DIPUTACION DE GERONA

Their core work

The Diputació de Girona is the provincial government of Girona, Catalonia, Spain — a public authority that supports and coordinates the 221 municipalities in its territory. In H2020, their role centers on bundling municipal energy investments and driving local energy transition across small and medium-sized municipalities that lack the capacity to act alone. They bring governance infrastructure, public procurement expertise, and direct access to local authorities, serving as a bridge between EU-level energy policy and on-the-ground municipal implementation.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

Their early H2020 work (2015-2019) focused on practical investment bundling and energy financing — making it financially viable for small municipalities to undertake energy upgrades through aggregation. By their most recent project (2021-2024, ePLANET), the focus shifted toward European peer-learning networks, sharing platforms, and coordinated energy transition measures across public authorities. The evolution shows a move from local financial mechanisms to broader governance-level collaboration on energy transition.

Moving from financing individual energy projects toward building European governance networks for systemic energy transition at the local authority level.

How they like to work

With one coordination and two participant roles across three projects, they are comfortable both leading and contributing. All projects are CSA (Coordination and Support Actions), meaning they focus on networking, policy, and capacity-building rather than technology development. Their 17 partners across 6 countries suggest moderate but genuinely European consortia — typical of a well-connected regional authority that works with peer institutions across southern and western Europe.

They have collaborated with 17 unique partners across 6 countries, indicating a solid European network concentrated on public-sector and energy governance organizations. Their partnerships likely cluster around other regional/local authorities and energy agencies in southern Europe.

What sets them apart

As a provincial government overseeing 221 municipalities, they offer something most project partners cannot: direct administrative authority and implementation capacity at the local level across an entire region. For consortium builders, they provide a real-world testing ground for energy policies and municipal programs with genuine buy-in from local government. Their track record of aggregating small municipalities into bankable energy investment packages is a specific, proven capability.

Highlights from their portfolio

• BEenerGI
  Their largest project (EUR 922K) and only coordination role — directly bundled sustainable energy investments across Girona's municipalities, demonstrating hands-on regional energy leadership.
• ePLANET
  Most recent project (2021-2024) building a European network of local authorities for energy transition, signaling their shift toward international governance collaboration.