At ENoLL we have started the year with an exciting new project: LIFE-BECKON, which stimulates and boosts the deployment of Energy Communities across Europe by developing and delivering comprehensive support mechanisms for public authorities, promoters and Local Action Groups to better equip them to facilitate the creation of Energy Communities, therefore answering to clear needs and known barriers. 

The comprehensive support mechanism includes Technical Assistance cookbook to enable the creation of Technical Assistance Offices, Capacity Building program via Train the Trainer approach to increase stakeholder knowledge and integrated services via One-Stop-Shop platform to facilitate access to information, tools and guides as well as matchmaking among actors along the value chain. The support mechanisms will be validated in 3 supramunicipal areas in Avila-ES, Sofia-BG and Copenhagen-DK covering a wide range of conditions, cultural aspects and market maturities. 

Within this context, the main objective of WP2 “Capacity Building via Train the Trainers” led by ENoLL, is to provide training/mentoring for the development of skills and competencies in co-design and citizen-centred co-creation methodologies, with the final aim to promote collaboration & mutual learning across sectors, citizens and stakeholders participating in the creation of local Energy Communities. 

With the aim to build a useful and effective Capacity Building Programme for Energy Communities and Living Labs, we have designed a survey to scope the needs of your targeted stakeholders in this area. If you are setting up or planning to build Energy Communities, please answer this short survey (it only requires 6 minutes to fill out) and state your interest in being part of this project as a targeted stakeholder. We have a series of relevant learning materials and activities we would be happy to involve you in. 

Please fill in the survey here by 30 January 2023 EoB and feel free to share the survey with your contacts if relevant.