The first Thematic workshop and Policy Lab of the Dutch and Belgian Stakeholder Desks will be jointly held on 25 May form 9.00 – 12.00am. The workshop is organised by the TU Eindhoven, REScoop.eu and VITO.

The event takes a closer look at the interaction between local policy and energy communities, adn will address questions such as: How local policies can stimulate the growth of energy communities, and vice versa? And how energy communities can contribute to the realisation of local policy objectives?

Agenda

• 9h00 Welcome
• 9:10 LICHT Vlaams-Brabant: Local Initiative for Renewable Transition (Hilde Hacour - Province of Flemish Brabant)
• 9:30 Citizen participation and public-private partnership accelerate climate transition in East Brabant (Leo D'haese - ECoOB)
• 9.50 Boosting - exploiting - connecting (Martijn Messing - project manager Social Innovation Programme, collaboration Province of Brabant/Enpuls)
• 10:10 Different views on the stimulation of energy communities in the Dutch context of multilevel governance (Rien de Bont - TUEindhoven)
• 10:30 Panel debate
• 10:50 BREAK
• 11:00 Introduction of the policy lab
• 11:10 Policy lab break-out sessions
• 11:50 Plenary feedback & further steps

Contact: Erika Meynaerts, VITO - erika.meynaerts@vito.be ; Erik Laes, TU Eindhoven - e.j.w.laes@tue.nl