Gaming for the Energy Transition of Rural Areas, GETA

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Energy poverty is a significant problem in rural parts of the Western Balkans due to the local population's unawareness, low level of education and low incomes. Young people with fewer opportunities living in rural areas are lacking knowledge and information on the energy efficiency measures for several reasons: lack of curricula in schools regarding energy efficiency programs, there is a few numbers of organizations (youth workers) in the rural areas who are lacking capacities to transfer knowledge to rural youth on energy efficiency programs, the level of using digital technologies/ICT is low, language barriers etc. To address the above challenge the project aims to develop tools and new forms of training schemes to empower youth workers to become energy advisors and train rural youth with a purpose to make a smart energy transition of rural areas. The main objectives of the project are i) Empowering youth workers in becoming energy advisors with high quality expertise in the field of energy efficiency/energy audits through competencies related to energy poverty; 2) Engaging rural youth in assessing the level of energy poverty and addressing recommendations for energy transition of rural areas though GETA app; 3) Disseminating the results and the methodology. The project addresses the research component through practical methods and education of rural young people vulnerable to energy poverty in their households, in supporting the energy transition of rural areas in the Western Balkan. The project is foreseen to last for a period of 24 months, and will involve 5 partners, where 3 partners are from Western Balkan and two partners from EU. The expected results of the project: 1 Research report with overall energy poverty challenges in EU and WB is developed and addressed; 20 youth workers have acquired skills and tools to assess and reduce the energy poverty in rural areas; 1 GETA app, online source developed, 50 rural youth engaged in local events