Accelerating Community Energy in the Danube Region
Description
The Accelerating Community Energy in the Danube Region Conference will:
Bring together leaders who are actively working in the field of energy communities/community energy - including experts and practitioners from NGOs, energy agencies, public authorities, and central government.
Provide space for exchange on community energy development in the Danube Region.
Present the main outcomes of the Danube Energy Communities Accelerator (DECA) project
The DECA project has brought together project partners from Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Romania, Montenegro, Hungary, Slovakia and Austria, who have been working together to support the development of citizen-led energy initiatives in the region.
Participants will learn about the developed training programme and advisory toolkit, as well as the Danube Community Energy Acceleration Strategy that aims at scaling support for citizen-led energy initiatives in the region.
The programme includes discussion of practical examples of implementation from across the participating countries, and lessons learned that can help to inspire and expand support for future citizen-led energy action.
Agenda
Agenda - DECA Final Conference
09:00 – 09:30: Registration 09:30 – 9:50: Welcomes - Host Welcome: - dr. Vanja Cencič, DECA project manager GOLEA and Matej Pahor, director of GOLEA - Interreg Danube Programme Insights: - Horst Schindler, Interreg Danube Programme 9:50 – 10:00 DECA Highlights: project coordinator – Nina Taylor E-Zavod 10:00 - 11:15 DECA Learning Lab: Presentation of DECA solutions and strategy for community energy acceleration - DECA Training Programme and Toolkit for Advisors – Martina Nemčić (KLIK) - Example of Training Deployment in Romania: Anca Grigore (ABMEE) - Example of Toolkit Deployment in BiH: Arijana Šuvak (REIC) - Danube Community Energy Acceleration Strategy: Tim Taylor (Korimako) - Example of Collective Investment in Croatia: Ugo Toić (OTRA) - Example of Hub Development in Serbia: Marko Nedeljković (CORE) 11:15 – 11:45 Coffee break 11:45 – 12:30 Panel – Creating Equitable Energy Security through Citizen-led Action - Moderator: Tanja Popovicki (CORE) - Dr Slavica Robić (REGEA) - Tim Taylor (Korimako) - Goran Čačić (ZEZ) - Melinda Tóth (NRGCOM project) 12:30 – 13:00 Curated discussion: involving all participants - Moderator: Tanja Popovicki (CORE) 13:00 – 14:15 Lunch
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