Learning Together for a just Clean Energy Transition: Capacity Building initiatives across the Synergy
Event description:
Topics/skills to cover
Internal factors
Results from the SWOT analysis
External factors
Engagement
Users
Creators
Strategic priorities
The process
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Access training platforms to develop your skills and knowledge for a sustainable future!
Community Group "Energy Transition in Rural Areas" 2nd meeting - SWOT analysis results
Who did this?
More about the process
Questionnaire about capacity building initiatives
Interactive presentation
Summary of results
Energy Transition in Rural Areas Community Group
Home page
We made this Genially presentation collecting all the ideas from the questionnaire and the posterior dicussion.
What topics or skills would you most like a training platform to cover?
Users' input
The results showed that most of the participants would like to gain more technical and practical knowledge, along with policy knowledge. The answer with the most votes was monitoring and evaluation tools, as they claimed that these would help them better assess the effectiveness of their actions or track progress over time.
Access the platforms!
Explore training platforms developed through initiatives focused on climate neutrality, policymaking, sustainability, and the energy transition, offering free, accessible, multilingual and interactive courses.
Click the buttons:
ENTRACK
Local gogreen
step-wise
renoverty
The participants could respond either as stakeholders who developed energy transition training materials, or as a potential users of such material.
After gathering the results from both creators and users, we created graphics and held an interactive discussion during the session.
External factors
Opportunities and Challenges for Training Expansion
There is the possibility to expand the training’s reach by leveraging existing networks, EU projects, regional agencies, events, established platforms and partnerships. These channels can significantly boost visibility and uptake.At the same time, several external challenges may limit impact, including language barriers, competition from other organisations, digital access gaps, logistical constraints in rural areas and limited time availability among stakeholders.
What is Energy Transition in Rural Areas?
Energy Transition in Rural Areas is a Comunity of Practice where those of us who are dedicated to facilitating a just rural energy transition (policymakers, civil organisations, reserachers, public or private business...) share knowledge, experiencies and tools to empower municipalities in rural areas to co-design energy policies with a social perspective. It is a Community Group hosted on the Rural Pact platform of the European Commission, originating from the ENTRACK project, which was funded under the EU LIFE programme. The group was established in winter 2025. We hold three to four virtual meetings a year and use the discussion section on the platform to stay connected, sharing resources, ideas and calls.
Join and learn more here
Strategic priorities
For effective results
These priorities synthesize the previous insights to focus on improving content clarity, enhancing trainer consistency, boosting technical reliability, expanding reach through partnerships and EU networks and addressing inclusion gaps related to rural access and digital divides. This approach facilitates targeted actions to maximize strengths, seize opportunities and mitigate risks effectively.
How do you think a platform will help to engage citizens, community groups or local stakeholders in energy transition initiatives?
Users' input
Participants emphasised that such a tool should support their decision‑making and make their work easier. Alongside this, other knowledge‑exchange modules and similar initiatives are being introduced, highlighting the need for platforms that offer real, practical value and concrete solutions for users. Given the abundance of available trainings, platforms, and materials, users often feel overwhelmed. A clearer and more targeted value proposition from training developers would help guide learners toward the most relevant content for their sector and specific needs.
Internal factors
Strenghts and weaknesses
Participants claimed that training combines several strong foundations, such as a structured, user‑friendly platform, modular courses, interactive tools and multilingual content, with features that actively support engagement, including co‑design, quizzes and progress tracking. At the same time, it faces challenges that affect overall effectiveness, from simplifying complex topics and sustaining attention in videos to ensuring consistent trainer quality, smooth coordination and clear user requirements.
Questionnaire results
Participants' background
We first asked the participants whether they were developing a training platform or not, in order to capture both perspectives, that of the creators and that of potential users:
The results showed that many participants were potential future users of the platforms.
European CoP
2nd session - 10 March, 2026
The second European Community of Practice (CoP) session took place, where we invited the ENTRACK LIFE RE-ACT synergy to present their capacity-building initiatives. Participants - ENTRACK Project, LOCAL GoGREEN, RENOVERTY Project and Step-WISE - had the opportunity to learn how the platforms work, what it aims to achieve, and what their main objectives are. We also heard about success stories, lessons learned, and the challenges that projects have faced along the way. During the session, we also welcomed and presented the ICONIC Project to the synergy and the Rural Pact Community Group. The project aims to bring climate neutrality, sustainability, and energy independence to rural and island communities across Europe.
We then held an interactive discussion based on a SWOT analysis, focusing on:
- The tools and methods used to make the platform engaging, the challenges faced during its development, the ways it was promoted and the lessons learned from the overall experience, and
- We also explored what future users of similar platforms would like to see and learn more about, including energy policy and funding, technical knowledge, monitoring and evaluation tools.
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Learning Together for a just Clean Energy Transition: Capacity Building initiatives across the Synergy
Event description:
Topics/skills to cover
Internal factors
Results from the SWOT analysis
External factors
Engagement
Users
Creators
Strategic priorities
The process
Click here
Access training platforms to develop your skills and knowledge for a sustainable future!
Community Group "Energy Transition in Rural Areas" 2nd meeting - SWOT analysis results
Who did this?
More about the process
Questionnaire about capacity building initiatives
Interactive presentation
Summary of results
Energy Transition in Rural Areas Community Group
Home page
We made this Genially presentation collecting all the ideas from the questionnaire and the posterior dicussion.
What topics or skills would you most like a training platform to cover?
Users' input
The results showed that most of the participants would like to gain more technical and practical knowledge, along with policy knowledge. The answer with the most votes was monitoring and evaluation tools, as they claimed that these would help them better assess the effectiveness of their actions or track progress over time.
Access the platforms!
Explore training platforms developed through initiatives focused on climate neutrality, policymaking, sustainability, and the energy transition, offering free, accessible, multilingual and interactive courses.
Click the buttons:
ENTRACK
Local gogreen
step-wise
renoverty
The participants could respond either as stakeholders who developed energy transition training materials, or as a potential users of such material.
After gathering the results from both creators and users, we created graphics and held an interactive discussion during the session.
External factors
Opportunities and Challenges for Training Expansion
There is the possibility to expand the training’s reach by leveraging existing networks, EU projects, regional agencies, events, established platforms and partnerships. These channels can significantly boost visibility and uptake.At the same time, several external challenges may limit impact, including language barriers, competition from other organisations, digital access gaps, logistical constraints in rural areas and limited time availability among stakeholders.
What is Energy Transition in Rural Areas?
Energy Transition in Rural Areas is a Comunity of Practice where those of us who are dedicated to facilitating a just rural energy transition (policymakers, civil organisations, reserachers, public or private business...) share knowledge, experiencies and tools to empower municipalities in rural areas to co-design energy policies with a social perspective. It is a Community Group hosted on the Rural Pact platform of the European Commission, originating from the ENTRACK project, which was funded under the EU LIFE programme. The group was established in winter 2025. We hold three to four virtual meetings a year and use the discussion section on the platform to stay connected, sharing resources, ideas and calls.
Join and learn more here
Strategic priorities
For effective results
These priorities synthesize the previous insights to focus on improving content clarity, enhancing trainer consistency, boosting technical reliability, expanding reach through partnerships and EU networks and addressing inclusion gaps related to rural access and digital divides. This approach facilitates targeted actions to maximize strengths, seize opportunities and mitigate risks effectively.
How do you think a platform will help to engage citizens, community groups or local stakeholders in energy transition initiatives?
Users' input
Participants emphasised that such a tool should support their decision‑making and make their work easier. Alongside this, other knowledge‑exchange modules and similar initiatives are being introduced, highlighting the need for platforms that offer real, practical value and concrete solutions for users. Given the abundance of available trainings, platforms, and materials, users often feel overwhelmed. A clearer and more targeted value proposition from training developers would help guide learners toward the most relevant content for their sector and specific needs.
Internal factors
Strenghts and weaknesses
Participants claimed that training combines several strong foundations, such as a structured, user‑friendly platform, modular courses, interactive tools and multilingual content, with features that actively support engagement, including co‑design, quizzes and progress tracking. At the same time, it faces challenges that affect overall effectiveness, from simplifying complex topics and sustaining attention in videos to ensuring consistent trainer quality, smooth coordination and clear user requirements.
Questionnaire results
Participants' background
We first asked the participants whether they were developing a training platform or not, in order to capture both perspectives, that of the creators and that of potential users:
The results showed that many participants were potential future users of the platforms.
European CoP
2nd session - 10 March, 2026
The second European Community of Practice (CoP) session took place, where we invited the ENTRACK LIFE RE-ACT synergy to present their capacity-building initiatives. Participants - ENTRACK Project, LOCAL GoGREEN, RENOVERTY Project and Step-WISE - had the opportunity to learn how the platforms work, what it aims to achieve, and what their main objectives are. We also heard about success stories, lessons learned, and the challenges that projects have faced along the way. During the session, we also welcomed and presented the ICONIC Project to the synergy and the Rural Pact Community Group. The project aims to bring climate neutrality, sustainability, and energy independence to rural and island communities across Europe.
We then held an interactive discussion based on a SWOT analysis, focusing on: