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Autumn 2019 European Energy Innovation 49

ENERGY TRANSITION

remains meaningless (Heldeweg M., Most importantly, in order to M and Bauer W, TU Graz, describe
UTwente. accelerate climate action and to cure their experience with student camps
our planet, people fundamentally and pilot plant courses, which were
Another factor to create real traction need to change the way they think especially beneficial to both students
is to support bottom-up market and act. and business.
initiatives and integrate them into
existing systems. Community groups, For this purpose, new education and 3. Conclusion
especially in lower performing training models for new skills and
European countries, need to share job profiles are necessary linking Integrating planning, design,
their best practice, create awareness knowledge from different disciplines. technologies and infrastructures
with all stakeholders, and inspire To create an adequate learning requires the cooperation of a
other people to follow their example. environment, new cooperative multitude of actors. For this purpose
Consumers need price incentives learning formats needed to be new unconventional partnerships
to use sustainable products, save developed. and new multiple public-private
energy, save resources, reuse, and business models are needed. Once
recycle. These cooperative formats are based these new partnerships have properly
on real life challenges from industry consolidated, the legal framework
We need to realise that the and regional decision-makers. As needs to be adjusted accordingly.
resources on our planet are Narodoslawsky M. points out in
limited. By considering sustainable ‘Theory and Practice of European European organisations like eseia
usage scenarios of bioresources, Cooperative Education and Training have experience with these new
for example, industries can add for the Support of Energy Transition’, cooperative education models
value to agricultural and forest- these formats provide students with operating new learning formats on
based production by creating new integrated knowledge and experience a European scale. Together with
sustainable materials, products they could not otherwise obtain at a our members we have created the
and services. (Krozer Y, UTwente, higher education institution. In their breeding ground to speed up energy
Narodoslawksy M, TU Graz). case study, Arentsen M, Kienberger transition. l

About eseia

The European Sustainable Energy Innovation Alliance is a European non-profit association of leading research
and innovation organisations in sustainable energy.

Currently, eseia has 33 members from 13 EU countries from research, academia, industry and government.

eseia strives to become the first European reference for sustainable energy systems innovation and the
premier provider of practice-oriented education and training in renewable energies.

The eseia Education and Training Programme (ETP) set up in 2010 creates innovative training solutions to fill
the gap in skills development as identified by the EC SET Plan Education and Training Initiative.

To date, more than 500 students and young professionals have received training under the ETP including
cooperative training formats, namely International Summer Schools, Student Camps, Pilot Plant Courses, and
Professional Training Courses hosted by eseia member organisations.

For further information please have a look at: eseia Publication: European Cooperative E&T for the Support of
Energy Transition

http://www.eseia.eu/current-news/news/15917_bet-publication-on-co-operative-european-education-and-training/
https://www.eseia.eu
http://www.etp.eseia.eu

or contact:
Brigitte Hasewend
eseia Director
brigitte.hasewend@eseia.eu

Marina Lopez Ortega
Dissemination Manager
marina.lopezortega@eseia.eu

www.europeanenergyinnovation.eu