A number of resources to help public authorities, energy agencies, and financial institutions develop sustainable energy strategies have been released by Coopenergy.
The Guide on Multi level governance is to help public authorities work collaboratively on sustainable energy policies, plans and strategies their your regions, by developing a ‘Multi-level Governance’ (MLG) approach. The MLG concept was developed by the Committee of Regions in 2009: “Multi-Level Governance means coordinated action by the European Union, the Member States and Local and Regional authorities, based on partnership…to create and implement EU policies. It leads to responsibility being shared between the different tiers of government.” (The Committee of the Regions, 2009 White Paper)
The Good practice Database features 60 case studies of authorities collaborating to develop and implement sustainable energy action plans. The case studies can be sorted by country, administrative level, application, theme of collaboration, success factor, and budget range.