[Interesting interview] 💡How one-stop shops can be a catalyst for community empowerment ⚡ For successful one-stop shops: ✅ Offer tailored services ✅ Address specific barriers faced by vulnerable groups ✅ Engage marginalised communities ✅ Create spaces of trust ✅ Design for accessibility to ensure all citizens benefit
📣 New interview! Sofia-Natalia Boemi shares her expertise on the energy transition with the #JUSTEM project. As the Head of the Energy and Climate Action Department in Western Macedonia, Sofia-Natalia Boemi has extensive experience working in just transition regions. Her field experience provides valuable insights into implementing fair transition strategies on the ground. 💡 #JUSTEM picked her brain on the importance of education in empowering communities as they transition away from fossil fuels and as a strategy to tackle energy poverty 📚 . "Education must serve as a tool for social mobility, enabling individuals to break out of cycles of poverty." 🔎 Sofia-Natalia was also one of the people involved in setting up Greece’s first one-stop-shop for energy poverty. One-stop shops serve as community-centered hubs, they can help get everyone on board with the just transition and ensure no one is left behind. She shared her views on how these initiatives can be a real catalyst for community empowerment and leadership and what, in her opinion, is an essential ingredient for their long-term success. ➡️ Want to know more? Read the interview and discover how education can play a transformative role in the energy transition 👉 https://lnkd.in/eDiuZWx8 #JUSTEM #JustTransition #LIFEAmplifiers #energypoverty #OSS The Polish National Energy Conservation Agency (KAPE), LIFE Programme, DSS Lab, EPU-NTUA, Fundación Asturiana de la Energía, FAEN Black Sea Energy Research Centrе, CINEA - European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency, Asociatia Institutul Social Valea Jiului AISVJ, IRENA - Istrian Regional Energy Agency CAC Centrе for Sustainable Housing
