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2. Programme of Networking Platform events 2014
3. Webinar on Energy Efficiency in Estonia - Funding and financing of Housing

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The JASPERS Networking Platform was created to complement JASPERS project advisory operations by implementing knowledge sharing and capacity building activities, as well as fostering dissemination of good practices and exchange of experiences among all EU member states, pre-accession countries and other JASPERS Stakeholders.

The JASPERS Networking Platform is open to relevant authorities from all EU Member States (EU 28), as well as pre-accession Countries.

Estonia has set ambitious targets to improve energy efficiency (EE) for the modernisation of its housing stock. The funds and financing attributed during the ongoing period of financial perspectives contribute to the achievement of the long-term renovation strategy, which aims at upgrading the entire Estonian housing stock to a high efficiency level.

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The webinar aimed at exchanging experience on the way EU or national grants may contribute to incentivise Energy Efficiency investments in residential buildings, mostly multi-storey buildings composed of apartments owned by their residents.

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During the webinar experts from national agencies and/or promotional banks in Estonia , Lithuania, Poland and Germany provided an overview of the history of activities to promote energy efficiency investments for existing and new housing stock.

DG REGIO has underlined the crucial Climate Action importance of progress in renovating existing housing stock, especially in Estonia and generally in the Baltic countries. No other sector of the economy has a comparable potential to reduce specific energy consumption. This was confirmed by a short contribution by DG ENER.

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JASPERS and ELENA were considered to have the potential to provide strategic or project related advice to the government and to relevant agencies and local authorities. Advice may focus on establishing programmes for certain types of housing and on addressing weaknesses, mainly related to housing stock renovation in remote areas of the country with weak economic and demographic development and low real estate values.

The EIB at large could possibly contribute to a potentially revolving housing investment fund.

For more information please see the detailed agenda and presentations available on this page.

For any further enquiry on this webinar and in general on the activities of the JASPERS Networking Platform please write an email to jaspersnetwork@eib.org