In the target countries of the E-FIX project of Central and South Eastern Europe and the assoc. countries AM and GE, there is considerable idle potential for EE and REN products and services. Both potential energy project developers and financers face barriers regarding the accurate assessment of energy project feasibility and achieving investment security. An innovative Energy FInancing miX is needed in order to access new sources of finance and facilitate an increased implementation of sustainable energy projects. The E-FIX project will trigger private investments using a mix of inn. financing mechanisms, to be specific: credit lines for energy performance contracting, crowdfunding models and leasing models for EE and REN projects. The overall objective of the E-FIX project is to prepare the European market – with a focus on countries of various EU enlargement rounds, as well as markets of countries, which have recently reached EU association status – for the intensified usage of innovative financing mechanisms in the energy sector in order to facilitate the increase of investments in energy projects and services. The E-FIX project will initiate a comprehensive roll-out of inn. energy financing mechanisms in the 6 partner countries (PL, CZ, AT, HR, AM and GE). The 3-dimensional roll-out will cover capacity building, strategy development and piloting of model solutions. The E-FIX project will result in increased investments in sustainable energy projects in the partner countries as well as lay the groundwork for better-informed and equipped stakeholders. The trainings of these stakeholders will provide them with the capacity to act as E-FIX Ambassadors, multiplicators to promote and implement the E-FIX approach. On a larger scale, the E-FIX approach will be disseminated EU-wide, activating dormant private finance thereby contributing to the general growth of the EU markets of energy technology and services as one step into the direction of a low carbon economy.

CONTEXT AND PROJECT BACKGROUNDLabor market mobility in the border regions is very important topic not only for individuals applying for a job or companies that employ workers from neighboring countries. It is also a very important signal for the education system from neighboring countries whose task is to prepare for the occupation in the appropriate quality. The increase in cross-border international labor mobility within countries of partnership since joining the European Union is significant. For the general public however, is not easy to obtain in a simple way, information about the number of people who get a job abroad, respectively occupations in which workers from the partnership applied most frequently. The education program quality of preparation training and the professional requirements of employers are not compared yet, especially from the point of international mobility.PROJECT OBJECTIVEThe main aim of the project is to gain better overview of initial and further education outcomes in occupations in which the most frequent cross-border job mobility within the partner-countries, in the region of Lower Austria - South Moravian Region - South Slovakia, and for other relevant regions of Vienna, Brno, Bratislava is realized.PROJECT PARTNERS- Czech Republic - Czech Chamber of Commerce (HKCR), The Regional Chamber of Commerce of South Moravia (KHKJM), TREXIMA, spol. s r. o. - Slovak Republic - TREXIMA Bratislava, spol. s r. o.- Austria - ConPlusUltra GmbHMAIN ADDRESSED PRIORITIES• Developing partnerships between education and employment• Aligning VET policies with national regional or local economic development strategiesTARGET GROUPS• General public • Employers from each country of partnership from the surveyed region• Initial VET and further education training providers ,• Regional and national authorities in the field of education or labor marketPROJECT RESULTS (Outputs)O1 - Project Web Pages O2 - Analysis and comparison of the VET results in chosen occupations O3 - Feedback from employers to the competencies of migrantsO4 - Summary of the project outputs and a suggestion of recommendations for authorities.O5 - Comprehensive project summary MAIN PROJECT ACTIVITIESFollowing major project activities were realized for achieving the project results :O1 RELATED ACTIVITIES:•Programming and maintaining of the Project Web Pages.O2 RELATED ACTIVITIES:a)To o identify and select occupations with the highest mobility in the specified trans-border regions in countries of partnership:•Provision of source data for identification of the most frequent occupations•Communication with responsible bodies and data mining (local labor offices and Public Employment Service Austria)•Collecting of the results•Final selection of 16 mobile occupationsINITIAL OUTPUT ACHIEVED: Methodology and initial selection of occupations typically migrating in partnership´s cross-border regionsb)To compare VET results within chosen occupations:•Collection VET systems data in the countries of partnership•Data analysis of VET policies and VET systems in the countries of partnershipINITIAL OUTPUT ACHIEVED: Methodology of description and comparison of the VET resultsc)To complete the O2 intellectual project output - Comparison of key parameters of vocational education and training in partnership countries and Comparative analysis of qualifications in selected occupations:•Criteria description and definition to compare results of initial and further education for specified occupations.•Collection and analysis of educational standards upon the publicly published training standards were used •Description of results of IVET and CVET for selected occupations according to agreed criteria the were described O3 RELATED ACTIVITIES:To provide opinions of companies employing workers from other countries of cross-border partnership, with attention paid to selected occupations. Employers´ view brings complementary angle to test the qualifications and represents the practical experience with the performance of migrating workers.•Survey questionnaire preparation •Employer companies identification•Questionnaire verification by 46 employers employing workers from the countries of partnership in occupations with the highest cross-border labor mobility •Survey summary and evaluation O4 RELATED ACTIVITIES:Setup of outcome analysis and recommendations for recognition of initial and further education created based on data obtained from the above described activities POTENTIAL LONGTERM BENEFITSIn the relevant cross-border regions the project results are ready for further use with multiplier effect for the ongoing exchange with existing and potential employers and labor market institutions for awareness raising about ongoing adaptation of VET programe in the neighboring countries as well as needs for adapting national educational systems.

The aim of PANEL 2050 project is to create durable and replicable sustainable energy networks at local (municipality/community) level, where relevant local stakeholders collaborate for the creation of a local energy visions, strategies and action plans for the transition towards low carbon communities in 2050. The PANEL 2050 project will focus on the creation of these sustainable local energy networks in CEE countries, where this type of networks at local level is almost completely absent and therefore additional support is needed for the creation of the first successful local energy networks that have the potential to set an example and a new standard for local energy road mapping in other local communities in the CEE region. Furthermore, the PANEL 2050 project will not choose a specific focus on a certain type of stakeholder, but will try to work at the local level and assemble all relevant and available stakeholders related to sustainable energy. The number and type of stakeholders will vary very much in different local settings and the ambition of this project is to create sustainable energy networks at local level that will connect and involve all relevant stakeholders that are present at local level into the local policy development and implementation. At present, the involvement of local shareholders in local policy development in any field in CEE countries is very limited and the aim of this project is to create durable sustainable energy networks in a number of local communities in different CEE countries that will also be a replicable example that can be spread to other communities in CEE countries. Introducing stakeholder concept to energy planning will help generate sustainable energy policies and create more sustainable future for Europe.

The main goal of the CEESEU project is to build the capacity of public administrators in Central and Eastern Europe to develop Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plans (SECAPs) that promote increased energy efficiency, sustainable energy, reduced carbon emissions and improved climate change adaptability, helping the region to contribute towards meeting the EU's climate goals. CEE municipalities have lagged behind their Western European counterparts in developing SECAPs due to a number of reasons such as a lack of awareness and interest in the planning process, lack of expertise, capacity and access to resources as well as the need for outreach strategies or procedural changes by EU level actors, such as the Covenant of Mayors (CoM), that will better address the unique circumstances of the CEE. To address these concerns, the CEESEU project will: - Create training materials and train local public administrators in the CEE on developing and implementing SECAPs, taking into account the specific contexts of CEE communities; - Guide CEE municipalities in engaging with stakeholders and carrying out multi-level governance to develop SECAPs; - Guide CEE municipalities in financing and implementing SECAP actions; - Improve engagement between public administrators in the CEE and with the EU; - Offer guidance to the CoM and other EU actors on how to better reach and serve the needs of CEE municipalities in the development and implementation of SECAPs. As a result of the CEESEU project, several important longer-term impacts will be achieved: - 650 GWh of energy savings by the end of the project; - Improved capacity and skills of at least 645 public administrators in CEE municipalities; - Better alignment of national and regional development plans with SECAPs in the CEESEU countries and improved national and regional sustainable energy and energy efficiency policies; - At least 25 mln Euros of sustainable energy and climate change adaptation investments.

The labour market is changing faster in the era of digitalisation and industry 4.0. It is necessary to look for the best ways to transfer the changing skills requirements to vocational education and training in order to get the best prepared adepts for employment. Given the interconnected economies, the common competitiveness of labour markets and VET systems is a common concern. Identifying best practices in other EU countries is an effective way to gain new impetus for initiating change both nationally and across Europe.The goal of the EDU4future project is to find and describe the answer to the question „how changing requirements of the labour market, with special regard to digitalisation and industry 4.0, are transferred into vocational education and training in each partner country“. From this point view, the partners will describe VET systems in individual partner countries, roles of social partners, state and regions in the process of transferring labour market requirements to education on national, regional, local and sectoral level, competencies of individual actors, examples of good practice and examples of relevant partnerships and initiatives.EDU4Future is a proposal made by a strong and multiplayer partnership of The Slovak Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Regional Chamber in Trenčín, Slovakia) that represents employers on regional level; experienced VET provider from Germany: Akademie für berufliche Bildung GmbH (Dresden); enterprise with strong track record in VET and cooperation with companies: TREXIMA, spol. r.o. (Czechia); CONPLUSULTRA GMBH (Austria): experienced consultancy company at theinterface of public institutions, innovation support actors and regional SMEs facing digital transformation challenges; t2i (Italy): technology, innovation training organization from one of the most innovation location Veneto region and G&P svetovanje Gregor Jagodič s.p (Slovenia): Erasmus+ newcomer, a small consultancy university spin off company.We want to describe in detail the procedures by which 6 EU Member States, represented by 6 project partners, foresight and choose to transfer the changing requirements of the labour market, with special attention to digitalisation and industry 4.0, into vocational education and training after COVID crisis. From this point project activities are based. AfBB leads International Methodology to be used by partners to describe the situation in each partner country or even in any other EU or not EU country. Each of the partners will prepare a detailed Country Report, where the procedures – in similar way set by methodology - are described.In addition, illustrative examples of good practice will be added. Supervision over the processing of Country Reports will be held by t2i. Individual Reports will be compared by TREXIMA. The comparison will result in a comparative analysis. CONPLUSULTRA will process output recommendations.Comparing systems to learn new methods and processes from the examples of others has also the long-term goal of preparing tomorrow's workers so that: 1) they are more aware of their choices and the possibilities offered by the new sectors; 2) promoting youth employment and reducing the gender gap; 3) promoting mobility and helping to build a sense of unity and belonging to the European Union as a community 4) favoring the permanence and resilience in difficult times of skilled labor force.