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Project: Innovative financial model to support the transition to renewable energy sources
SmartUp Social Innovation Lab is a non-governmental organisation working in the fields of education, climate change, and public sector innovation.
Our work is characterized by an interdisciplinary approach aimed at creating an environment where different system actors can meet and, through a facilitated co-creation process, address existing social challenges.
SmartUp operates within the ecosystem by connecting various stakeholders to promote and develop social innovations, building a society that is socially, environmentally, and economically sustainable. SmartUp was founded with the mission to catalyze social innovations in the country and the region.
What are the project goals?
SmartUp Social Innovation Lab (SMART UP) is tasked with developing, together with its partner organisations, a financing model in accordance with the current Macedonian legislation that would enable, through one or more types of investments, favorable conditions for the implementation of systems for obtaining energy from renewable sources.
The project's goal is, during the energy crisis, to encourage more active cooperation between local government and the community and, through a participatory approach, enable the identification and development of a financial model implementable within the current Macedonian legislation that will ensure active investment in the production of energy from renewable sources for community needs.
Scope of work and expected results:
Total number of planned expert days: 20 days
- Analysis of: laws and by-laws, changes, legal ambiguities, and unregulated areas related to financing methods of local government, financing of facilities under local government jurisdiction, as well as other facilities managed by the state
- Identification of public policies correlated with appropriate laws and by-laws for implementing such activities, i.e., collective investment (crowdsourcing)
- Regional comparative analysis of legally regulated and deregulated areas related to potential financing opportunities for implementing such investments;
- Preparation of a legal framework for developing a financial model based on collective investment to be used for developing this model through co-creation workshops with stakeholders
- Participation in the co-creation process, participation in workshops
- Support to the economic expert in developing the financial model
- Legal framework (for the sustainability of this financial model)
- Preparation of a draft agreement between local government units and potential investors
- Submission of the final report
Result 1: Submission of a report containing points 1-2 by November 4, 2022 (10-12 pages with technical specifications: font 12, A4 size, line spacing 1, normal margins);
- Brief report on the legal possibilities for implementing such a model
- Preparation of a legal framework covering the possibilities to be used in co-creation workshops
Result 2: Submission of a draft legal framework to be used in co-creation workshops, highlighting important aspects to consider when defining the financial model by November 10, 2022.
- Preparation of a document presenting several proposed models based on input from conducted workshops
- Finalization of one model to be tested in 2023
The expert is required to submit a work report (time-sheet) in a format specified by SMART UP for the period of engagement. All activities will be implemented in coordination with the SMART UP project team. The working languages for this engagement are Macedonian and English by December 20.
Ownership
Products resulting from this engagement will remain the property of SMART UP. The expert agrees not to use the products outside this engagement without prior written consent from SMART UP
Compensation
The fee for the expert's services amounts to 5000 denars gross amount per consulting day.
Required documents:
a. For legal entities: Current status from the Central Registry of the Republic of Macedonia, Reference list of previous similar engagements of the proposed expert, CV (professional resume)
b. For individuals: Reference list of previous similar engagements, CV (professional resume)
Selection and scoring process
SMART UP will select the expert through an open call. The evaluation process will be conducted based on the following criteria with the respective weight in the total score Evaluation of professional resume (CV) - 40% Evaluation of reference list of previous similar engagements - 60%
Application deadline?
The application (professional resume and offer in Macedonian) must be sent electronically to info@innovationlab.mk with the subject: Application for legal expert, no later than October 17 (Monday) (23:59) 2022. SMART UP will notify the selected candidate no later than October 20, 2022. Applications sent after the deadline will not be considered. Only selected candidates will be contacted.
This activity is implemented within the project "Innovative financial model to support the transition to renewable energy sources", implemented by SmartUp – Social Innovation Lab, with financial support from the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT Climate-KIC) and in partnership with KLIK (Climate Innovation Laboratory Križevci / Krizevacki Laboratorij za Inovacija za Klimu, Croatia), Association Solar Macedonia, Korimako (Slovenia), the Energy Council of Gran Canaria Island (Consejo Insular De La Energía De Gran Canaria), and the Municipality of Ilinden.
