Building Momentum for Energy Transition

In February we launched the first public event within the RECET frame in Ísafjörður Town. Although an open meeting, we especially invited elected officials and municipality staff from the 8 municipalities in the Westfjords. The turn up was good and the meeting overall success, serving the first step in the SECAP ladder to create a political intent to develop a plan. This was followed in the spring by an introduction presentation to the coming planning in a youth conference and in a series of open public events organized within the framework of regional planning in the Westfjords. Those events with over 300 participants (in a Region of 7200) served to involve the external stakeholder groups in the process, the second step on the SECAP ladder. 

Finally in the autumn we threw a series of workshops for municipality staff and elected officials, to identify concrete sectorial actions (step 6) and form the expert group foreseen int step 3. Simultaneously we are working on step 4, to estimate the energy balance and its emissions, through an implementation of digital system of green bookkeeping for all 8 municipalities (thus covering the municipalities operations) and by getting a consultant to estimate emissions Regionally. This last activity has called for at least 10 meetings with municipality staff and contractors.