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Online discussion

Wednesday, 13. October 2021 3:00 pm – 5:30 pm Save in my calendar

Online discussion

Energy Democracy under the microscope

Exploring its worldwide and Balkan dimension.

Energy Democracy is an emergent social, economic, cultural movement aiming to advance energy transitions by resisting the existing fossil-fuel centralised energy agenda. At the same time, the movement reclaims and restructures the energy status quo in a democratic way, by strengthening public participation and integrating technological changes and energy innovations.

Energy Democracy Dialogues, an initiative of INZEB and Electra Energy, is an open platform where energy experts, policymakers, businesses, politicians, academicians, civil society representatives and citizens meet and debate on the critical issue of Energy Democracy. The main aims of the Dialogues are to address the energy transition challenges and to influence the local, regional, national, and continental energy agendas through constructive dialogues.

Within the frame of the Energy Democracy Dialogues initiative the Energy Democracy under the Microscope online event is scheduled for Wednesday 13 and Thursday 14 October 2021 at 15.00-17.30 CEST. The thematic of each day are:

Wednesday 13 October 2021:
Exploring Energy Democracy. The worldwide dimension.
Thursday 14 October 2021:
Energy Democracy in the Balkans: Citizens’ and local communities’ role.
The main topics to be discussed and addressed during the two days of the online event are:

  • How can Energy Democracy be described in terms of goals and what are the specific actions needed that could enhance the movement in global, regional, and national levels?
  • Are there overarching and secondary goals, and if yes, how those are reflected in various regional contexts?
  • Can Energy Democracy goals guide the national energy policy designs and what are the requirements for this action? Can national energy policies linked-up with the national social policies?
  • What are the available policy instruments worldwide that support the Energy Democracy movement? If those exist, are there concrete outcomes resulting the implementation of those policy instruments?
  • What is the role of energy innovation in such social movements?
  • What is the role of Energy Democracy advocates and what is the role of citizens and communities?
  • Is there an interrelation between energy democracy and gender equality? How is it addressed?

AGENDA

Wednesday 13 October 2021 || Exploring Energy Democracy || The worldwide dimension

15.00 – 15.15   Welcome – Setting the scene
                          Alice Corovessi, INZEB
                          Dimitris Kitsikopoulos, ELECTRA energy cooperative
                          Kyriaki Metaxa, Heinrich Boell Foundation Thessaloniki Office-Greece

15.15 – 15.25   Marilyn Smith, EnAct – The Energy Action Project

15.25 – 16.30   Moderated Discussion: Exploring Energy Democracy. The worldwide dimension    

16.30 – 16.40   Wrap-Up and Day 1 Closure
                          Alice Corovessi, 
INZEB

Discussants

► Besim Nebiu, Habitat for Humanity International

► Antonia Proka, REScoop.eu

► Chris Vrettos, ELECTRA energy cooperative

► Krisztina Andre, BBen

Thursday 14 October 2021 || Energy Democracy in the Balkans: Citizens’ and local communities’ role

15.00 – 15.10   Welcome – Setting the scene                         
                          Alice Corovessi, INZEB
                          Dimitris Kitsikopoulos, ELECTRA energy cooperative
                          Kyriaki Metaxa, Heinrich Boell Foundation Thessaloniki Office-Greece

15.10 – 15.20   Day 1 Key finding presentation
                          Stavroula Pappa & Antonia Proka, RESCOOP

15.20 – 16.10   Moderated Discussion: Energy Democracy in the Balkans

16.10 – 16.15   Short break

16.15 – 17.10   Moderated Discussion: Energy Democracy in the Balkans

17.10 - 17.30   Main conclusions, wrap-up and event closure
                         Alice Corovessi, INZEB
                         Dimitris Kitsikopoulos, ELECTRA energy cooperative
                         Kyriaki Metaxa, Heinrich Boell Foundation Thessaloniki Office-Greece

Moderator: Michalis Goudis, Director Heinrich Boell Foundation Thessaloniki Office-Greece

Discussants

► Stavroula Pappa & Antonia Proka - [Day 1 key finding presentation] REScoop.eu

► Vedad Suljić - [For BiH] Regional Education and Information Center

► Dimitris Kitsikopoulos - [For Greece] ELECTRA energy cooperative

► Srgjan Vidoeski - [For N. Macedonia & Bosnia]

► Visar Azemi - [For Kosovo and the Balkans] Balkan Green Foundation

► Goran Gacic - [For Croatia] Green Energy Cooperative (ZEZ)

► Valbona Mazreku - [For Albania] Mlieukontakt

► Adrian Munteanu - [For Romania] Cooperativa de Energie

► Miodrag Vujović - [For Montenegro] KOD

► Krisztina Andre - [For the Balkans] BBen

► Majda Ibraković -  [For BiH] Center for Environment-FoE BiH / Solarna Pecka

► Ana Džokić & Marc Neelen - [For Serbia] Elektropionir energy coop

 

The event is organized in partnership with the Heinrich Böll Foundation office in Thessaloniki and REScoop.eu, as well as with the support of the Heinrich Böll Foundation offices in Sarajevo and Belgrade,  CONGREGATE - Building Renovation and Renewable Energy Cooperatives and EUCENA - European Citizen Energy Academy, EnAct – The Energy Action Project and Habitat for Humanity.

The event will be held in English using the ZOOM platform. Please register here.

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