LOKALNA ENERGETSKA AGENCIJA ZA POMURJE ZAVOD ZA PROMOCIJO IN POSPEVANJE TRAJNOSTNEGA ENERGETSKEGA RAZVOJA MARTJANCI

Their core work

LEA Pomurje is a local energy agency serving the Pomurje region in northeastern Slovenia, promoting sustainable energy development at the municipal and regional level. They support local authorities in designing and implementing sustainable energy and climate action plans (SECAPs), building institutional capacity for energy transition. Their practical work centers on green public procurement, spatial-energy planning, and creating governance structures that help municipalities move from policy to action on climate goals.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

Their early H2020 work (2015–2018) focused on institutional change tools — green procurement and training public authorities on integrated spatial-energy-socioeconomic planning. By 2021, their focus sharpened toward governance and community engagement: institutionalizing SECAPs, building local energy coalitions, and applying living lab methods. The trajectory shows a clear shift from supporting authorities with general sustainability tools to driving structured, community-embedded energy transition governance.

LEA Pomurje is moving toward deeper governance and citizen engagement models for municipal energy transition — expect them to seek partners with living lab, SECAP implementation, or community energy expertise.

How they like to work

LEA Pomurje participates exclusively as a partner, never as coordinator — consistent with their role as a regional implementation body rather than a research leader. With 36 unique partners across 13 countries from just 3 projects, they operate in large, pan-European consortia (averaging 12+ partners per project). This makes them an accessible, low-friction partner for consortium builders who need a Slovenian regional energy agency with real municipal networks.

Despite only 3 projects, they have built connections with 36 partners across 13 countries, indicating participation in broad European networks of local energy agencies and public authorities. Their geographic footprint spans much of the EU, though their operational base remains firmly in Slovenia's Pomurje region.

What sets them apart

LEA Pomurje offers direct access to Slovenian municipal governments and regional energy planning processes — something universities and large consultancies cannot replicate. Their value lies in being the bridge between EU-level energy policy frameworks and on-the-ground implementation in a less-represented Central European region. For consortium builders, they bring genuine local authority relationships and a track record in translating policy into municipal action plans.

Highlights from their portfolio

• 2ISECAP
  Their most recent and largest-funded project (EUR 98,250), focused on institutionalizing SECAPs with living lab and multilevel governance methods — represents their current strategic direction.
• INTENSSS-PA
  Addressed the intersection of energy, spatial planning, and socioeconomic sustainability for public authorities — an unusually integrated approach for a local energy agency.