Organized by: EUCENA project, COMPILE project
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The citizen energy movement is evolving all over Europe, crystalizing the need for citizens and local communities to access renewable and affordable energy, such as solar and wind energy, and to contribute actively to the transition to a just, democratic and inclusive energy system across Europe.
This summer school will foster networking at the Balkan level and cross-country exchange of ideas, tools, knowledge, and good practices. It will also begin consolidating the community energy movement in Eastern Europe, where citizen energy is just developing, and foster collaboration with partners from Central Europe and Western Europe, which already has a strong tradition of citizen energy.
The overarching objective of the summer school is to start forming a Balkan Community Energy Network through a growing community of practitioners/ambassadors and to support the growth of energy communities in the Eastern region of Europe.
The key themes of the training are networking, capacity building and knowledge transfer.
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If you are interested in participating in the summer school, you can send your application through the link below.
Due to limited venue capacity, not all applications will be successful. Applicants will be chosen on a range of criteria including, but not limited to, country of origin, gender and background. Successful applicants are expected to stay for the whole 3-day duration of the summer school.
IMPORTANT NOTICE: The application period for national and international applicants closed on 09/05/2022. Only applicants located in Thessaloniki can still apply.
Session: Informal get together meeting (prior to the official
launch of the summer school)
Description: Welcome Space
Session: PLENARY 1
Description: Summer school opening session
Coffee Break
Session: P1.1
Description: Gender justice
Challenges and proposals
Co-organizers (tentative): REScoop.eu, WECF
Session: P1.2
Description: Just transition in coal regions
Lunch Break
Session: P2.1
Description: Energy poverty
Securing access to clean and affordable energy through
citizen energy projects: challenges, ideas and solutions
Co-organizers (tentative): University of West Attica,
RESCOOP.eu, WECF, INZEB
Session: P2.2
Description: Energy markets and the role of citizens
How do electricity and gas markets work? Is there room for
citizen energy initiatives?
Co-organizers (tentative): SmartRue Lab (Technical
University of Athens), REScoop.eu (REScoop VPP team)
Coffee Break
Session: P3.1
Description: Citizen energy and the role of Municipalities
Session: P3.2
Description: Social impacts of citizen energy projects
Understanding and measuring the social impacts of citizen
energy projects
Co-organizers (tentative): Heinrich Boll Stiftung,
REScoop.eu
Dinner
Session: P4.1
Description: HOW TO START: Building a citizen energy initiative
Session: 4.2
Description: Transposition process of European directives
Co-organizers (tentative): RESCOOP.eu
Coffee Break
Session: P5.1
Description: WHAT TO DO: Citizen energy projects, services and business models (PART I)
Session: P5.2
Description: Citizen energy policy making and advocacy
Lunch Break
Session: P6.1
Description: WHAT TO DO:
Citizen energy projects, services and business models (PART II)
Coffee Break
Session: P7.1
Description: HOW TO FINANCE IT: Financing citizen energy projects
Tools, solutions, models, and mechanisms
Co-organizers (tentative): DBU, Genervest, Compile
partners, REScoop SCCALE partners
Session: PLENARY 3
Description: Citizen energy projects development: Key findings
Building on and combining P4.1, P5.1, P6.1, P7.1
Coffee Break
Session: PLENARY 4
Description: Summer school summary and next steps
Lunch Break
Trip to Halkidiki (optional)
We will arrange the return trip back to Thessaloniki on the same day at a time that will be decided closer to the day of the event. Please note that it is the participant’s responsibility to arrange departures from Thessaloniki back to their home countries, or accommodation for the night of the 30th of June either in Thessaloniki or Halkidiki.