PROJECT DESCRIPTION
BACKGROUND
SPARKLE: Sustainable Planning and Resilience Knowledge Learning Environment is a pioneering capacity-building program that will equip over 600 Local and Regional Authorities (LRAs) with the skills, capacity, tools, support and inspiration they need to successfully develop and implement their clean energy transition. It will provide: - A free open access on-line learning platform with: o A "common track" to provide LRA's with common knowledge on climate and energy planning in 6 languages; o 5 "specialised tracks" to enable LRAs to go further, exploring learning pillars on governance, fossil free districts, community energy, sustainable food and resource-wise economies; - 5 in-person thematic summer/winter schools for 150 policy makers and civil servants; - A free open-access transition pathway modelling tool to support LRAs in their planning, engagement and decision-making; - Mentoring and peer-to-peer support to put learning into practice,leading to the draft and update of SECAPs and other climate and energy plans. The learning platform and modelling tool will be sustained well beyond the funded period, with opportunities for upscaling explored, providing vital resources to LRAs in implementing their Clean Energy and Climate Transition across Europe.