What is co-creation in energy transition? How can co-creation enable and mainstream energy citizenship and community energy actions? How can we co-create sustainable energy solutions with local communities and citizens? Which are the barriers and enablers to co-creation in energy transition? How to harness the potential of co-creation and collaborative governance in energy actions?
Energy transition requires large and meaningful citizenry engagement. Co-creation processes in energy actions have the potential to foster and mainstream the emergence of energy citizenship and community energy actions. However, local governments and citizens face a number of barriers when trying to establish co-creation processes for energy actions.
The goals of the module are to:
- provide an understanding of the role and potential of co-creation and collaborative governance in energy actions,
- explore how policy-makers and market actors recognize and make the most out of citizens´ knowledge and agency,
- provide examples of participatory planning and implementation of energy actions from local governments.
The instructors for this module are:
Bożena Ryszawska is a professor at the University of Economics in Wrocław. Her research focuses on green economy, sustainable development, climate change and energy transformation, and green finance. She is the author of the book “Green economy – the concept and measurement of its implementation in European Union countries”.
Benedetta Buccolini is a Just Transition, Culture, and Cultural Heritage Officer at ICLEI Europe, a network of local governments for sustainability. Her work focuses on inclusive and sustainable development initiatives that find their roots in local communities, practices, and cultures. For EC2, she leads the work on policy recommendations, capacity building, and inclusion.
