Taking into account the existence of a multitude of internationally approved and experienced initiatives in this context supporting local authorities, their overlaps and unique features, CoME EASY aims at bringing the most popular, suitable and compatible initiatives together. The project aims at enhancing synergies, overcoming barriers and creating an all-inclusive, comprehensive, user-friendly and effective open support package. Its objective is to tune up the European Energy Award’s tools and procedures to the requirements of the Covenant of Mayors, ISO standards, Smart Cities and Communities program  and other acknowledged and experienced initiatives in order to strengthen the municipalities commitment to EU targets and to ensure a monitored, effective implementation of action plans at local level.

CoME EASY project consequently does not aim at involving municipalities in a new initiative, but at elaborating a synthesizing, simplifying and strengthening element to successfully connect existing ones, facilitating multi-commitment and cross-fertilisation.

By joining strengths and benefits of several initiatives, CoME EASY aims at facilitating

the daily operational work of local authorities in their ambitious path toward EU targets;
the participation of public authorities in multiple initiatives seamlessly, enabling them to put together and follow their energy and climate action plans in an easier and more structured manner;
capacity building and benchmarking.

The project will carry out a pilot test developing SECAPs (including Emissions Inventories), KPIs dashboard, best practices library and EnMS with Ambassador municipalities and experienced advisors to collect their contributions and feedbacks, finalize the package based on these experiences and further implement and disseminate the developed open support package to all interested municipalities in all participating countries, paving the way for large use of these facilitating tools and procedures; at least 95 municipalities will be supported with 6 million inhabitants, while the capacity building action will involve 150 advisors, 300 municipal staff and more than 500 stakeholders.

The project will last from May 2018 until April 2021 and will be implemented by an international consortium, consisting of partners from seven European countries. The effects will go on after the project end thanks to the partners (EEA network) active involvement.