Open Day – Co-financing Measures for Energy Rehabilitations of Residential Buildings, Family Houses and Apartments in Niš in 2021

Within the implementation of the Program for financing activities and measures to improve efficient energy use in 2021 and in order to achieve energy savings and its rational use, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the City of Niš and the Ministry of Mining and Energy provided 19 million dinars to co-finance energy rehabilitation measures for residential buildings, family houses and apartments on the territory of the City of Niš in 2021. The program under which these subsidies are provided envisages that the ministry and the local self-government provide half of the subsidy for each investment, and the owners themselves the other half. Citizens will be able to apply for the replacement of carpentry (2.4 million RSD) and for thermal insulation (4 million), as well as for the installation of solar collectors for heating sanitary water (1.2 million RSD). Housing communities can apply for carpentry replacement (6.4 million RSD) and for thermal insulation (5 million RSD). On the occasion of the public call for co-financing of energy rehabilitation measures for residential buildings, family houses and apartments on the territory of the City of Nis for 2021, the City of Niš and the Office for Local Economic Development organized an Open Day at the City Hall. Open day was one of the events with which the City of Niš marked the European Local Democracy Week this year. During first hour about a hundred citizens came to get acquainted with the public invitation. Meeting the interested citizens individually during the Open Day was the opportunity to present the measures that are co-financed and detailed conditions for the distribution and use of funds; participants implementing energy efficiency improvement measures, the manner of their participation and role; the manner of providing financial resources, percentage of co-financing; clarifications of the application conditions for citizens and selection criteria; monitoring and reporting. Citizens' issues concerned property law, administrative and technical areas. The citizens not only asked, but also came up with concrete proposals so that the next public call would have simpler procedures, which is especially important.