage buildings and surroundings. We do not have enough knowledge and experience with energy transition in historical surroundings and the policy instruments have not been adjusted. There are extra rules and costs involved regarding eg. safety issues for tourism industry.

We have to find a balance in technical energy efficiency solutions and preserving the historical authenticity.Together with the tourism and business involved we have to overcome those problems and find long term affordable solutions for improving EE in tourism sector. Together with the national and regional tourist organisation we work on a roadmap for climate neutral tourism with the focus on CO2 reduction. We will pay extra attention to overcome the problems in historical infrastructure. Middelburg will invest in virtual tourism.The idea is to make a virtual platform to address the key themes of the city and the tourism accommodations and tourism providers.Visitors can visit the city and cultural exhibitions online as well. 1500/1500

D.8.1.2 General description of the policy instrument Please name the policy instrument addressed (for Investment for jobs and growth goal programmes, please provide the name of the operational programme concerned). Touristic Actionplan for Middelburg 2021- 2030.

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Is this instrument an Investment for jobs and growth goal programme (i.e. national or regional operational programme)? No Please indicate the geographical scope of this instrument Local Please select how the authority responsible for this policy instrument is involved in the project: The authority responsible for this policy instrument is involved as…

Partner Please select the authority responsible for this policy instrument. PP12 Middelburg Municipality Please describe the main features of this policy instrument (e.g. objective, characteristics, priority or measure addressed).

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Municipality has developed addressed policy with bottom up approach and this is ongoing process. Municipality organised discussion tables with a wide range of stakeholders as basis for the policy instrument. All attendees agreed that tourism is a very important driver for the economy and makes a positive contribution to the social-economic infrastructure (retail trade, hospitality facilities). The energy transition in the inner-city is not evident. These ambitions and objectives were reaffirmed during the dialogue tables and inspiration sessions. They are the foundations for the tourism action plan (policy-instrument). The municipality of Middelburg organized a trend meeting (Re) Create Middelburg. The following trends will influence the policy instrument in the future: - increased digitization; - globalization and localization; - increasing numbers of applications of artificial intelligence and data decision making; - growing awareness of CO2 reduction and the need for sustainability; Tourist visitors: - have diverting travel purposes; - want to have an authentic, special experience; - mix different lifestyles, budgets and goals; - market for both offline vacation and virtual travel; 1204/1500

D.8.1.3 Expected policy improvement What kind of improvement do you envisage for this instrument? New projects financed by the instrument No

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Change in the management of the instrument No

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Revision of the instrument itself Yes The corona crisis has hit tourism in the city-centers much harder. The hospitality and retail sectors are the big losers in the corona crisis. It is expected that the shopping behavior of consumers will change permanently. This means that cities will go through a transition, whereby consideration must be given to the functions that make cities more attractive for visitors and tourists. From an economic point of view, visitors are mainly consumers, but from an integrated perspective they give the city center a meaning that goes much further. A lively city center is not only 'a place to buy', but also 'a place to be’. Shops are here to stay but aren’t any longer the principal lead motive for visiting. A broader view is needed. Also cultural and work-related functions should be added such as workateliers, new inspiring accommodation facilities in historic monuments. Room for daring entrepreneurship and joint investments in energy efficiency, renewable energy and in digital and virtual tourism. In the policy instrument we have to anticipate on CO2 reduction, circulair economy and climate adapatation. This asks an integrated approach with other sectors and climate strategy. https://portal.interregeurope.eu/projects/411/print-view

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D.8.2 Partner(s) addressing policy instrument 8 Partner PP12 Middelburg Municipality What are the partner’s competences and experiences in the issue addressed by the project? Middelburg has competences and experience in the different fields addressed and can build on different studies and demo-projects. Projects on climate change; CO2 reduction, energy efficiency for the hospitality, retail and tourism sector; Innovative solutions for solar energy in historical surroundings ( eg. vertical solar panel applications ( solarix panels); Quick energy scans for tourism accommodation and sector Empower culture and heritage and inspiring entrepreneurs to invest in new future proof product market combinations. 541/1000

How will the partner benefit from the cooperation? In case this partner plays a particular role in the project (e.g., responsible for a specific topic, for communication activities), please also indicate it here. The exchange of experience with other partners and stakeholders involved in the project stimulate and inspire our decision makers and politicians to make a difference in the policy instrument and the tourism business and accommodation to invest in sustainability , renewable energy and energy efficiency. Not only in the accommodation but also in corporate social responsibility.

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In case the partner is involved in several Interreg Europe applications/ projects, please justify this multiple involvement. Is not involved in current project applications.

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D.8.3 Stakeholder group relevant for policy instrument 8 Please provide an indicative list of the most relevant stakeholders (i.e., name of the organisation concerned) to be involved in the project. It is recommended to have no more than 12 entries. You have 9 entries.

Impuls Zeeland 14/300

Vereniging Ondernemers Middelburg (VOM) tourism accommodation and retail entrepreneurs 86/300

University College Roosevelt 28/300

Koninklijke Horeca Nederland 28/300

HZ University of Applied Sciences 33/300

Techniek Nederland ( organisation of energy installation companies for dissemination) 85/300

Avans University of Applied Sciences 36/300

Regional Energy Strategy (RES) consist of experts in energy transition 71/300

Province of Zeeland 19/300

D.8.4 Pilot action under policy instrument Is a pilot action proposed to improve this policy instrument? No

E.1 Core phase (Exchange of experience)

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Semester 1 (Core phase) Exchange of experience At the start of the project (M3) a first out of 6, exchange of experiences events (EE) will take place in Slovenia (organized by the LP with steering group and public kick-off) bringing together all project partners, associated policy authorities and representatives of partners RSB. After the intro into the project and short introduction round, participants will engage in practical mapping exercises. The advisory partner (AP) will organize participants into groups in order to gather initial perspectives on their current policy context (first input to be included into PESTEL). AP will prepare a simple template guiding participants trough their exercise. These templates will later support project partners during their stakeholders meeting. As a part of the EE event a first study visit will take place, a Good practice from IE GP database – ‘’Support for SMEs from the tourism sector for energy efficiency and resource efficiency measures’’ will be presented. All participants will learn about the cost-benefit of supporting the tourism sector infrastructure with the grant coming from Cohesion fund. A real example of energy renovated accommodation will be visited. One of the first DETOCS activities will be a preparation of templates for the PESTEL and SWOT analysis.

The templates will be prepared in collaboration between the (PP6) and advisory partner, this shall be shared to all partners before the kick-off event. All partners will have to revise the templates and to confirm the final version. (M3) Together with the template the PP6 and AP will provide guidelines for the completion of the analysis and will organize bilateral calls if individual partners need extra support. REGIONAL LEVEL: In first two month of DETOCS, partners will setup RSBs (stakeholder’s matrix will be created) for their regions and policy instruments addressed including wider field of stakeholders. One RSB and matrix will be jointly developed by technical and policy partners coming from the same regions. Already in first semester, partners will organize the meeting with their RSB (M4-M5) – to present the project objective, their roles in the project and planned policy improvements. In M3-4 partners start to work on the PESTEL and SWOT analysis with the support of RSBs. For the PESTEL and SWOT analysis partners will (with the support of template presented at the 1st EE event) as part of the first stakeholders meeting organize a force filed brainstorming on current regional polices that are supporting the tourism sector in respect to their decarbonisation path. This brainstorming will provide important regional input to the PESTEL and SWOT analysis.

Regions represented by two partners (policy authority and technical partner) will produce only one analysis as co-created work with technical partner taking over the main work and with policy authority providing support (due to them not having sufficient resources to develop the analysis by themselves in full). 2977/3000

Communication P13 nominates a communication manager (CM) and established both internal/external communication with development of communication strategy (CS). The CS will consist of work plan, digital channels used, target groups, indicators (for monitoring) and resources as well as templates. Templates for stakeholders group matrix, reporting on events and news will be created and will help CM to monitor PPs regional achievements and engagement with stakeholders. The first EE event with a public kick-off event will be held to announce the project start and to secure interest of stakeholders & target groups. The first out of 8 newsletters will be created by CM and shared with PPs & stakeholders. At each partner level, PPs will complete the stakeholder’s matrix with target groups as given on C.6. The DETOCS webspace will be created, updated regularly by CM & connected to social media channels. CM will collect the material from PPs for creation of first video, the Roll-up & poster also created. 995/1000

Management Ongoing management activities to ensure smooth implementation and reporting of the project

N° of interregional policy learning events organised 1 N° of good practices identified 0

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Semester 2 (Core phase) Exchange of experience INTERREGIONAL LEVEL In M11 partners will meet at the second exchange of experience event together with the policy responsible authorities. The event will be organized jointly with the second steering group meeting in Finland by PP6 and PP7. At the event, partners will share results from the PESTEL and SWOT analysis and will agree on main points that should be included into the joint thematic survey. In the second part of EE event partners will be divided into groups (two partners/regions in each group) and will provide suggestions and solutions for weaknesses from the analysis. Analyses will be revised prior to the second EE event, so the partners will be able to prepare some of the solutions in advance (and first good practices will be identified by then). Regions represented by two partners will be considered as one – due to the policy authority not having enough resources and capacity to fully revise the analysis of other partners in advance. During the second EE event PP6 and PP7 will host a second study visit – and exemplary good practice in using virtual reality to enhance the travellers’ experience. And to see how automation can be used to increase energy efficiency in accommodation.

At the event the AP (as expert in Interreg Europe projects) will present the procedure - going from weakness to needs and going from strengths to establishing good practices. Participants will be involved into open discussion on the procedures of identifying good practices. REGIONAL LEVEL In semester 2 partner will continue with their PESTEL and SWOT analysis, completing it by the end of M12. They will meet with RSBs (M10) in order to discuss final PESTEL and SWOT analysis. During the discussion they will identify main weaknesses of current regional policies (as given in the analysis) as well as opportunities and threats. They will discuss strengths that shall become possible good practice examples and provide support to weaknesses of policy instruments. The results of the second regional stakeholders meeting will be gathered into reports (each PP) where partners will point out main strengths, weaknesses of the PESTEL and most important points of SWOT analysis. These will be later included into the joint thematic survey (Semester 3), and overall summary shall be made available on the project webspace and shared via social media of project DETOCS. The completed PESTEL and SWOT analysis will be shared with regional stakeholders (not only RSBs) for them to understand their regional challenges, opportunities as well as external forces 2749/3000

Communication In S2 the CM will develop a first project video to be shared on the project webspace, the established DETOCS social media channels and partners organization websites. In S2 (as also in S1) PPs will complete event templates on their second regional meeting they held with RSBs, this will be a usual procedure in each semester. The CM will compile all the information on regional meetings into a dynamic news article to be published on the website. After the second EE event, the CM will develop the second newsletter to be shared with partners & regional stakeholders. PPs will translate the newsletters into their national language. All the project deliverables / tools will be stored on a dedicated DETOCS intranet, that will be guaranteed by CM in S1. First 6 partners will prepare a regional news/achievement (trough the template provide by CM) that will be published on the webspace one per month, it will be also delivered in short snippets via the connected DETOCS social media channels. 996/1000

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N° of interregional policy learning events organised 1 N° of good practices identified 4

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Semester 3 (Core phase) Exchange of experience INTERREGIONAL LEVEL: At the start of the third semester technical partner PP4 will start with development of joint thematic survey based on the discussion held at the second EE event. Additionally, to the input already received at the end of S2, they will send user friendly template to partners in order to receive all the content for the Joint analysis, which will be completed in M18. The Joint analysis will be shared on DETOCS Interreg Europe website and will be presented at the event (regional and EU) where partners will be invited to participate. It will be shared with the all stakeholders for them to better understand the challenges going beyond their own region. The dedicated DETOCS social media shall be exploited in this respect also, thus providing greater opportunity for capacity building. In parallel with 3rd steering group meeting, a third EE event will take place in Malta (organized jointly by PP4 and PP5) in M17, bringing together technical partners, policy responsible authorities and RSB. At the event the AP (PP13) will present the good practice template (project version which is extension of the template provided by Interreg Europe).

After partners share their results of the third RSB meeting, and the solutions in which they are interested in, all partners will be take part in a ‘’speed date’’ facilitated by the AP (PP13). Upon their particular interest partners will be divided into to groups for a quick, 15 minutes ‘’investigation’’ of the relevant solution becoming a possible good practice example. At the end of the day partners will come to an agreement on a minimum 8 good practices. Combined study visit to a number of hotel facilities that have invested specifically in energy efficient systems and green approaches will take place as well. After the event, when each region has identified a minimum of two GP, partners start completing the GP template provided by Advisory partner. REGIONAL LEVEL: Based on their SWOT analysis partners identify the needs of their policy instruments address (and from additional policies if included into SWOT). The needs, as discussed at the 2nd RSB meeting, are gathered in a simple document (prepared by LP) helping all partners clearly to see the needs of other policy instruments coming from other regions (M13-M14). This simple document (gathering needs from all regions) will be shared with the stakeholder group in order to source regional experiences that might provide solutions to a partner need (and to become a 2991/3000

Communication As a normal procedure the CM will coordinate internal and external commination activities while each partner will be responsible for regional level communication, for providing contribution and reporting to CM (through specific event templates and news template). Next 6 partners will have to prepare one regional news on the topic addressed in the project that will be published (once every month news as in S2) on the project webspace. After the third EE event the CM will draft the 3rd newsletter with the outcomes of the events in a dynamic most interesting news article from participating regions. After the regional RSB meeting, partners will complete the event template while CM compiling all into one news article to be publish on different identified digital networks. 779/1000

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N° of interregional policy learning events organised 1 N° of good practices identified 8

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Semester 4 (Core phase) Exchange of experience INTERREGIONAL LEVEL: By mid-semester 4, partners will have completed the GP templates, providing a minimum of 2 GP’s per region (regions with two PPs should provide 3 GPs as a joint effort), bringing in total 20 GPs. By M21 all the good practices will be shared among partnership and at the end of Semester 4 these GPs will start to be peer reviewed. Partners are divided into groups by LP and advisory partner (their interest will be considered) in order to hold an online peer review. At this stage partners will know each other’s good practice example and will be able to provide a good peer review according to the guidance provided by LP and advisory partner. These peer reviews will have two effects: first the partner interested into GP will have the opportunity to get familiar with the example, to learn in detail about it and to ask additional specific questions, and second, it will provide the GP owner a final review of GP before submission into Interreg Europe database, again facilitation shall be provided by the advisory partner. After each peer review, a report will be prepared. All reports will be later summarized into a joint Peer review summary report to be published on the DETOCS Interreg Europe website. The peer review calls will continue in semester 5.

Coming to the end of semester 4 and with the good practices being already identified, project partners will organize Interregional workshop (M22) in Crete, Greece. Wider range of stakeholders will be invited to a cluster workshop (from policy authorities to chamber of commerce and tourist associations, in addition to similar Interreg Europe approved projects) in order to exchange the best practices among most relevant regional stakeholders. At the cluster workshop experienced partners will present the path of implementation of good practices in the regions to the policy instrument improvement (their past experiences will be shared in order to motivate policy authorities to implement needed changes, etc.). The fourth study visit will take participants on a tour to see energy renovated hotels (BEMS installations, solar thermal installation, etc.) with renovations that were co-financed from state grants in amount of 40-50%. REGIONAL LEVEL: In (M21) partners will host their 4th RSB meeting where all the GPs identified by the time will be shared with participants. The meeting will be organized as a discussion in order to find the best h d d dd h d d ld b f d d ld d d l h 2562/3000 Communication The second round of the news collection will start in S4, with first 6 PPs providing interesting regional project development as well as first good practices already identified.

Every month one news article will be published by CM on project webspace. The CM will draft the 4th newsletter shortly after the 4th EE event with the results of the EE experiences and with the first GPs already being identified. All PPs will share the newsletter among their regional stakeholders (as given in the stakeholder group matrix) and will translate it. During all semesters each partner will be responsible for their regional communication and to be present in regional media and report those exposures to CM. After the regional RSG meeting, partners will report the results of the meeting to CM (through templates) who will publish a joint article on the webspace as well as social media channels. During all semester,partners will use the DETOCS internal network to share their work, efforts and deliverables 1000/1000

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Semester 5 (Core phase) Exchange of experience INTERREGIONAL LEVEL: At the start of semester 5, remaining good practices are peer reviewed and the report of the review sent to PP13 in order to prepare a joint peer summary review report to be published on DETOCS website and further exploited via the dedicated project social media channels. In S5, PPs update the DETOCS templates according to the suggestions and comments received during the peer review calls. Final templates are then shared on the project intranet. Facilitation to partners during the policy improvement process and stakeholder’s engagement shall be made throughout by PP13. In M28, partners will be asked to submit the GPs into IE database. This will not represent any difficulties as the template already completed will contain elements that has to be included into the database. Before the submission, PP13 will take a final check in order to assure that all the aspects of good practice are included in the IE template. By the end of S5, all GPs will be submitted in the database. In parallel, project partner start working on the joint thematic guidebook.

The technical partner PP2 will prepare a user-friendly template targeting technical partners of the consortium to provide real life examples of energy efficiency measures implemented in the tourism infrastructure with a cost-benefit analysis, demonstrating both environmental and economic impact in the short medium and long term. Partners will agree on the division of targeted infrastructure, taking into account climate diversity and other factors (like type of business). Together with the SG meeting, a fifth EE event will take place in Italy, hosted by PP8 in M29. At the meeting, partners will share the results of their 5th RSB, meaning their regional procedure of policy improvement. The event will be organized as an open discussion, each procedure being reviewed and commented on by all participants. As a common procedure, project partners will be supported by their associated policy responsible authority (if relevant) at the event and will go together on 5th study visit - touristic public and private infrastructures whit novel energy efficiency measures implemented at local and regional level and financed through ERDF. REGIONAL LEVEL: In the second half of S5, partners will start more intensively lobing the policy instruments change implementation.

They will have their 5th RSB meeting (M27), where the procedure will be agreed on how the selected GPs (from S4) will be included into regional policies, who are the stakeholders involved and what resources (if) are required. In line with project timing, the policy authorities will sign an agreement on the policy adaption and start with the improvement of the policy instrument. Technical PP9 will provide guidelines with easy to use templates on the procedure for project implementation (taking similar form as action plans). After the meeting, partners will complete the template with the input gathered from their stakeholders. 2990/3000

Communication At the start of S5, the CM will prepare a template to collect the most relevant GPs identified from all partners that will be collated into the brochure with the purpose to be distribute among regional stakeholders and to learn about efforts from other regions and relevance for adopting some GPs. Each partner will translate the brochure and print it by the end of S5. After the 5th EE event, the CM will prepare a newsletter that will be distrusted by all PPs. All partners will report their results from 5th RSB meeting, and the last 6 partners will prepare news on their regional achievement and collected Good practices examples which will be shared on project webspace and beyond, through the use of DETOCS social media channels. 736/1000

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Semester 6 (Core phase) Exchange of experience INTERREGIONAL LEVEL: Technical partners will continue on their work on the guidebook, completing it by the month 34. The examples gathered into the guidebook will support the European tourism sector infrastructure towards their decarbonisation path while considering their climate and type of business. Technical partners will also provide some soft energy efficiency measures that can support tourism sector infrastructure to decarbonize (like effective and efficient energy management, energy monitoring) and also some novel ideas like virtual tourism. All project partners will translate this unique guidebook into their national language and make it available on their organization website in order to foster the decarbonisation path among their regional tourism sector infrastructre. The guidebook will be published on the DETOCS website and shall be demonstrated to an EU level audience. The guidebook will be used as a best-in-class tool to convince policy makers/authority to implement policy instruments improvements, to support tourism sector infrastructure in their transition path to decarbonisation (through energy efficiency investments) and to set some long-term goals. Final EE event of the core phase will take place in Bulgaria together with steering group meeting in M34-35 (Jointly organed by Bulgarian partners PP9 and PP10).

Partners (together with associated policy authority from SI) will share their results of regional thematic seminar, the level of actually policy implementation and next steps of this implementation. At the EE event, the monitoring template will be presented by LP. The template that will be used in Follow-up phase in order to monitor the implementation of policy change. LP will also present the Action plan, which has to be developed in case the policy improvement does not take place by the end of the core phase. The 6th study visits (hosted by Bulgarian PP) will be of an exemplar Flora Exposition Centre, touristic building that incorporates all aspect of both energy efficiency and use of RES. REGIONAL LEVEL: By M33 all partners will host regional thematic seminars in order to present the policy improvements, the good practices implemented (or envisaged to be implemented) in the region and other measures that are of interest for tourism sector infrastructure (first results of the guidebook) for their decarbonisation path. The thematic seminars will bring together on one hand policy makers and on other the targeted tourism sector into a joint environment.

These will be a great opportunity, especially for tourism sector infrastructure to learn about the policy changes/improvements, new support mechanisms, new projects to be financed, and also about possible new requirements coming from the policy improvement. 2779/3000

Communication In the final semester of the core phase, each PP will hold a project thematic conference (seminar) bringing together all regional stakeholders (from the value chain) to share the results of the project, to present good practices relevant to be transferred to the region and also to present the results of already implemented policy change. The event will be a good opportunity for different stakeholders to discuss, to agree on possible changes and for relevant organizations to learn about the novelties, about policy changes. An extensive newsletter will be developed by CM coming to the end of S6, compiling lessons learned form 6th EE event as well as most important messages from regional thematic conferences. Each PP will report the results of the 6th RSB meeting as well as the ones from the project conference to the CM who will provide an article on project website. Beside this, CM will group GPs identified and post 6 different articles on the webspace. 967/1000

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E.2 Follow-up phase Semester 7 (Follow-up phase) Monitoring results of main phase and, if applicable, exchange of experience INTERREGIONAL LEVEL: At the start of follow-up phase partners will receive concrete and comprehensive guidance on how to evaluate and monitor their territorial effects of the policy improvement, they will receive the template (presented at the end of semester 6). This template will be used for evaluation and monitoring of the improvement and for providing information to the Lead partner and communication manager (PP13) on their policy improvement process. The templates will be completed and shared among the partnership on a three-month basis. The partners that have not achieved the desired effects on policy improvement of policy instrument addressed by the end of core phase will have to prepare an action plan, this will be supported by the advisory partner (PP13). The action plan will include most relevant good practice examples identified in core phase that should be transferred to the given region. The template of the action plan will be shared at the end of core phase, additionally the LP and Advisory partner will organize bilateral calls with partners to provide further guidance on the action plan elaboration and to support them in achieving a successful policy improvement. The action plans will be prepared by the end of Semester 7.

At the end of semester 7, the project partners will meet in an online environment to share in detail their territorial efforts, the involvement of stakeholders and to present their action plans (ones that have prepared the action plans) with the partnership. REGIONAL LEVEL: In mid semester 7, partners will be meeting with their policy authorities (SI) and most important members of RSB to discuss already implemented measures in their policy instruments, the effect this had on regional development. For partners developing the action plans, this will be a great opportunity to get the input needed and support of policy responsible authorises and RSB for the development of action plans. 1950/3000

Communication In the follow-up phase the CM will continue their work to convey the DETOCS messages, efforts and results out, to reach wider EU public. Based on the reported achievements in each region (that were collected on 3-month basis by LP), the CM will prepare a series of articles (3 in S7), published on the webspace. Special news will be prepared on the archived policy implementation. PPs will report the results of their last RSB meeting (partners will hold to discuss further policy improvement). All the regions’ achievements will be gathered in the 7th Newsletter and distributed among regional stakeholders (as given in the stakeholders group matrix). Coming to the end of S7, the CM with the support of PP12 (hosting PP) and LP will start to prepare the final high-level dissemination event. First speaker will be agreed as well as the date and location. First save the date will be published on social media channels & webspace. 935/1000

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Semester 8 (Follow-up phase) Monitoring results of main phase and, if applicable, exchange of experience INTERREGIONAL LEVEL: In the final semester of the project, all the policy instruments addressed will implement with desired measures and changes. In this respect partners will continue to provide updates of the territorial effects through the evaluation and monitoring template (every three months). This information shall also be used to disseminate the achievements of the project. Partners producing the action plans, will continue lobbying for the policy improvement (as given in the action plan) and will organize bilateral online calls with successful partners to get inspiration and ideas on how to achieve the desired policy improvement. In the middle of the semester 8, project partners will meet at the final project event in Netherland, hosted by PP12 . This event will be divided into three parts. First, partners will share their experiences with their policy changes, they will present the status of policy improvement and what are the long-term goals and effects of the measures being implemented. The second part of the final event will be organized as a final public dissemination event, bringing together different members of each partners stakeholder boards as well as other revenant EU organizations.

Joint project efforts, results and achieved goals will be presented at this part of this event, as well as most successful good practices and the good practice guidebook. Two to three successful policy improvement stories will be also shared in order to motivate others to make the change needed. The final part is final steering group meeting where the project closure procedures will be discussed, and final arrangements made, in order to make the project an exemplar success for the new programme. REGIONAL LEVEL: Partners that still have not been successful with the policy improvement will continue their efforts to achieve the implementation of measures as given in the action plan. They will meet with their policy makers (SI) and most crucial members of RSB group to receive concrete support in this effort and in order to assure that policies are indeed improved by the end of the project, or 2281/3000

Communication The focus of S8 will be the organization of the final public dissemination event bringing together executives and policymakers from all regions. The event will be held with the final PPs meeting in the Netherlands. The Event will be organized by PP12 with support of CM & LP. PPs have an active role in the event, all representing their regional achievements and results. Dedicated news shall be prepared before the event & invitations shared with regional stakeholders and other EU actors. The event will be recorded, with special video interviews held with individual PPs/speakers. A final video will be developed by CM (external support) on the achievements, highlights from the event and individual digital interviews will be separately posted on social media and webspace. The CM will collect input for news articles from templates collected by LP. 3 news articles will be published of PPs achievements. Final newsletter will be distributed in addition to exploiting 997/1000

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F Project budget F.1 Budget breakdown per cost category and partner Partner

LP01 Local energy agency Spodnje Podravje

Country

Slovenia (Slovenija)

Prep aratio n costs

17,500.00

Staff costs

154,000.0 0

Offic e and admi nistra tion

23,100.00

Trave l and acco mmo datio n

23,100.00

Exter nal exper tise and servi ces

24,100.00

Equip ment

1,500.00

Infra struc ture and work s

Partner

PP02 Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania (CIHEAM MAICh)

Country

Greece (Ελλάδα)

Prep aratio n costs

0.00

Staff costs

90,000.00

Offic e and admi nistra tion

13,500.00

Trave l and acco mmo datio n

13,500.00

Exter nal exper tise and servi ces

Partner

PP03 Region of Crete

Country

Greece (Ελλάδα)

Prep aratio n costs

0.00

Staff costs

39,000.00

Offic e and admi nistra tion

5,850.00

Trave l and acco mmo datio n

5,850.00

Exter nal exper tise and servi ces

Partner

PP04 Univerisity of Malta

Country

Malta (Malta)

Prep aratio n costs

0.00

Staff costs

113,296.0 0

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Offic e and admi nistra tion

16,994.00

Trave l and acco mmo datio n

16,994.00

Exter nal exper tise and

0.00

TOTA L BUD GET

243,300.0 0

16,100.00

Equip ment

0.00

Infra struc ture and work s

0.00

TOTA L BUD GET

133,100.0 0

3,500.00

Equip ment

0.00

Infra struc ture and work s

0.00

TOTA L BUD GET

54,200.00

31,584.00

Equip ment

0.00

Infra struc ture and work s

0.00

TOTA L BUD GET

178,868.0 0

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Partner

servi ces PP05 Ministry for Tourism

Country

Malta (Malta)

Prep aratio n costs

0.00

Staff costs

46,992.00

Offic e and admi nistra tion

7,048.00

Trave l and acco mmo datio n

7,048.00

Exter nal exper tise and servi ces

Partner

PP06 Thermopolis

Country

Finland (Suomi/Finland)

Prep aratio n costs

0.00

Staff costs

143,775.0 0

Offic e and admi nistra tion

21,566.00

Trave l and acco mmo datio n

21,566.00

Exter nal exper tise and servi ces

38,900.00

Equip ment

0.00

Infra struc ture and work s

0.00

TOTA L BUD GET

99,988.00

14,200.00

Equip ment

0.00

Infra struc ture and work s

0.00

TOTA L BUD GET

201,107.0 0

Equip ment

0.00

Infra struc ture and work s

0.00

TOTA L BUD GET

97,344.00

Equip ment

0.00

Infra struc ture and work s

0.00

TOTA L BUD GET

159,400.0 0

Partner

PP07 Regional Council of South Ostrobothnia

Country

Finland (Suomi/Finland)

Prep aratio n costs

0.00

Staff costs

74,880.00

Offic e and admi nistra tion

11,232.00

Trave l and acco mmo datio n

11,232.00

Exter nal exper tise and servi ces

0.00

Partner

PP08 Municipality of Campobasso

Country

Italy (Italia)

Prep aratio n costs

0.00

Staff costs

63,000.00

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Offic e and admi nistra tion

9,450.00

Trave l and acco mmo datio n

9,450.00

Exter nal exper tise and servi ces

77,500.00

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Country Prep aratio n costs

Bulgaria (България) 0.00

Staff costs

118,700.0 0

Offic e and admi nistra tion

17,805.00

Trave l and acco mmo datio n

17,805.00

Exter nal exper tise and servi ces

Partner

PP10 Burgas Municipality

Country

Bulgaria (България)

Prep aratio n costs

0.00

Staff costs

48,700.00

Offic e and admi nistra tion

7,305.00

Trave l and acco mmo datio n

7,305.00

Exter nal exper tise and servi ces

11,870.00

Equip ment

0.00

Infra struc ture and work s

0.00

TOTA L BUD GET

166,180.0 0

1,890.00

Equip ment

0.00

Infra struc ture and work s

0.00

TOTA L BUD GET

65,200.00

Partner

PP11 Central Danube Development Agency Nonprofit Ltd.

Country

Hungary (Magyarország)

Prep aratio n costs

0.00

Staff costs

107,520.0 0

Offic e and admi nistra tion

16,128.00

Trave l and acco mmo datio n

16,128.00

Exter nal exper tise and servi ces

51,400.00

Partner

PP12 Middelburg Municipality

Country

Netherlands (Nederland)

Prep aratio n costs

0.00

Staff costs

112,000.0 0

Offic e and admi nistra tion

16,800.00

Trave l and acco mmo datio n

16,800.00

Exter nal exper tise and servi ces

72,520.00

Equip ment

0.00

Infra struc ture and work s

0.00

TOTA L BUD GET

191,176.0 0

Equip ment

0.00

Infra struc ture and work s

0.00

TOTA L BUD GET

218,120.0 0

Partner

AP13 The European Institute for Innovation-Technology

Country

Germany (Deutschland)

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Prep aratio n costs

Portal Interreg Europe

0.00

Staff costs

118,000.0 0

Offic e and admi nistra tion

17,700.00

Trave l and acco mmo datio n

Partner

17,700.00

Exter nal exper tise and servi ces

19,500.00

Equip ment

0.00

Infra struc ture and work s

0.00

TOTA L BUD GET

172,900.0 0

Exter nal exper tise and servi ces

363,064.0 0

Equip ment

1,500.00

Infra struc ture and work s

0.00

TOTA L BUD GET

1,980,883 .00

18.3%

Equip ment

0.1%

Infra struc ture and work s

0.0%

TOTA L BUD GET

100.0%

Total

Country Prep aratio n costs

17,500.00

Staff costs

1,229,863 .00

Offic e and admi nistra tion

184,478.0 0

Trave l and acco mmo datio n

Partner

184,478.0 0

% of Total budget

Country Prep aratio n costs

0.9%

Staff costs

62.1%