CITYnvest - france http://citynvest.eu/tags/france en We need to get the ‘bankability mentality’, the CITYnvest coordinator says at the French national workshop http://citynvest.eu/content/we-need-get-%E2%80%98bankability-mentality%E2%80%99-citynvest-coordinator-says-french-national-workshop <div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="og:image rdfs:seeAlso" resource="http://citynvest.eu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/images-news/IMG_9019.jpg?itok=WL_KfKVr"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="http://citynvest.eu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/images-news/IMG_9019.jpg?itok=WL_KfKVr" width="480" height="320" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>On 27th of September, representatives of local authorities, ESCOs, non-government organisations and policy makers gathered in Nantes to discuss the potential of innovative financing models for building renovations in France.</p> <p>French local authorities face strong budget constraints and reduction of national financial support. That has an impact on their ability to invest and carry out projects tackling climate issues, however the innovative approaches to financing energy efficiency have been already developed and tested in several regions.</p> <p>The panellists agreed that the role of the public sector in developing investments in renovations of buildings is crucial. That kind of projects would not be possible to realize on a purely private market. However, the experts stressed that interesting and well prepared projects will always find investors to support them. Thus, strong political leadership and cooperation with private sector are indispensable.<em> ‘We need to work with local authorities to get the bankability mentality’</em>, Elise Steyaert, the coordinator of CITYnvest said.</p> <p>Yet, involving financing institutions and ESCOs to invest in energy efficiency projects is not the only possible way to make the renovations happen. The participants of the event were more than eager to learn more about cooperatives and to explore citizen-funding solutions.</p> <p>Presentations from the workshop are available on <a href="http://citynvest.eu/content/innovative-financing-models-energy-efficiency-buildings-france-how-implement-and-replicate">the workshop page</a>. The video explaining the example of RenoWatt, which was broadcasted during the event can be watched <a href="http://citynvest.eu/content/renowatt-financements-innovants-pour-la-r%C3%A9novation-%C3%A9nerg%C3%A9tique-des-b%C3%A2timents-0">here</a>.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tags/focus-country" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">focus country</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tags/france" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">france</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tags/workshop" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">workshop</a></div></div></div> Tue, 04 Oct 2016 12:35:47 +0000 agnieszka 579 at http://citynvest.eu http://citynvest.eu/content/we-need-get-%E2%80%98bankability-mentality%E2%80%99-citynvest-coordinator-says-french-national-workshop#comments