Contracting

Table of Contents
1/ Introduction
2/ Internal Contracting: Enabling municipalities
to design a sustainable and modern infrastructure
2.1 The concepts of Internal and External Contracting
2.2 Benefits of internal over external contracting
2.3 Utilisation of Internal Contracting – overcoming structural barriers
2.4 Strengths of Internal Contracting in a nutshell
3/ Implementing and managing Internal Contracting
with a revolving fund
3.1 Organisational aspects
3.1.1 Initial momentum
3.1.2 Combining competencies and initial decisions
3.1.3 The scheme within the organisation
3.2 Financial aspects
3.2.1 Distinct purpose and use of the fund
3.2.2 Annual investment & fund size
3.2.3 Closed market: the fruit tree
3.2.4 Internal accounting of a revolving fund
3.2.5 Investment strategy
3.2.6 Energy pricing
3.3 Technical aspects
3.3.1 Identifying appropriate measures
3.3.2 Monitoring energy savings
3.4 Implementing and managing an internal revolving fund in a nutshell
4/ Internal Contracting in practice – Case studies
4.1 Stuttgart, Germany
4.2 Udine, Italy
4.3 Águeda, Portugal
4.4 Koprivnica, Croatia
4.5 Almada, Portugal
5/ Conclusions
Proposal: public funding for Internal Contracting schemes
6/ Appendices
6.1 Council resolution
6.2 Agreement model
Infinite Solutions Guidebook – Internal Contracting