Are you interested in expanding your knowledge and contributing to the improvement of a dynamic educational platform? We invite you to participate in the training program of the EU-NETS project – European Training for Energy Community Managers.
The project aims to develop a vocational training program that equips Energy Community managers with the necessary competencies, skills and responsibilities. The goal is the optimal management of Energy Communities, in accordance with the European Qualifications Framework (EQF).
The training program has been developed by a group of European partners, aiming to promote innovative skills and knowledge. From Greece, the Laboratory of Industrial and Energy Economics (LIEE) of the National Technical University of Athens and the company Euditi (https://euditi.gr/) are participating, actively contributing with their expertise and experience.
Training Platform Link
Why Join? The program provides valuable knowledge and tools, designed to enhance your skills and understanding of issues critical to the successful operation of Energy Communities.
Your Opinion Matters Your feedback is essential to further improve the EU-NETS platform. After completing the program, we kindly ask you to share your thoughts, suggestions and experiences with us. Your contribution will directly help improve the effectiveness and usability of the platform for future learners.
How Do You Get Started? First, we invite you to the online meeting on 9/12/2024 at 10:00 AM, where the platform and the thematic modules of the program will be presented. Immediately after, you will have the opportunity to complete the training program within two weeks. At the end, there will be a meeting where you can share your experience and contribute to the improvement of the training program, as well as a short online evaluation questionnaire.
Webinar link 9/12/2024 at 10:00 AM
- To connect to the meeting, click here.
Webinar agenda
10:00 – 10:15: Presentation of the EU-NETS project
10:15 – 10:45: Presentation of the Training Platform
10:45 – 11:00: Discussion on the process
11:00 – 11:30: Questions
Ενδιαφέρεστε να διευρύνετε τις γνώσεις σας και να συμβάλλετε στη βελτίωση μιας δυναμικής εκπαιδευτικής πλατφόρμας; Σας προσκαλούμε να συμμετάσχετε στο εκπαιδευτικό πρόγραμμα του έργου EU-NETS – Ευρωπαϊκή Κατάρτιση για τους διαχειριστές των Ενεργειακών Κοινοτήτων.
Το έργο στοχεύει στην ανάπτυξη ενός προγράμματος επαγγελματικής εκπαίδευσης που εξοπλίζει τους διαχειριστές των Ενεργειακών Κοινοτήτων με τις απαραίτητες ικανότητες, δεξιότητες και αρμοδιότητες. Στόχος είναι η βέλτιστη διαχείριση των Ενεργειακών Κοινοτήτων, σύμφωνα με το Ευρωπαϊκό Πλαίσιο Επαγγελματικών Προσόντων (ΕΠΕΠ).
Το εκπαιδευτικό πρόγραμμα έχει αναπτυχθεί από μια ομάδα ευρωπαίων εταίρων, με στόχο την προώθηση καινοτόμων δεξιοτήτων και γνώσεων. Από την Ελλάδα, συμμετέχουν το Εργαστήριο Βιομηχανικής και Ενεργειακής Οικονομίας (ΕΒΕΟ) του Εθνικού Μετσόβιου Πολυτεχνείου και η εταιρεία Ευδίτη (https://euditi.gr/), συμβάλλοντας ενεργά με την εξειδίκευση και την εμπειρία τους.
Σύνδεσμος πλατφόρμας εκπαιδευτικού προγράμματος
The Director of the LIEE A. Tsakanikas together with the Professor of Industrial Biotechnology and Biocatalysis of NTUA E. Topakas and the Postdoctoral Researcher of NTUA H. Ferousi write about the TwInn4MicroUp project that will create a new value chain for plastic by converting single-use plastics into bioactive compounds and next-generation biomaterials.
The article is available here
The Industrial and Energy Economics Laboratory (LIEE) of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) organized the online event “Unlocking the Potential of Women Entrepreneurs”, which took place within the framework of the global Women Entrepreneurship Week initiative (https://www.montclair.edu/entrepreneur/), on October 24, 2024, from 17:30 to 19:30.
This initiative was launched by the Universities of New Jersey in the USA that deal with entrepreneurship and this year marks its 11th anniversary, with the participation of more than 140 universities internationally, such as Babson, the University of Michigan, Princeton, Cornell, and Georgetown. NTUA and IEWL participated for the 6th consecutive year.
This year’s event focused on female entrepreneurship in Greece, highlighting opportunities and challenges faced by female entrepreneurs, with an emphasis on strengthening and supporting innovative knowledge-intensive ventures in various sectors of the economy.
The event was coordinated by Emilia Protogerou, Assistant Professor at the School of Chemical Engineering, NTUA and member of the EVEO research team.
You can find the event invitation here and the event program here.
You can watch the video of the event here.
On 12 and 13 September 2024, the Kick-off Meeting of the European project Twinn4MicroUp, funded by Horizon Europe, was held at NTUA, with the participation of NTUA’s Laboratory of Industrial and Energy Economics.
The main objective of the project is to improve the research capabilities of the NTUA in the fields of Synthetic Microbial Biotechnology in order to enhance the research profile of the NTUA. This will be achieved through the transfer of research knowledge, excellence and best practices from three high-performance research institutions: the Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands & Midwest (TUS), Ireland; the Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering (IMGGE), University of Belgrade (Serbia); and the Microbial Biotechnology Laboratory of the Department of Biosciences, Biotechnology and Environment, University of Bari (Italy). More specifically, TwInn4MicroUp will develop 4 new cutting-edge innovations in the field of “clean technologies” that can lead to sustainable jobs, developing key skills for the transition towards a greener future. Highlighting previous research achievements in the utilisation of plastic waste by-products and pilot scaling up these processes within the project will highlight the untapped potential of low-value by-products and underline the importance of relevant research. TwInn4MicroUp aims to educate and train researchers in Synthetic Microbial Biotechnology, while promoting innovation through the formation of a network of experts, and encouraging relevant policy discussions.The project will work with companies from the wider ecosystem, facilitating their investments to create a roadmap to a greener, more innovative and sustainable future in the field of synthetic biotechnology.
The LIEE-NTUA will support the creation of an Innovation Hub in the field of synthetic microbial biotechnology and support the process of potential market exploitation of research ideas and results to connect the rich production of innovative products at the NTUA with existing or new companies in the field.
Participation of the LIEE-NTUA in the 36th annual EAEPE Conference, Bilbao, 4-6 September 2024
The LIEE-NTUA participated in the 36th International Conference of the European Association of Evolutionary Political Economy (EAEPE) which was held on 4-6 September 2024 in Bilbao, Spain, and had as its theme “Economics in a changing world. New perspectives to economic analysis and economic policy”.
See the detailed program of the Conference here
On the part of the EAEPE-NTUA, the Conference was attended by the NTUA Assistant Professor Emilia Protogerou, the Postdoctoral Researchers Panagiotis Panagiotopoulos and Petros Dimas, the Doctoral Candidate Dimitrios Stamopoulos, and the EAEPE-NTUA research associate and Assistant Professor of the University of Thessaly, Ioanna Kastelli, who is also the President of the EAEPE and gave an introductory speech at the Conference.
In more detail, A. Protogerou and I. Kastelli, coordinators of the research areas E2 “Entrepreneurship and Business Theory” and E1 “Industrial Development and Policy” respectively, organized a series of sessions within the framework of their respective areas. In more detail, A. Protogerou organized 2 sessions, in which a total of 7 papers were presented, and I. Kastelli organized with Lukasz Mamica 3 sessions, in which a total of 12 papers were presented. In addition, I. Kastelli organized with Lukasz Mamica 2 special sessions on the topic of Green Industrial Transformation, in which a total of 8 papers were presented.
It is noted that the 37th EAEPE Conference will be organized by the EVEO-NTUA in Athens (at the premises of the NCSR “Demokritos”) during the period 24-26 September 2025. In this context, at the closing of this year’s Conference, Emilia Protogerou made an informative presentation to the Conference participants.
The following are the sessions in which the members of the EVEO-NTUA participated either by presenting research work or in the role of coordinator:
Research Area E2: ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND THEORY OF THE FIRM (1)
Chair: Glykeria Karagouni
- Rodrigo Bolliger, Bruno Brandão Fischer, Adriana Ferreira De Faria: Impact Assessment of Technology Parks in Brazil
- Aimilia Protogerou, Protogerou Aimilia, Panagiotis Panagiotopoulos, Petros Dimas, Yannis Caloghirou: Determinants of Investment in Intangible Assets: Evidence from Europe
- Panagiotis Panagiotopoulos, Aimilia Protogerou, Yannis Caloghirou: Digital Capabilities and Firm Innovation Performance: An Empirical Study in Seven European Countries
Research Area E2: ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND THEORY OF THE FIRM (2)
Chair: Aimilia Protogerou
- Glykeria Karagouni, Marios Trigkas: Rethinking Value Chains and Raw Materials for a More Competitive Handicrafts Industry
- Marios Emmanouil, Glykeria Karagouni, Marios Trigkas: Open Eco-Innovation in the Greek Dairy Sector: The Case of a Biofunctional Yogurt Dessert
- Marios Trigkas, Glykeria Karagouni: Wood Value Chain and Carbon Neutrality; a Challenge for the Wood Craft Sector
- Angeliki Tsameti, Glykeria Karagouni, Marios Trigkas: Market Analysis of the Greek Chestnut: A Proposed Business Model for the Chestnut Flour
Research Area E1: INDUSTRIAL POLICY AND DEVELOPMENT
Chair: Samuele Bibi
- Beata Farkas, Christian Schweiger: Challenges of the Central European Manufacturing Core
- Ludwig Hehl: The Political Economy of Industrial Policies in Mexico and Turkey
- Rodrigo Lucena: The Conventions of Industrial Entrepreneurs During the Brazilian Government of President Dilma
- Eunyong-Cho: Challenge and Conversion: Kim Dae-Jung Administration in South Korea and Neo-Liberalism
- Ioanna Kastelli, Alysson Mazoni, Petros Dimas: Knowledge Generation and Sourcing in the Food and Beverage Sector
Research Area SEA: STRUCTURAL ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
Chair: Ariel Wirkierman
- Facund Fora-Alcalde: International Productivity Leakages as a Cause of Underdevelopment
- Dimitrios Stamopoulos, Petros Dimas, Aimilia Protogerou: Participation and Positioning of Greek Sectors in Global Value Chains and Evolution of Their Trade Patterns
- Filippo Bontadini, Valentina Meliciani, Maria Savona, Ariel Luis Wirkierman: Nearshoring, Global Value Chains’ Structure and Volatility
- Marta Fana, Davide Villani, Ariel Wirkierman: Complementarity of Occupations and Sectoral Relatedness: An Input-Output Perspective
Research Area GIT: GREEN INDUSTRIAL TRANSFORMATION: CHALLENGES IN TRANSFORMATIVE POLICIES
Chair: Ioanna Kastelli
Discussants: Timan Altenburg, Joao Ferraz, Anais Voy-Gillis, Anita Pelle
- Tilman Altenburg: The Political Economy of Green Industrial Policy
- Joao Ferraz, Wilson Peres, Julia Torracca, Tatiana Fleming: Green Industrial Policies: Where from, Where to?
- Anais Voy-Gillis, Samuel Klebaner: Is the French Industrial Decarbonisation Policy an Industrial or Business Policy?
- Anita Pelle: The Nature and Scope of Interaction Between Policy-Making and International Business: The Case of the European Green Deal
