EUTEENS4GREEN Projects

Empower young people to become active in the energy transition through the Just Youth Energy Transition Academy focused on Renewable Energy applications.\n\"This project aims to empower young people to become active players in promoting an inclusive and participative energy transition in Portuguese territories that have been most dependent on carbon-intensive industries, focusing on Alentejo Litoral due to the sudden closure of the Sines thermal power plant and the resulting loss of jobs.\nYoung people from these regions will have the opportunity to take an active role in the energy transition by providing them with theoretical and practical knowledge and skills through the Youth Energy Academy (YEA), using non-formal education methods. The Academy will be about 5-week long, of 2-3 hours per week, and for around 25 participants covering 5 different modules: “Energy trilemma”, “Distributed renewable energy (DRE)”, “People Power”, “Resource mobilisation”, “Social Business”. After the virtual sessions, a in-person 3-day Energy Workshop for 15 participants will be hold covering 3 extra modules: modules: “DRE on the ground” - Field visit to community RE projects; and Sessions to support the development of project ideas (complementing the Module “From idea to action”), plus the “Do-it-Together” Module - Practical workshop on energy systems design and building. \nAt the end, it is intended to map relevant stakeholders and build a network to leverage resources and partners allowing to scale-up the program afterwards as well as scaling-deep by providing meaningful support to alumni in implementing projects.\n\"

\"- 5 week-long virtual Youth Energy Academy for 25 participants: the output will be a set of materials (presentations, exercises) adapted to the context of the just energy transition in Portugal and Europe\n- 3 day-long Energy Workshop for 15 participants: resulting renewable energy systems built will be donated to relevant projects in the Alentejo Litoral region and a network of young ambassadors empowered and confident to start new projects\n- Virtual monthly masterclasses open to the general public: the output will be recorded sessions and materials that can be shared more broadly, as well as, a growing network of people aware of the challenges and opportunities in just transition regions\n- Stakeholder mapping and partnership building with organizations in Alentejo Litoral with the view to scale-up or replicate the project in the future.\n\"

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