On 31.05. and 01.06. Representatives of the project BEEP (Bosnia Energy Efficiency Project) for the Federation BiH took part in the activities of coordination group of the Energy Community Secretariat for energy efficiency in Vienna.
During the meeting, the Energy Community Secretariat published a special edition of the legal framework of the Energy Community that focuses solely on energy efficiency. The publication brings together the legal acts in force, the relevant decisions of the Ministerial Council and procedural acts amending the original EU acquis, as well as all implementing directives and delegated regulations on the labeling of energy efficiency which is currently implemented by the Energy Community.
The meeting gathered more than 60 experts together with the Energy Community Secretariat, the European Commission and the donor community. Representatives of the project BEEP were Mr. Mustafa Čopelj, Head of the World Bank project for the Federation of BiH and Adnan Efendić, President of the Project Steering Committee.
Experts also discussed the progress of the development of national action plans for energy efficiency (NEEAPs), and reported about the energy efficiency projects that implement good practices of Energy Community. In particular, they shared their experience in regard to energy services (ESCO) model. In addition, the performance, of the Regional Energy Efficiency Program (REEP) for the Western Balkans in the first two years of implementation, was assessed.
The series of energy efficiency events continued with workshops on the implementation of energy efficiency, directives and funding opportunities and the workshop itself was organized in cooperation with the World Bank.
The final conclusion for Bosnia and Herzegovina is that there are certain delays due to, among other things, failure to pass the law on energy efficiency in BiH.
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