Financing Climate Policies Frank Mathissen NL Agency

1. Covenant of Mayors East
Financing Climate Policies
Frank Mathissen
NL Agency

2. Introduction
1: Facts and figures Netherlands.
2: NL Agency role as National Supporting
Structure
3: Example of How to guide Municipalities to
developing SEAP’s.
4: Toolbox Financial Constructions
5: NL Agency in Como-East, work package

3. 1 Facts and Figures Netherlands
• 415 municipalities
• 12 provinces
• Population 16,7 million
• 109,4 billion kWh in 2010, 0.4% less than in
2009.

4. 1 NL Agency
Ministry of Economics, Agriculture and
Innovation
Long term relations with all Municipalities and
Provinces
Widely accepted as Independent coordinating
central Actor
1500 Employees

5. 2 National Supporting Structure
NL Agency supporting structure since start Covenant of
Mayors, cooperation with Climate Alliance.
Low investment because of existing Network with
Municipalities and Provinces (12 years of Dutch Covenant
Policies)
80% of Municipalities in Netherlands had SEAP before
COM, High quality already achieved and many national
SEAP’s just signed, today total of 18 signatories, it’s hard to
convince municipalities & provinces in today’s crisis of the
benefits of signing.

6. 2 National Supporting Structure
NL Agency supports Municipalities in negotiating with
EU (connecting national SEAP’s and COM SEAP’s). We
need covenant for continuation (crisis), and we offer 2
decades of national experience in Municipal SEAP
development.
NL Agency supports Covenant 100%, development of
National Climate Data Monitoring System based on
public data and data of energy companies interest EU.
Main issue because of Crisis is new way’s of finding
finance, NL Agency is streamlining the opportunities
that arise for financing Climate Projects.

7. 3 How to get them to make Seap’s
History of activating Municipalities develop Climate
Projects.
Municipal Energy Efficiency Policy (1992- 1996)
Local and Regional Energy Savings (1997 - 2001) More
financing for SEAP’s
Climate Covenant (2002-2012), Large Grants
Now crisis, danger for funding, but energy is business
case!

8. 3 National Covenant
Covenant between Central en Local government
Climate Covenant (2002-2012) in periods of 4 year.
Covenant participants: Dutch association of
municipalities and provinces, several ministry’s
Subsidy for the supporting structure as wel as for the
municipalities in developing SEAP depending on size of
municipality.
How to actually get to projects? 3 steps approach..

9. 3 National Covenant
Step 1: Climate Scan mapping opportunities, where
are the buildings, factories, etc that need refurbishing,
what are the difficulties and opportunities (manpower,
organizational, financial
Step 2: After the presentation of step 1 choosing
Climate Ambitions from a Climate Menu.
Step 3: Key municipal players are now responsible for
the development of the Local climate projects, of
course support is necessary.

10. 3 Dutch Covenants
Municipal buildings
Housing
Office buildings
Traffic & Transport
Renewable Energy

11. 4 Toolbox Financial Construction’s
National Covenants Ended, 2008 Crisis, Smaller
government
Projects stop or slow down, priorities are shifting.
Explosion of Creativity on new financial solutions,
energy saving has become a viable business case!!
NL Agency is harvesting all the new Initiatives in a
Toolbox Financial Constructions, IEE proposal for EU
Toolbox
www.toolboxfinancieringsconstructies.nl

12. NL Agency in Como East
Responsible for work Package 4:
More financing for SEAPs / Bringing money and ideas
together / Providing finance information
Promotion of COMO East with international donors,
Guidance to Municipalities on funding opportunities
Linking SEAP activities to financing instruments
“Attracting finance to implement SEAP measures”

13. Main activities WP4
Composing donor fiches per country
information per donor like type of projects, specific requirements
• Guiding Municipalities in finding funding opportunities
• financial paragraph in SEAP
• Matchmaking activities
• E-platform for interactive contacts between stakeholders
• regional workshops with donors, IFI’s and governments
• Analysing SEAPs
identifying measures that could attract donors
Bundling of similar measures
minimum investment costs apply
larger projects are more attractive for donors

14. Thank You!
Questions??
Frank.mathissen@agentschapnl.nl