Towards Green Transition

  Ο  Ευρωπαϊκός Οργανισμός  EIT   FOOD  σε συνεργασία με τον οργανισμό AWomanCanBe.org ,  υλοποιούν το πρόγραμμα  ΕWA  (Empowering Women in Agrifood – Ενδυνάμωση γυναικών στον τομέα της Αγροδιατροφής),   με στόχο της ενδυνάμωση της γυναικείας επιχειρηματικότητας στον αγροδιατροφικό τομέα. Στο πλαίσιο του προγράμματος, οι υποψήφιες που θα επιλεγούν, θα λάβουν για 6 μήνες, συνεχή υποστήριξη για τις επιχειρήσεις και την ανάπτυξη των ιδεών/project τους, μέσω online training και εξατομικευμένου mentoring.  Επιπλέον θα έχουν πρόσβαση σε επενδυτές, ειδικούς και επιχειρηματίες που θα τις βοηθήσουν να εξελίξουν τις ιδέες και τις επιχειρήσεις τους. Τέλος, οι ωφελούμενες θα έχουν τη δυνατότητα να διεκδικήσουν έως και 10.000€. Οι αιτήσεις είναι ανοιχτές μέχρι τις  24 Μαϊου. Περισσότερες πληροφορίες: https://www.awomancanbe.org/2024/04/09/womens-entrepreneurship-in-agri-food/

  C4T GROUNDWORK – Cohesion for Transitions (C4T) Community of Practice Expert I am honoured to have been selected as an external expert to support the delivery of C4T GROUNDWORK. The C4T Community of Practice is a community-based platform that aim to support EU Member States and regions to make a better use of EU funds for sustainability transitions. C4T engages national, regional, and local cohesion and sustainability transitions practitioners in sharing experience and good practices, creating partnerships and jointly identifying solutions. C4T also provides technical assistance to facilitate the development and/or implementation of sustainability transitions. Moreinfo: https://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/policy/communities-and-networks/cohesion-4-transition_en #EUClimatePact #MyWorldOurPlanet

Thrilled to be a speaker  at Impact Hub Athens for an insightful event on "Navigating Climate Challenges in Greece" organised by INZEB, the Country Coordinator for the EU Climate Pact. 🌐 The event, with the support of the Representation of the European Commission in Greece, will address climate challenges in Greece and strategies for tackling them. 🗣️ Our distinguished speakers include: -  Petros Kokkalis , EU Climate Pact Ambassador, Member of the European Parliament -  Emmanuella Doussis , Professor of International Institutions NKUA and UNESCO Chairholder on Climate Diplomacy. -  Angeliki Boura , Coordinator of ICC Women Hellas, Cluster of Environment and Energy. - Climate Pact Ambassadors in Greece:  Andreas Vassilopoulos ,  Isidoros Kampolis ,  Professor Dr. Phoebe Koundouri  (represented by  Konstantinos Dellis ), myself   and  Eirini Sampson . 🌐 Topics to be discussed: - EU Climate Pact Initiative - Climate challenges in Greece - Climate Diplomacy: What is it and wh

In 2023, the Just Transition Platform (JTP) launched JTPeers Exchange, a peer-to-peer programme to facilitate in-person and online exchanges between practitioners from different Just Transition Fund (JTF) regions and JTPeers Experts to support the implementation of their Territorial Just Transition Plans (TJTP).  The programme offers the opportunity to mutually explore experienced challenges, collectively identify potential solutions and pathways forward and to learn from each other’s experiences. Seven matches between 12 JTF regions and 4 experts were set up, with topics varying between stakeholder engagement, energy communities, green economic diversification, land restoration, post-mining landscape, multi-level governance, and just transition observatories. In two workshops, participants from the Regional public authority from Gotland, and Konstantina Togaridou an expert from Western Macedonia in Greece will discuss effective strategies to enhance multi- level governance cooperation

How the educational toolkit for primary students can be harnessed as a tool for social inclusion and stakeholder engagement in coal regions.. this is our main focus on developing the educational toolkit in the frame of MINED Project. The kick off meeting of Erasmus MINED Programme took place at Eger in Hungary where experts from Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Gremany and Greece have discussed how to engage the students at primary school in the coal phasing out. A very fruitful and promising meeting and collaboration!  #justtransition  #JTPeersexperts #MINED Programme #EUClimatePact   #MyWorldOurPlanet Πώς η εκπαιδευτική εργαλειοθήκη για μαθητές πρωτοβάθμιας εκπαίδευσης μπορεί να αξιοποιηθεί ως εργαλείο κοινωνικής ένταξης και εμπλοκής των ενδιαφερομένων σε περιοχές άνθρακα.  Αυτός είναι ο κύριος σκοπός μας στην ανάπτυξη της εκπαιδευτικής εργαλειοθήκης στο πλαίσιο του MINED Project.  Εμπειρογνώμονες από τη Ρουμανία, την Ουγγαρία, τη Βουλγαρία, τη Γερμανία και την Ελλάδα συζητήσαμε   πώς οι

Honoured to have been selected as JTPeer Expert to support the region of Gotland in Sweden to improve the multi-governance mechanism and administration capacity for TJTP implementation and clean energy JTPeers Exchange will focus on increasing skills and expertise on how to implement just transition processes based on mutual learning as well as practitioners and expert's experiences. The exchanges will provide a forum to local, regional, national, and EU-wide stakeholders where they can exchange knowledge and good practices in implementing their TJTPs and strengthening cooperation amongst just transition stakeholders in the EU. #JTPeersExchange ,  #JTPeerExpert , #JustTransitionPlatform ,  #JustTransition   Ιδιαίτερη τιμη η επιλογή μου ως εμπειρογνώμονα της δίκαιης μετάβασης από την Ευρωπαϊκή Επιτροπή για την παροχή υποστήριξης στις υπό μετάβαση περιοχές. Οι ανταλλαγές αυτές με τις υπο μεταβαση περιοχές και την καθοδήγηση των εμπειρογνωμόνων θα επικεντρωθούν στην αύξηση των δεξιοτή