impact

Key Audience

Youth 18-35 years old Concerned with climate change and energy challenges, interested in being actively involved in the solutions and community development

Educators & Educational Institutions

Community Organizations (focus on communities with the potential to benefit from RE solutions / lacking access to renewable/sustainable energy)

Problem Addressed

Energy Poverty: Unreliable and/or insufficient access to energy

Environmental Sustainability: Energy systems contributing to environmental problems

Distribution Gap: Centralized design, Ownership and Management of energy system preventing young people and community to engage meaningfully

Capacity Gap: Limited awareness/ Knowledge of the potential of RE to address the above problems and lack of actionable resources/tools/skills to implement locally appropriate solutions

Inputs

Educational Materials & Tools

SEYN's Methodology

Network and Resource Persons

DIY-DIT Products

Human Resources: Trainers capable of implementing the Academies and workshops; experts and consultants for mentoring

Public Calls for events - Engagement

Financial Resources (Funding for hosting the Academies, mentoring, creation of educational resources, HR)

Local contacts and partners (individuals, educational institutions, foundations, NGOs, companies)

Promotion Media & Marketing

Outreach events

Physical Infrastructure (workshop areas, tools & equipment)

Outputs

Capacity building events

Trained individuals

Mentoring sessions

Project Ideas developed

Educational materials and knowledge products developed

RE systems built in training activities and installed by supported projects?

Size and geographical diversity of the network (members, countries, gender, professional background)

Unofficial: avoided GHG emissions/ kWh installed capacity

Outcome

Increased awareness, literacy, behaviour of youth and communities on the potential of RE applications & the involvement of youth, citizens & communities towards a just transition

Increased collaboration and engagement via a community and network of youth and young community leaders

Increased Capacities of young people to develop small scale RE projects

Improved and equitable access to locally-appropriate energy solutions

Impact

Increased access to reliable and renewable energy through just, participatory, locally-appropriate systems /solutions that enable sustainable community development and wellbeing

Vision: A world where everyone has access to reliable and renewable energy through just and participatory, locally appropriate systems and solutions that enable sustainable community development and wellbeing, both environmentally and socially