Power Point presentations on barriers, success factors and decision process of municipalities within each Learning Municipality Network (5 presentations)

Barriers represent inhibitive factors for the use and implementation of (cost-effective) measures that can principally be overcome by supporting measures. Relevant barriers in the context of public authorities on local level might include for example imperfect information, adverse selection, split incentives, form of information, risk aversion, etc. Decision making processes and the interaction among stakeholders of different administrative levels and authorities within a municipality is also highly relevant for the outcome with regard to the implementation of energy and climate protection targets and measures. For the empirical analysis, stakeholders from each participating municipality will be interviewed, depending on the organisational structure e. g. representatives from urban planning, energy planning, mayors (if possible), environmental department, etc. The interviews will be conducted by the local partners in national languages. A guideline for all interviews is developed and adapted according to regional situation and experience during the process. The partners will record the interviews and provide an interview summary of each interview in English.The analysis of the interviews will be presented to each Learning Municipality Network in a PowerPoint presentation (5 presentations), D24.The results of the empirical analysis will be used to identify the focuses in the capacity building regarding expert inputs as well as trainings on communication and stakeholder involvement in the networks.