Final Rural-Res Conference

“Promoting the use of mini-wind

and mini-hydro installations in rural

and mountainous EU regions”

Brussels, Committee of the Regions, 28 March 2011

Provisional Agenda

09h30 Registration and Networking Coffee 10h15 Welcome and introduction

Dirk Hendricks, ESHA

10h25 History and achievements of the RuralRes project Larry Parker, Diputación of Huelva

10h45 “Influencing Regional and National policy” Lennart Tyberg, ESS, Sweden 11h00 “The importance of renewable energy production for mountain and

rural areas” Kristine Kozlova, Policy Officer at DG Energy, European Commission

11h30 Advance Preview of the Guidelines on good practices:

Examples of mini-hydro good practice, from Stockebro, Castiglioni, Talhadas, Lourizela

Examples of mini-wind good practice from El Granado, El Hydriada, Mikulasovice

Larry Parker, Diputación of Huelva

12h30 Presentation of Small Wind Policy Guidelines from the Interreg IVC project WICO. (T.B.C) Janet Borgers, POWER Lead European Project Manager

13h00 Lunch 14h30 Training for key stakeholders: Maps, studies, and training manual for

stakeholders N.A. 15h30 Panel discussion: how to boost training & investment of mini-hydro and

mini-wind in rural regions 17h00 Conclusions 17h15 End of meeting

The Rural-Res Consortium: