Monday, September 22, 2014

Around 30 participants from Bitola and Kicevo had undergone training about the energy efficiency and rational use of the energy in the frames of the Initiative to Enhance Public Dialogue on Sustainable Use of Energy project. The attendees came from different profiles of the community life from these two local units: professors in high schools, representatives of local communities, media reporters, regional NGO activists, businessmen and the members of the local school parental councils. The training was held in a relaxed mountain atmosphere at the House of Arts in Kicevo. The two day session comprehended several topics such as basic pillars of energy efficiency and its relation to climate change, energy certification of buildings, new technologies for heating and cooling, financial opportunities for crediting as well as the current stands and effects of energy poverty. The trainings in moments looked as a workshop due to the active involvement of the participants asking different questions and raising dilemmas about the possibilities to improve the energy characteristics in their homes as well as in the companies where they operate especially during the discussions on energy controls. An additional benefit of the training is the establishing of closer relations between the regional NGO’s who attended this event and the draft of potential project ideas that could be implemented in the region of Bitola and Kicevo. Initiative to Enhance Public Dialogue on Sustainable Use of Energy project is funded by the European Union in the frames of the IPA Cross Border Program on Macedonia and Albania. The next activity is a regional workshop which will take link the parties concerned from these two regions in order to exchange ideas and views to intensify mutual cooperation and improve energy portfolios of both of the regions of Bitola and Kicevo.