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REPORT ON
PRESENTATIONS TO NATIONAL AND EUROPEAN
NETWORKS AND PROGRAMMES
© HorstWagner.eu
Project Title:
Bioenergy Villages (BioVill) - Increasing the Market Uptake of Sustainable Bioenergy
Grant Agreement N° 691661
Deliverable N° 7.5 Presentations to national and European networks and programs
Lead Partner: GIZ
Submission date: February 2019
BioVill – D7.5 Presentation to National and European Networks and Programmes
Imprint
This document is issued by the consortium formed for the implementation of the BioVill project under Grant
Agreement N° 691661 by the following partners:
GIZ - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (Germany)
WIP – Wirtschaft und Infrastruktur GmbH & Co Planungs- KG (Germany)
KEA - Klimaschutz- und Energieagentur Baden-Württemberg (Germany)
AEA – Österreichische Energieagentur Austrian Energy Agency (Austria)
REGEA – Regionalna Energetska Agencija Sjeverozapadne Hrvatske (Croatia)
SDEWES-Skopje – International Centre for Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems -
Macedonian Section (Macedonia)
GEA – Asociatia Green Energy (Romania)
GIS – Gozdarski Institut Slovenije (Slovenia)
SKGO – Stalna Konferencija Gradova i Opstina (Serbia)
Lead Partner for the compilation of this document:
GIZ - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (Germany)
Contact:
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (Germany)
Reichpietschufer 20
10785 Berlin
Mr. Jens Adler
Tel: +49 30 72614460
Fax: +49 151 63390461
E-mail: jens.adler@giz.de
Authors of this report:
Jens Adler and Jana Mastaller (GIZ)
Copyrights:
© 2019 by authors. No part of this work may be reproduced by print, photocopy or any other means without the
permission in written from the main authors.
Disclaimer:
Neither GIZ nor any other consortium member nor the authors will accept any liability at any time for any kind of
damage or loss that might occur to anybody from referring to this document. In addition, neither the European
Commission nor the Agencies (or any person acting on their behalf) can be held responsible for the use made of the
information provided in this document.
Further information about the BioVill project on: www.biovill.eu
This project has received funding from the
European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
under Grant Agreement N° 691661
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Content
List of Figures .............................................................................................................................................................. 4
List of Tables ............................................................................................................................................................... 4
Abbreviations and Acronyms....................................................................................................................................... 5
1. Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................ 6
1.1 The BioVill project .............................................................................................................................................. 6
1.2 Scope of the task/deliverable ............................................................................................................................ 6
2. Summary List of BioVill Project Presentations ..................................................................................................... 7
3. Selected Presentations of the BioVill Project ..................................................................................................... 15
4. Conclusions ....................................................................................................................................................... 26
5. Annex................................................................................................................................................................ 27
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List of Figures
Figure 1: BioVill presentation at the International Summer School in Romania 2016 ...............................................16
Figure 2: BioVill presentation by GEA at the 16th EFIKOT conference in Romania .....................................................17
Figure 3: BioVill presentation by GEA at the Interreg DanuBioValNet 2017 in Prague ..............................................18
Figure 4: BioVill poster presentation by WIP at the 28th EUBCE 2018 in Copenhagen ..............................................18
Figure 5: Vasil Bozhikaliev, Natasha Markovska and Verica Taseska Gjorgievska at the 8th EPMES
Meeting in Bel-grade, Serbia ..........................................................................................................................19
Figure 6: Natasha Markovska (SDEWES-Skopje) at the 1st LA SDEWES conference in Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil ................................................................................................................................................................20
Figure 7: Certificate of presentation of the conference paper “Techno-economic, social and
environmental assessment of biomass based district heating in a bioenergy village” at the
1st LA SDEWES 2018 ........................................................................................................................................20
Figure 8: BioVill project presentation by AEA at the Young Researchers conference at the World
Sustainable Energy Days 2018 .......................................................................................................................21
Figure 9: BioVill project presentation by GIS at the Regional Roundtable "Smart Villages " 2018 ............................22
Figure 10: BioVill project presentation by AEA at the EU4Energy Vienna Policy Forum on Bioenergy for
Heat 2018 ........................................................................................................................................................22
Figure 11: Meeting at the County Council of Brasov for a delegation from the Energy and Biomass
Cluster from Republic of Moldova, 2018.......................................................................................................23
Figure 12: The BioVill project receiving the "Innovator Award 2018” by MIERT, Romania .........................................24
Figure 13: BioVill project presentation by GEA at the Joint Hungarian Cluster Conference 2018 ..............................24
List of Tables
Table 1: Summary list of BioVill project presentations to national, EU-wide and international
networks and programmes .............................................................................................................................. 7
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Abbreviations and Acronyms
CEE Central and Eastern Europe
CSE Conference for Sustainable Energy
CoDCR Council of Danube Cities and Regions
DBFZ Deutsches Biomasseforschungszentrum
EFIKOT Erdélyi Fiatal Közgazdászok és Vállalkozók Találkozója (Transylvanian Young
Economists and Entrepreneurs Meeting)
e.g. exempli gratia(lt.); for example
EnPa Energy Partnerships
EPMES Energy Planning and Modeling of Energy Systems
EU European Union
EUBCE European Biomass Conference & Exhibition
EUSEW European Sustainable Energy Week
GIZ Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
H2020 Horizon2020 – EU Research and Innovation Programme
LA SDEWES Latin American Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and
Environment Systems
MIERT Magyar Ifjúsági Értekezlet (The Hungarian Youth Conference of Romania)
NGO Non-governmental organization
PA 8 Priority Area No. 8 (one of 12 priority areas in Danube region referring to the
competitiveness of enterprises)
RENEXPO® International Trade Fare and Conference for Renewable Energy, Energy
Efficiency, Water and Waste Water
RESRB Renewable Energy Sources - Research and Business
SEE South-Eastern European countries
UNIDO United Nations Industrial Development Organization
UNIZAG University of Zagreb
WSED World Sustainable Energy Days
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1. Introduction
1.1 The BioVill project
BioVill is a three years project supported by the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
with a budget of around 1.99 Mio EUR. The project started in March 2016 and is implemented by the Deutsche
Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH in collaboration with 8 partners from the BioVill target
partner countries Croatia, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia and Slovenia, as well as from Germany and Austria.
Many South East European countries have high biomass potentials, but they are often not or only inefficiently used
for local energy supply and regional economic development. Thus, the overall objective of the BioVill project is to
support the development of regional bioenergy concepts and the establishment of bioenergy villages in Croatia,
Macedonia, Romania, Serbia and Slovenia. This will be achieved by identifying suitable biomass value chains
according to local and regional needs and transferring existing experiences in Austria, Germany and other European
countries to the South-Eastern European partners. Thereby the market uptake of domestic bioenergy supply chains
will be increased and the role of locally produced biomass as a main source of energy supply and added value for
the local and regional economy will be strengthened.
Core activities of the BioVill project include national and local framework analyses, technological and economic
assessments of local bioenergy value chains, development of the institutional set-up and energy management
concepts for the potential Bioenergy villages as well as capacity building on financing schemes and business models.
As a key factor of success, the BioVill project uses a multi stakeholder approach fostering the involvement and active
participation of the citizens and all relevant stakeholders in the planning and implementation process.
Major results of the BioVill project will be the initiation of at least five bioenergy villages in the target partner
countries up to the investment stage for physical infrastructure, the raise of public acceptance and awareness of a
sustainable bioenergy production and its commercial opportunities as well as increased capacities of users and key
actors in business and legislation to sustainably manage bioenergy villages and to enact national and EU legislation.
Altogether the BioVill project will contribute to the expansion and sustainability of the bioenergy markets in Europe
and the European Union.
1.2 Scope of the task/deliverable
All BioVill partners committed themselves to present the BioVill project and its (interim) results at topic related
conferences, workshops or other relevant events of national or European networks and programmes promoting the
production and use of bioenergy. For this purpose, GIZ has prepared 3 versions of a standard presentation in English
which were translated and amended by each partner for the specific purpose of the presentation. Furthermore, the
consortium has contributed, upon invitation by the INEA, to common information and dissemination activities of
the EU to increase synergies between and the visibility of Horizon2020 supported actions.
In the annex, the report provides the complete printouts of the standard presentations in English language, which
have been compiled at different stages of project implementation, including e.g. the BioVill project overview,
objectives and approach, information on the 7 selected partner villages, their main objectives and activities and the
results achieved by the project. Further, the report also includes a summary list of events to which the BioVill project
presentations in standard or adapted version were given by the partners as well as a short description of selected
presentations.
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2. Summary List of BioVill Project Presentations
The following list presents in chronological order the summary of the BioVill project presentations in the frame of
the task 7.5 at national, EU-wide and international events, networks and programmes to a broad variety of
representatives of target groups, involving national, international and EU-policy makers, industry, media, scientific
community, the general public and investors. The BioVill consortium presented the project at 85 national, EU-wide
and international events in 16 countries. Approximately 19,800 stakeholders were directly informed about the
BioVill activities and results through these events. It can be assumed, that indirectly even more people were reached
by the communication and dissemination activities through the respective press releases and social media entries
(see deliverable D7.4 on media clippings).
Table 1: Summary list of BioVill project presentations to national, EU-wide and international networks and
programmes
Date Country of Event name Presenter BioVill Number of Yes/ No: Yes/ No:
event material partici- national interna-
used pants outreach tional out-
reach
Feb. Croatia Seminar - Possibilities REGEA Na 244 Yes No
2016 of using renewable
energy sources
(REGEA introduced
two Horizon 2020
projects - BioVill and
BioRES)
Mar. Brussels/ Brokerage Event: Bio- GIZ Na 30 Yes Yes
2016 Belgium energy market
uptake projects
contractors’
workshop
May Romania Green Week 2016 – GEA Na 100 Yes No
2016 Energy willow – the
plant that works for
people & nature
May Croatia Zagreb Energy Week REGEA - 33 Yes No
2016 2016
May Serbia National stakeholder SKGO BioVill 12 Yes No
2016 meeting standard
presenta-
tion
Jun. Romania BioVill presentation AEA Oral 18 Yes Yes
2016 during a capacity presenta-
building workshop on tion
ISO 50001 for Mayors
by Energy
Partnerships (EnPa)
coordinator Gabriele
Brandl
Jun. Romania European Sustainable GEA Na 23 Yes No
2016 Development Week
2016 – LIFE ON
EARTH
Jun. Romania European Sustainable GEA Na 37 Yes No
2016 Energy Week
(EUSEW) 2016 – En-
ergy Independence
Conference
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Jul. Romania Study visit in the GEA BioVill 35 Yes Yes
2016 frame of an interna- standard
tional summer school presenta-
- InnoHub Sf. Gheor- tion
ghe
Jul. Romania Summer school in GEA BioVill 58 Yes Yes
2016 Tusvanyos, Transylva- standard
nia - Hungarian Trade presenta-
House event, start- tion
ups and business de-
velopment section
Jul. Romania Meeting between the GEA BioVill 52 Yes Yes
2016 Business Incubators standard
Association from Ro- presenta-
mania and Business tion
Incubators from Mol-
davia
Jul. Germany Governmental GIZ BioVill 50 Yes Yes
2016 negotiations between standard
Baden-Württemberg presenta-
and Romania tion
Sep. Germany Deutsches Biomasse- GIZ BioVill 150 Yes No
2016 forschungszentrum standard
(DBFZ) Annual Con- presenta-
ference on Biomass tion
Oct. Romania Bioeconomy - Inter- GEA BioVill 58 Yes Yes
2016 national conference standard
for clusters presenta-
tion
Oct. Germany Governmental GIZ BioVill 30 Yes Yes
2016 negotiations between standard
Baden-Württemberg presenta-
and Serbia tion
Oct. Macedonia International Sympo- SDEWES- Fact 100 Yes Yes
2016 sium “Energetics Skopje sheet,
2016” BioVill
standard
presenta-
tion
Nov. Serbia SEE Energy – Connect SKGO BioVill approx. Yes No
2016 & Supply 2016 Con- standard 100
ference - Novi Sad presenta-
tion
Nov. Germany 5th Forum Agro- WIP BioVill 40 Yes Yes
2016 forstsysteme flyers
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Dec. Croatia PA 8 Event "Cluster REGEA - 60 Yes Yes
2016 Networking and
Development
Prospects in the
Danube Region"
Jan. Austria 3 day poster presen- AEA BioVill poster 1,100 Yes Yes
2017 tation at the 5th Cen-
tral European Bio-
mass Conference in
Graz (Austria)
Jan. Austria 5th Central European WIP BioVill flyers, 40 Yes Yes
2017 Biomass Conference poster
Feb. Germany Joint workshop with GIZ BioVill standard 15 Yes No
2017 H2020 project Bio- presentation
RES: Supporting more
efficient use of bioen-
ergy at local level:
What have we
learned? Best Prac-
tices of H2020 Pro-
jects related to Bio-
energy
Feb. Croatia 7th International REGEA BioVill Flyer 250 No Yes
2017 Wood Energy
Conference for
Biomass and
Renewable Energy
Sources
Mar. Romania Green and Blue Econ- GEA BioVill standard 200 Yes No
2017 omy, 16th EFIKOT presentation
Conference
Mar. Romania Circular economy & GEA BioVill standard 45 Yes Yes
2017 bioenergy with the presentation
goal to strengthen
the relation between
actors from the
Netherlands and
Romania in the field
Mar. Czech Re- International confer- GEA BioVill standard 97 Yes Yes
2017 public ence Bioeconomy in presentation
the Danube region
INTERREG Danube,
project
Danubiovalnet
Mar. Serbia International Days of SKGO BioVill standard Approx. Yes No
2017 Energy and Invest- presentation 150
ment 2017 – Novi Sad
Fair
Mar. Serbia Energy Efficiency Day SKGO BioVill standard 50 Yes No
2017 of the Municipality of presentation
Varvarin
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Mar. Serbia SKGO Committee for SKGO BioVill standard 20 Yes No
2017 Communal Services presentation
and Energy 1st meet-
ing
Mar. Serbia Technical Days in SKGO BioVill standard 30 Yes No
2017 Sabac organized in presentation
the scope of Horizon
2020 CoolHeating
project
Apr. Romania Smart specialization GEA BioVill standard 45 Yes Yes
2017 and sustainable de- presentation,
velopment - Saint BioVill flyer
George days expo
and economic
conference
Apr. Serbia Renexpo 2017 - Wa- SKGO BioVill stand, Approx. Yes No
2017 ter and Energy West- leaflet and roll- 2,500
ern Balkans Fair up
May Romania Europa Day, meeting GEA BioVill standard 21 Yes Yes
2017 of researchers presentation
May Serbia SKGO Committee for SKGO BioVill standard 20 Yes No
2017 Environment and presentation
Emergencies 2nd
meeting
Jun. Sweden Poster presentations GIZ , BioVill poster, 70 Yes Yes
2017 and paper submission WIP flyers, paper
at 27th European Bio-
mass Conference &
Exhibition (EUBCE)
Jun. Spain 5th World Bioenergy KEA BioVill standard 30 Yes Yes
2017 Congress presentation
Jul. Romania Meeting with stake- GEA BioVill standard 28 Yes No
2017 holders and repre- presentation
sentatives of Regional
Development Agency
Aug. Nether- CuriousU Interna- GEA BioVill standard 15 No Yes
2017 lands tional Summer School presentation
in Europe
Sep. Romania 50th International GEA BioVill standard 190 Yes Yes
2017 Symposium in For- presentation
estry Mechanization,
Innovating the com-
petitive edge: from
research to impact
in the forest value
chain
Sep. Romania Regional Polarisation GEA BioVill standard 28 Yes Yes
2017 and Unequal presentation,
Development in CEE: BioVill article
Challenges for
Innovative Place-
based Policies,
Regional Studies As-
sociation Central &
Eastern Europe Con-
ference
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Sep. Hungary Bi-regional cluster GEA BioVill standard 35 Yes Yes
2017 networking and busi- presentation
ness exchange meet-
ing
Oct. Hungary Working group meet- AEA Leaflets, BioVill 20 No Yes
2017 ing „sustainability, standard
energy and environ- presentation
ment“ of Council of
Danube Cities and Re-
gions / CoDCR
Oct. Croatia UNIZAG, meeting GEA BioVill standard 35 Yes Yes
2017 with students and re- presentation
searchers
Oct. Romania Conference for GEA BioVill standard 42 Yes
2017 Sustainable Energy presentation
(CSE) 2017
Oct. Croatia 12th Conference on GEA BioVill ppt, Bio- 23 Yes Yes
2017 Sustainable Develop- Vill article
ment of Energy, Wa-
ter and Environment
Systems (SDEWES)
Oct. Nether- Presentation at Euro- KEA BioVill standard 40 Yes Yes
2017 lands pean Utility Week presentation
2017, Amsterdam
Oct. Serbia 8th Energy Planning SDEWES D4.2 50 Yes Yes
2017 and Modeling of En- -Skopje
ergy Systems
(EPMES) Meeting in
Belgrade
Oct. Serbia Energy and Eco Fair SKGO BioVill standard approx. Yes No
2017 2017 presentation, 4,000
leaflet, stand,
roll-up, short
video
Nov. Romania 6th Romanian GEA BioVill standard 54 Yes No
2017 National Cluster presentation
Conference, Smart
Clusters. Value
Chains. Business
Driven Innovation
Jan. Serbia Joint Networking AEA BioVill standard 40 Yes Yes
2018 Workshop presentation
Jan. Brazil 1st Latin American SDEWES D4.2, D4.4, D5.4 180 (35 No Yes
2018 Conference on Sus- -Skopje coun-
tainable Develop- tries
ment of Energy, Wa- and 5
ter and Environment con-
Systems tinents)
Jan. Brussels, 2nd Bioenergy Market WIP BioVill standard 20 Yes Yes
2018 Belgium Uptake Projects' presentation
Workshop
Mar. Austria Young Researchers AEA BioVill standard 700 Yes Yes
2018 conference at the presentation
World Sustainable
Energy Days (WSED)
Mar. Austria Invitation of Japanese AEA BioVill standard 15 No Yes
2018 Delegation presentation
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Mar. Romania Bio4Eco Interreg pro- GEA BioVill standard 32 Yes Yes
2018 ject“How to increase presentation
social acceptance of
bioenergy policies?”
Mar. Slovenia Regional roundtable GIS BioVill standard 70 yes Yes
2018 “Smart Villages“ presentation,
BioVill anima-
tion video
Mar. Slovenia Regular general as- GIS BioVill standard 55 Yes No
2018 sembly of the presentation,
Association of forest BioVill ani-
owners Sopota - mation video,
Laško BioVill flyers/
info sheets
Apr. Austria EU4Energy Policy Fo- AEA BioVill standard 50 No Yes
2018 rum on Bioenergy presentation
Apr. Romania Meeting with repre- GEA BioVill flyer, Bio- 25 Yes Yes
2018 sentatives of the En- Vill standard
ergies and Biomass presentation
Cluster from Republic
of Moldova
Apr. Slovenia School for Wood pro- GIS BioVill flyers / 65 Yes No
2018 cessing, Forestry and info sheets
Design - Forester and
Forestry technician
Jun. Republic of European Sustainable GEA BioVill flyer, 100 Yes Yes
2018 Moldavia Energy Week BioVill standard
(EUSEW) 2018 - En- presentation
ergy Independence
conference
Jun. Macedonia Delegation of the Eu- SDEWE BioVill standard 15 Yes Yes
2018 ropean Union to S- presentation
Macedonia in a Skopje
meeting with the
business sector in the
Regional Chamber in
Kichevo
Jun. Serbia 31st International SKGO BioVill standard approx. Yes No
2018 Congress on Process presentation 250
Industry with focus on
Processing '18 Kostojevici
Jun. Serbia 3rd Renewable Energy SKGO BioVill standard approx. No Yes
2018 Sources - Research presentation 100
and Business (RESRB- with focus on
2018) Kostojevici
Jun. Belgium Final SECURECHAIN WIP BioVill flyers, 40 Yes Yes
2018 workshop BioVill presenta-
tion
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Jun. Denmark 28th European Bio- WIP BioVill flyers, 40 Yes Yes
2018 mass Conference & poster, paper
Exhibition (EUBCE)
Jul. Serbia 3rd South East Euro- GEA BioVill standard 25 Yes Yes
2018 pean Conference on presentation
Sustainable Develop-
ment of Energy, Wa-
ter and Environment
Systems (SDEWES)
Jul. Hungary ELTE Hungarian Sum- GEA BioVill standard na No Yes
2018 mer University in the presentation
Carpathian Basin
GEA BioVill standard 30 Yes No
Sep. Romania Workshop on "Local
presentation
2018 policies and actions
to drive innovation in
the built environment
and reduce carbon di-
oxide emissions"
Sep. Germany 18th Professional Con- KEA BioVill standard approx. Yes No
2018 gress for wood presentation 100
energy
Sep. Serbia City of Kragujevac En- SKGO BioVill standard 50 Yes No
2018 ergy Days presentation
with focus on
Kostojevici
Oct. Romania MIERT conference, GEA BioVill flyer 80 Yes No
2018 “Innovator” award,
for the most innova-
tive project in the
field of smart and
sustainable
communities
Oct. Romania Discussion with the GEA BioVill standard 10 Yes No
2018 Bioenergy Cluster presentation
from the Republic of
Moldavia
Oct. Serbia Energy and Eco Fair SKGO BioVill leaflet, approx. Yes No
2018 2018 stand, roll-up, 4000
short video
Oct. Serbia National BioVill Con- SKGO BioVill leaflet, 101 Yes No
2018 ference - Business stand, roll-up
models sustainable
bioenergy implemen-
tation
Nov. Belgium Final Conference Bio- BioVill BioVill standard 80 Yes Yes
2018 Vill Con- presentation,
sortium Poster, Leaflets,
Info sheets,
BioVill Guideline
(D5.1)
Nov. Romania Joint Romanian-Hun- GEA BioVill standard 200 Yes Yes
2018 and Hun- garian Cluster confer- presentation
gary ence
Dec. Austria Conference at UNIDO AEA BioVill standard 30 No Yes
2018 presentation
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Jan. Belgium 3rd H2020 Contrac- AEA, BioVill standard 20 No Yes
2019 tors' Workshop Bio- SKGO presentation
energy
Jan. Austria Presentation of re- AEA BioVill standard 50 Yes No
2019 sults at AEA presentation
Jan. Slovenia Insufficient small GIS BioVill standard 75 Yes No
2019 wood biomass boil- presentation,
ers, improper burning BioVill flyers/
and air pollution; Ex- info sheets
pert consultation
Jan. Brussels, 2nd Bioenergy Market SKGO BioVill standard 20 Yes No
2019 Belgium Uptake Projects' presentation
Workshop
Jan. / Slovenia Agritech - a trade fair GIS BioVill flyers/ 20,700 Yes Yes
Feb. for agricultural and info sheets visitors
2019 forestry technology within
five
days;
10% of
them
visited
the
BioVill
info
point
In the following chapters, selected events are highlighted more in detail providing an overview of the broad variety
of BioVill dissemination activities to national, EU-Wide and international networks over the entire project phase
2016 – 2019.
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3. Selected Presentations of the BioVill Project
March 2016 - 1st Bioenergy market uptake projects Contractors' workshop
Right after the start of the BioVill project GIZ as the project coordinator participated at the first bioenergy market
uptake projects contractors' workshop organized in Brussels by INEA. The event brought together currently ongoing
bioenergy market uptake projects coordinated by INEA with the objective to get to know each other, to exchange
experiences and information on the projects and to identify opportunities for cooperation and joint activities. GIZ
presented to the 30 participants the BioVill project, the bioenergy village approach and the major project objectives
to the participating project coordinators and gained various tips on how to achieve and communicate best the pro-
ject impacts and results.
May 2016 - Zagreb Energy Week 2016
The Zagreb Energy Week presents a complex mosaic of a whole range of activities with the aim of including all
generations and stakeholders in a long-term fight against climate change. Their message “Development we don’t
want to stop, but pollution we can!” calls upon joint action in implementing projects for sustainable urban
development and the preservation of natural resources for future generations. Dealing with key issues of today's
world and problems in the field of energy and environment protection, the Zagreb Energy Week contains in its rich
program a number of international conferences, expert meetings, open door days, seminars, workshops,
presentations and specialized classes in schools and kindergartens of the City of Zagreb. Zagreb Energy Week was
held from 9th – 14th May 2016. On May 9th 2016 organized the workshop about the utilization of biomass energy
where also the project BioVill has been presented. The workshop gathered about 33 participants. Many stakeholders
play an important role in the Zagreb Energy Week, e.g. Croatian ministries, representatives of local and regional self-
government, educational and scientific institutions, the University of Zagreb, expert associations of craftsmen and
entrepreneurs, architects’ association and the chamber of architects, construction, mechanical and electrical
engineers, energy and development agencies, media representatives, civil society associations and expert
associations as well as many other local and international partners and associations.
May 2016 - 1st meeting with national stakeholders 2016
The dissemination activities from the Serbian BioVill partner started as early as May 2016 with the first meeting with
national stakeholders in the field of bioenergy. The meeting gathered representatives of major programmes in the
field of bioenergy, like GIZ DKTI and UNDP, but also representatives of national and regional institutions and
organizations. The aim of this meeting was to identify the most suitable candidates for the pilot bioenergy village,
but also to present the concept of the BioVill approach and intentions of SKGO within the project frame.
June 2016 - Green Week 2016, European Sustainable Development Week 2016 and Sustainable Energy Week
During the thematic days of these three national events, GEA presented the BioVill project to a broad audience.
These programmes were organized in Romania, Sfantu Gheorghe, as side events of the respective EU thematic
weeks.
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July 2016 - International Summer School 2016
GEA presented the BioVill project in July 2016 for the students who participated in an International Summer School
in the region. Around 35 students received information on the concept of bioenergy villages and the implementation
progress of the BioVill approach.
© GEA 2016
Figure 1: BioVill presentation at the International Summer School in Romania 2016
July 2016 - Summer School Tusvanyos
In the frame of the Summer School Tusvanyos in July 2016, an event was organized by the Hungarian Trade House.
Approximately 50 participants were informed by GEA about the BioVill project and the bioenergy village concept.
October 2016 - International Symposium “Energetics 2016”
ZEMAK (http://zemak.mk/index.html) is an expert association with the basic purpose, to follow, promote and
support energy resources in the country. Further, it is an initiator and mediator in debating and solving urgent
questions and issues, related directly or indirectly to the development of the energy sector and the overall economy.
ZEMAK organizes national and international consulting seminars and invites experts from the country, the
neighbouring countries and the wider region. The main objectives of the International Symposium “Energetics 2016”
organised in Ohrid, Macedonia were to provide a platform for sharing the most important information,
achievements and experiences among energy experts from the industry, private sector companies, specialized
research centres, universities and other interested parties from the country and abroad. In addition, the energy
community presented and discussed the challenges which energy organizations, investors and users are facing at
the moment, so as to identify appropriate mechanisms to overcome the problems and to encourage the cooperation
among them. The steps taken in the direction of reducing the emission of harmful substances from legislative point
of view, the international obligations, the construction of databases, and the new energy technologies and
processes, were the main topics of the symposium. Additional topics referred to the knowledge and experiences on
the energy and economy nexus, especially concerning the privatization, free price forming, economic feasibility of
energy efficiency measures, and of environment and public health protection measures. The BioVill project and its
results were presented by the BioVill partner SDEWES Skopje and reached an auditorium of about 100 persons.
December 2016 - PA 8 Event "Cluster Networking and Development Prospects in the Danube Region"
The workshop was held in Vukovar from 12th - 13th December 2016. It gathered over 60 cluster actors, e.g. cluster
managers, experts for cluster-based socio-economic development, policy makers and academicians from Belgium,
Germany, Hungary, Slovenia, Romania, Serbia, BiH and Croatia, successfully presenting the importance of clusters
developing, mapping, as well as of clusters promotion as one of most modern tools for competitiveness, quality,
standards and new working places. The workshop was opened by the County Prefect of the Vukovar-Srijem County,
the Mayor of the City of Vukovar and the State Secretary of the Ministry of Economy, Entrepreneurship and Crafts
of the Republic of Croatia. REGEA participated as a speaker and introduced the BioVill project and its activities. The
discussions later focused on technologies for environmental protection and energy efficiency.
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February 2017 - 7th International Wood Energy Conference for Biomass and Renewable Energy Sources
The conference was held in Zagreb on 24th February 2017 and extensively discussed the current situation in the
renewable energy sources and biomass sector. REGEA was co-organizer of the event and introduced the BioVill
project and its activities. More than 250 participants attended the event. The conference was held under the
auspices of the Croatian Ministry of Environment and Energy, with presence of prominent experts and NGOs, among
whom were Davor Škrlec (MEP), Eric Vial (European Pellet Council Director), Dr. Heinz Kopetz (World Bioenergy
Association), and AIEL‘s Board of Directors member Paolo Perini. The conference was attended by companies
(forestry, wood processing, energy), suppliers (technologies for processing biomass), members of professional
chambers (forestry, wood technology, architecture, energy), local government and state institutions,
representatives of the financial sector, international investors, lawyers and financers, energy and development
agencies, academic community (professors, students, high school students), and the public media (general and
professional).
February 2017 - Joint lessons learnt workshop of H2020 projects BioRES and BioVill
“Supporting more efficient use of bioenergy at local level: What have we learnt?” was the title of the lessons learnt
workshop jointly organized by the two H2020 projects BioRES and BioVill in February 2017 in Germany, in the GIZ
trainings centre Feldafing. Main objective of the workshop was to summarize lessons learnt from both projects in
order to address existing bottlenecks for the implementation of local bioenergy project sin the South-Eastern
European partner countries. GIZ presented to the 20 participants the BioVill project and its bioenergy village
approach as well as the results from the selection of target villages and the respective national and local framework
analyses, which were undertaken during the first months of project implementation.
March 2017 - 16th EFIKOT Conference
In March 2017, GEA representatives spoke about the BioVill project and implementation in Odorheiu Secuiesc,
Romania, in the frame of the 16th EFIKOT Conference on “Green and Blue Economy”. The conference gathered
young people, entrepreneurs and politicians on a national level.
© EFIKOT 2017
Figure 2: BioVill presentation by GEA at the 16th EFIKOT conference in Romania
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March 2017 - Interreg Danube DanuBioValNet
In March 2017, a GEA representative presented the BioVill project in Prague at the kick-off conference of the
Interreg Danube DanuBioValNet. 97 representatives from 67 organisations and 12 countries participated in the
meeting. Among them were stakeholders from cluster organisations and companies as well as representatives of
higher education institutions and policymakers.
© Danubiovalnet 2017
Figure 3: BioVill presentation by GEA at the Interreg DanuBioValNet 2017 in Prague
May 2017 and 2018 - European Biomass Conference & Exhibition (EUBCE) 2017 in Stockholm and 2018 in Copenhagen
Two years in a row, the BioVill project was selected to present a poster at the EUBCE, the largest gathering of
biomass experts in Europe. The EUBCE combines a biomass science and technology conference with a high quality
industry exhibition, attracting biomass professionals from around the globe. GIZ in 2017 and WIP in 2018 introduced
the BioVill project to the participants of the European Biomass Conference & Exhibition (EUBCE) 2017 in Stockholm
at the moderated poster sessions, enabling visitors and peers to review the projects work and engage in discussions,
thereby attracting attention beyond the project´s South-Eastern European scope. In addition, a paper on the
presentation was published in the proceedings of the conferences.
©GIZ 2017 ©WIP 2018
Figure 4: BioVill poster presentation by WIP at the 28th EUBCE 2018 in Copenhagen
September 2017 - 50th International Symposium in Forestry Mechanization
GEA representatives introduced the BioVill project at the 50th International Symposium in Forestry Mechanization
“Innovating the Competitive Edge: from research to impact in the forest value chain” in front of an international
audience. The event from Brasov, Romania, gathered approximately 190 international participants.
September 2017 - Conference on Regional Polarisation and Unequal Development in CEE
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Mr Tihamer Sebestyen, GEA representative, presented the BioVill concept and submitted a paper to the
international conference “Regional Polarisation and Unequal Development in CEE: Challenges for Innovative Place-
based Policies, Regional Studies Association Central & Eastern Europe”. The conference was attended by 300
participants from around the world.
October 2017 - 8th Energy Planning and Modelling of Energy Systems (EPMES)
The main challenge for South-East Europe (SEE) region economies is to commit to and sustain the implementation
of long-term reforms aimed at increasing competitiveness and promoting sustainable, inclusive and balanced
development as well as better integration between the EU Member States, candidate and potential candidate
countries and neighbouring countries. From the perspective of following the ambitions and adopting the new goals
concerning the climate change mitigation, an energy transition in the SEE countries is the challenge, which takes a
lot of effort, development and engagement. Transition from the current state of dominance of fossil fuels in the
energy sector to the large integration of renewable energy, with the subsequent reduction of GHG emissions,
requires sound planning and comprehensive changes. The transition is already on the way, with new power
exchanges recently established in Bulgaria, Serbia, Croatia and Montenegro and new ones in Albania, Bosnia, and
Macedonia being prepared. The 8th EPMES meeting, held on 24th October 2017 at the University of Belgrade - Faculty
of Electrical Engineering first time in a conference format, arose from the regional initiative for energy research
exchange and cooperation, which previously held 7 meetings and workshops. On these events, energy planning
experts and scientists from the SEE share their research and views with the aim of working together in order to
facilitate the change needed to respond to the challenges of today's energy sector development. The newly
established conference focused on Energy planning for energy transition, but also on smart energy systems,
decoupling growth from resources decarbonisation, competitive integrated regional energy market, security of
supply, climate change and environment, and infrastructure development. SDEWES Skopje presented the BioVill
project, its bioenergy village approach as well as the current state of development in the target municipality Kicevo
to about 50 present persons of the international scientific community.
© SDEWES-Skopje 2018
Figure 5: Vasil Bozhikaliev, Natasha Markovska and Verica Taseska Gjorgievska at the 8th EPMES Meeting in Bel-
grade, Serbia
November 2017 - 6th Romanian National Cluster Conference
The BioVill project was presented at the 6th Romanian National Cluster Conference “Smart Clusters. Value Chains.
Business Driven Innovation”, an international conference organized by the Romanian Cluster Association. The event
was held in Bucharest and gathered more than 250 participants.
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January 2018 - Joint Networking Workshop
The Serbian BioVill partner SKGO organised a joint networking workshop for the local bioenergy working groups
from the BioVill target villages in Belgrade, Serbia on 30th – 31st January 2018 (see D3.5). The major objective of the
event was to strengthen the network between the working groups in the different target countries and to share the
experiences between them. About 40 participants actively contributed to the joint networking workshop including
political decision makers, administrative staff, utility representatives, local communities, entrepreneurs and other
institutions as well as guests from the Serbian Environmental Protection Ministry, the GIZ DKTI Biomass Project and
the GGE ESCO Serbia. Also other BioVill partners contributed to the workshop, e.g. AEA and KEA moderated working
group tables on technology and economic and financial issues and presented their results.
January 2018 - 1st Latin American Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems
(LA SDEWES)
Following the success of the global Sustainable Development of Energy Water and Environment Systems (SDEWES)
conferences, a regional series of biannual SDEWES conferences have been initiated. It shall provide a venue for the
researchers from the Latin American region, but also for world-wide researchers and specialists and those interested
in learning about the sustainability of development, to present research progress and to discuss the state of the art,
the future directions and priorities in the various areas of sustainable development and regional integration. The
first Latin American edition of the SDEWES conferences was held 28th -31st January 2018 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at
the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (http://www.rio2018.sdewes.org/). It brought together 180 scientists,
researchers and experts in the field of sustainable development from 35 countries and 5 continents. The conference
was dedicated to the improvement and dissemination of knowledge on methods, policies and technologies for
increasing the sustainability of development by de-coupling growth from natural resources and replacing them with
knowledge based economy, taking into account its economic, environmental and social pillars. One of the main
issues of the coming decades is to improve efficiencies by integrating various life supporting systems, using excess
from one, as resource in other, and in exact moment when it is beneficial to all, integrating electricity, heating,
cooling, transport, water, buildings, waste, wastewater, industry, forestry and agriculture systems. SDEWES Skopje
held a presentation with the title “Techno-economic, social and environmental assessment of biomass based district
heating in a bioenergy village”. Afterwards, the authors of the paper, Vasil Bozhikaliev, Ilija Sazdovski, Jens Adler and
Natasha Markovska, received an invitation for publication of the paper in the special volume of the Journal of
Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems dedicated to the same conference.
Figure 6: Natasha Markovska (SDEWES-Skopje) at the 1st Figure 7: Certificate of presentation of the
LA SDEWES conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil conference paper “Techno-economic,
social and environmental assessment
of biomass based district heating in a
bioenergy village” at the 1st LA SDEWES
2018
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March 2018 - Young Researchers conference at the World Sustainable Energy Days (WSED) 2018
The WSED is one of Europe’s largest annual events in the field of renewable energy and energy efficiency. The event
takes place in Wels/Austria and attracts around 700 participants from all over the world. Ms. Shruti Athavale, an
energy expert from the Austrian Energy Agency (AEA), held a presentation on the implementation of regional
bioenergy villages in South-East Europe and the techno-economic assessment of bioenergy projects in the target
villages at the young researchers conference. The conference is part of the World Sustainable Energy Days and
represents a platform to present the work and achievements of young researchers in the fields of biomass and
energy efficiency as well as to offer a valuable opportunity to network with researchers and industry experts from
all over the world. During the Young Biomass Researchers Conference also Ms. Valerija Vrček Habazin, project leader
of the BioVill consortium partner REGEA, held a complementary presentation on the best practices related to the
implementation of a biomass district heating projects in Croatia.
©WSED 2018 ©WSED 2018 © Shruti Athavale/AEA 2018
Figure 8: BioVill project presentation by AEA at the Young Researchers conference at the World Sustainable Energy
Days 2018
March 2018 - Thematic workshop 2018
On 6th March 2018, the BioVill project was outlined in Brasov at the thematic workshop on „How to increase social
acceptance of bioenergy policies?”, which was jointly organized with the Regional Development Agency of Centru
Region. The event was attended by about 40 participants, among them were project partners of the Bio4Eco Interreg
Europe project, representatives of local authorities, and public institutions.
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March 2018 - Regional Roundtable "Smart Villages"
At the beginning of March 2018, a regional roundtable "Smart Villages" was held in Litija, organized by the Mayor
Franci Rokavec and the European parliament member Franc Bogovič. Good and existing "smart" solutions for the
Slovenian rural areas were presented (including the BioVill project), presented by six representatives of companies
and institutions from the local and wider state space. "Smart Villages" is the current sub-theme of the broader The
European Network for Rural Development thematic work on “Smart and Competitive Rural Areas”. The Thematic
Group contributes to the EU Action for Smart Villages by enabling exchange on innovative ways of creating more
vibrant, sustainable and attractive rural areas and by exploring how the Rural Development Programmes, the EU's
Cohesion policy and other financing instruments can be best used to support this. European parliament member
Franc Bogovič (working on Regional Development and Agriculture and Rural Development) pointed out that Smart
Villages emphasize communities in the countryside who must live a quality life. In the future, this will also encourage
young people not to leave the rural areas, as it offers enough jobs and quality living.
© Municipality Litija 2018
Figure 9: BioVill project presentation by GIS at the Regional Roundtable "Smart Villages " 2018
April 2018 - EU4Energy Vienna Policy Forum on Bioenergy for Heat 2018
Officials and experts from 11 Eastern Europe and Central Asian countries such as Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus,
Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan have met in Vienna on
24th April 2018, to explore how bioenergy and the deployment of other renewables can progress. The EU
Horizon2020 project BioVill has been selected to present a best practice example in knowledge transfer and capacity
building on the implementation of the bioenergy village approach in South-Eastern European (SEE) countries. During
the discussion, it turned out, that most countries have high potentials to use biomass resources more effectively
but still lack the necessary capacities. More information can be found under
http://www.iea.org/workshops/eu4energy-policy-forum-on-bioenergy.html.
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© EU4Energy/IEA 2018
Figure 10: BioVill project presentation by AEA at the EU4Energy Vienna Policy Forum on Bioenergy for Heat 2018
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April 2018 - Delegation from the Energy and Biomass Cluster from Republic of Moldova
On the 26th of April 2018, GEA organized a meeting at the County Council of Brasov for a delegation from the Energy
and Biomass Cluster from Republic of Moldova, representatives of the county administration, the city of Brasov, the
Regional Development Agency as well as one parliamentary deputy. The aim of the event was to share experience
in the field of bioenergy and outline objectives to be achieved, in approaches such as the BioVill project
implementation. At this occasion, GEA presented the BioVill project and the achievements in the target villages.
© GEA 2018
Figure 11: Meeting at the County Council of Brasov for a delegation from the Energy and Biomass Cluster from
Republic of Moldova, 2018
June 2018 - Processing Conference 2018 and 3rd Renewable Energy Sources 2018 - Research and Business
SKGO made use of the opportunity to present the BioVill project and the concept of bioenergy villages to the national
and international scientific and academia audience at Processing Conference and 3rd Renewable Energy Sources -
Research and Business both in June 2018. In addition to the standard presentation, articles on the BioVill project
and the development in the Serbian pilot bioenergy village Kostojevici have been published in information materials
of both conferences.
September 2018 - 18th Professional Congress of Wood Energy
BioVill project partner KEA presented the results of the BioVill project on the 18th Professional Congress of Wood
Energy taking place on 27th – 28th of September 2018 in Würzburg, Germany. The annual congress is a platform of
engineers, consultants, politicians and service providers who are discussing current problems, developments and
strategies in the field of biomass. The “Fachverband Holzenergie” organized the event. KEA’s presentation was
embedded in the Forum 1 “Supply of Resources” on the first day of the conference. The audience was very
interested in the implementation of the BioVill project, in learning more about the situation of the biomass sector
in South East Europe in general and about the challenges that emerge in the context of preparing and establishing
bioenergy villages in the five BioVill target countries.
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October 2018 - 17th Edition of the “Smart and sustainable communities Academy”
The Hungarian Youth Council (MIERT) organized on 20th October 2018 in Oradea, Romania, the 17th Edition of the
“Smart and sustainable communities Academy”. The BioVill project was selected to be awarded with the “Innovator”
award, for the most innovative project in the field of smart and sustainable communities, implemented in the two
selected target villages from Romania, Estelic and Ghelinta. The event was attended by high ranking politicians and
representatives of local public administration, e.g. the State Councillor Laszlo Borbély and the President of the
Sustainable Development Department in Romania.
© GEA 2018
Figure 12: The BioVill project receiving the "Innovator Award 2018” by MIERT, Romania
November 2018 - Joint Hungarian Cluster Conference 2018
The BioVill project was presented at the Joint Hungarian Cluster Conference, held in November 2018 in Oradea (RO)
and Debrecen (HU), where a GEA representative, Mr. Lajos Vajda, highlighted the achievements of the BioVill project
as well as the ongoing efforts of promoting the bioenergy village concept in rural areas. The event was attended by
cluster organisations and representatives of Hungarian and Romanian authorities.
© Clustero 2018
Figure 13: BioVill project presentation by GEA at the Joint Hungarian Cluster Conference 2018
January 2019 - 3rd Bioenergy market uptake projects Contractors' workshop
On 24th January 2019, Mr. Martin Höher (AEA) presented the current results and the status of the BioVill
implementation to other EU H2020 projects e.g. BioEnergyTrain, BiogasAction or FORBIO also focussing on the
bioenergy market uptake. The major aim of the workshop was to discuss lessons learnt, identify potential synergies
and agree on joint actions.
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January 2019 - Expert consultation: Insufficient small wood biomass boilers, improper burning and air pollution
This important event, which was attended by national political decision makers, took place in January 2019. GIS
introduced the BioVill project and the importance of a quality living environment, with an emphasis on the use of
high-quality renewable energy sources and the establishment of energy self-sufficiency in Slovenia. The programme
was organized by the Chamber of Craft and Small Business of Slovenia – Chimneysweepers Section and was attended
by representatives of the Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning and the Inspectorate of the Republic of
Slovenia for the Environment and Spatial Planning.
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4. Conclusions
Public participation, continuous dissemination of relevant information and capacity building were key elements of
the BioVill project. Thus, it can be concluded that the success of the BioVill project also results to a great extend
from the strong focus on communication and dissemination activities carried out by the project partners. More than
19,800 people were directly reached by the above outlined presentations to national, EU-wide and international
network events and programs. Further, about 30 villages in the target countries with a population of almost 100,000
peoples have expressed their interest to follow the BioVill concept of implementing the bioenergy village approach
after being trained and informed in the frame of the projects’ outreach activities. Another key element was the
continuous dissemination of the project concept and communication of the bioenergy village idea to a broad
audience, reaching from local, national and international political level and local decision makers, to the scientific
community, the energy clusters, investors, local citizens and the general public. With 85 project presentations to a
national and international audience in 16 countries, the BioVill project has contributed to the market uptake of
sustainable energies in the EU and the South-Eastern European region.
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5. Annex
1. BioVill standard presentation Vol. 1
2. BioVill standard presentation Vol. 2
3. BioVill standard presentation Vol. 3
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