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Work Programme - Objectives
The overall goal of the
Bio-NETT project is to support
‘the development of local
supply and use of liquid bio-fuels by creating a more
integrated and cohesive market structure, linking
suppliers and users through regional networking in both
the urban and rural context.’
To achieve this, the
Bio-NETT project will:
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Establish local
bio-fuels networks,
which will provide a structure to co-ordinate the
involvement of local representatives of regional and
national advisory agencies and other renewable
energy organisations. The networks will facilitate
the co-operation and collaboration between Local
Authorities and other public sector organisations in
conjunction with the farming communities. This will
provide a mechanism to tailor opportunities to local
circumstances and assist in the dissemination of the
project.
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Increase the
confidence and knowledge
of the use of bio-fuels by public sector
organisations and within farming communities for the
supply of bio-fuels products, through training and
capacity building initiatives. This will:
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Inform
public sector organisations prior to making
key transport procurement decisions of
potential benefits of sustainable nature of
the supply of bio-fuels.
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Encourage
public sector organisations to access
support and advice schemes, thus increasing
the uptake of bio-fuels use in public sector
transport programmes.
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Increase the
number of agricultural businesses, which
develop new diversification and
entrepreneurial opportunities linked to
sustainable agricultural practices.
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Agriculture
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Bio–fuels
production
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Distribution
and Storage
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End use in
Vehicles
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Develop best
practice tools
to support the development of efficient local
bio-fuel supply network, building on the work of the
project networks and the thematic groups.
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Disseminate the results of the project
to further transfer the developed knowledge and
support the growth of regional bio-fuel supply
networks across the EU. The dissemination will be
done at the EC, national and local level, and will
include the establishment of regional bio-fuel
information centres.
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Direct project
deliverables are expected to be the:
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Establishment of
local Project Steering groups and an International
Project Steering group with members from each
network overseeing the project and sharing of best
practice.
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Establishment of 10
regional bio-fuel networks to support the
development of the local supply and use of
bio-fuels.
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Implementation of 2
new bio-fuels transport projects to include public
sector organisations and suppliers in each
partner region. This would represent a potential
carbon dioxide emission reduction of 1,500 Tonnes of
CO2/Yr.
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Setting up of
bio-fuels thematic groups on: Agriculture; Bio–fuels
production; Distribution /Storage; End use in
vehicles, to evaluate and develop strategies for
overcoming barriers to the production and use of
bio-fuels.
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Organisation of
awareness raising and network best practice training
programmes for promoting bio-fuels use for users and
suppliers, composed by a 5 day training programme in
each country/region; minimum 50 participants/region.
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Publishing of best
practice tools and project documentation; number of
tools distributed to the target groups: 5000 project
brochures and 1000 CD-ROM per partner.
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Implementation of 2
pilot bio-fuels in use projects between local
network partners.
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Establishing a
bio-fuels information exchange centre for use for
each partner region, to make available the best
practice tools and awareness raising courses taking
into account the local/regional situation (language,
land resource system and energy consumption).
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Production of
reports describing follow-up evaluation,
observations and experiences of the networks
developed for the suppliers and users.
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Organisation of an
open workshop in each partner region in order to
disseminate the experience of networks, best
practice tools and to facilitate future networks -50
people attending
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Organisation of an
international workshop for disseminating the
awareness raising tools, network best practice
framework and facilitate international networking;
at least 75 people attending
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Setting up of a
common website for the project in order to make
available the best practice tools and course
outlines for suppliers, users and technologists;
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Setting up of a
sub-website for each partner, as per the above to
reflect the regional/ international situation.
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