Bruxelles – Na današnjem sastanku s u Općoj upravi za energiju, ravnatelj Agencije i predsjednik FEDARENE dr.sc. Julije Domac uručio je posebnu nagradu Roger Léron upravo g. Dominique Ristoriju, glavnom direktoru Opće uprave za energetiku. Treba istaknuti da je ova nagrada dodijeljena od strane odbora za dodjelu nagrade udruženja FEDARENE upravo na inicijativu dr. sc. Julija Domca koji i predsjeda odborom. U obrazloženju za dodjelu nagrade stoji i:
…The European Commission makes direct financial contributions in the form of grants through European structural and investment funds and research and innovation programmes, which have been and will be the main source of funding for many projects in the area of energy efficiency and climate protection. Funding for regional and cohesion policy in the period of 2014-2020 amounts to significant 351.8 bn EUR and the Horizon 2020 as the biggest EU research and innovation programme ever has nearly 80 billion EUR of funding available or the 7 years (2014-2020). Those funds will to a great extent be used by local and regional actors in the member states of the FEDARENE association. Of course, the importance and the impact of the European Commission is not only in funding. In my experience, equally important is the inspiration and motivation from Brussels which helps on gathering together the necessary political, official and technical support in our regions, cities and municipalities. In many sustainable energy projects, it is the European dimension which makes them so attractive and possible. Without this very real contribution and commitment from Brussels, many now successful initiatives and project would not even start…
Na sastanku koji je prethodio svečanoj dodjeli nagrade, sudjelovali su i gđa. Mechthild Wӧrsdӧrfer (Head of Directorate A – Energy Policy) te g. Roman Doubrava (Directorate C – Renewables, research and innovation, Energy Efficiency) prezentirane su aktivnosti energetskih agencija i europskih regija koje imaju ključnu ulogu u generiranju velikih investicijskih projekata u energetici. Posebno je spomenut i primjer iz Hrvatske gdje je REGEA okupila 62 jedinice lokalne samouprave iz dvije županije u aplikaciji na program ELENA za dobivanje tehničke pomoći za pripremu rekonstrukcije javne rasvjete.
