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Market characterization: segments and boundaries analysis for CitizEE’s pilots demonstrators

The market characterization analysis focus on the current local Citizen Funding market related to the CFs4EE1 Financing Scheme2 scope and targeted beneficiaries defined in the grant agreement for each of the pilot country/region. The objective of the Market Characterization analysis is to identify the key decision elements that will serve the evaluation of the CFs4EE Financing Scheme to be developed by the project and the Public Financing Instrument that will support the scheme.

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Categories: Citizen Financing Crowdfunding EFSI energy effciency Energy efficiency Financing Investment Platforms

Legal & regulatory investment framework analysis

CITIZEN FINANCING, CROWDFUNDING, ENERGY EFFCIENCY, INVESTMENT PLATFORMS

This report is a compilation of the initial situation, the planned activities as well as the opportunities and difficulties of CitizEE’s four pilot regions Portugal (GOPARITY), Belgium (VEB), Croatia (REGEA) and Lithuania (VIPA). The result is a comparing overview of the current state from a legal point of view. In order to achieve a detailed view on the cases the report was written in close cooperation with the partner countries as well as with ECN and ENERGINVEST. With the help of a questionnaire, follow-up questions and discussions it was possible to not only finalise a legal and regulatory analysis but to also get an impression what other relevant aspects for the pilot regions do exist.

CitizEE Institutional, organisational and procedural report

CITIZEN FINANCING, EFSI, INVESTMENT PLATFORMS

As part of CitizEE project results, this report describes what EFSI-backed Investment Platforms are and how CitizEE H2020 project pilot regions can access the funds provided by the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) in order to set-up such investment platform to support the funding of their CFs4EE Financing Schemes.

Master Plan for the establishment of Investment Platforms

EFSI, FINANCING, INVESTMENT PLATFORMS

CitizEE has published its Master Plan for the establishment of Investment Platforms. The aim of this Master Plan for the establishment of Investment Platforms is to provide CitizEE Pilot Countries/Regions a synthetic input about the practical implementation of the Investment Platforms within the CitizEE project Working planning. The structuring of the Master Plan is based on the analysis of the current EU legislation and policy documents regarding Investment Platforms under EFSI 2015-2020 framework, ESIF 2014-2020 operational program and as far as possible on the first experiences of existing Investment Platforms.

EU support for first energy efficiency investment platform in Lithuania

ENERGY EFFICIENCY, INVESTMENT PLATFORMS

The European Investment Bank (EIB) and National Promotional Institution Viesuju Investiciju Pletros Agentura (VIPA) - the Lithuanian Public Investment Development Agency, member of the CitizEE project- have signed a €12.5 million first tranche of a €25 million approved facility, supporting the creation of the first national energy efficiency investment platform in Lithuania. The project is backed by the Juncker Plan's European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI)and focuses on climate action, while also generating cohesion benefits.

Commission proposal for a regulation on European crowdfunding services providers

CROWDFUNDING

The proposal for a regulation on crowdfunding, adopted by the European Commission in March 2018, will enable crowdfunding platforms to easily provide their services across the EU.

CitizEE H2020 Project Launched

ENERGY EFFICIENCY, FINANCING

Scaling up Public Sustainable Investments via Citizen Financing Schemes