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Energy Transition, Human Capital Development: Action Plan Supporting Education and Training for the Renewable Energy Sector, Skopje 03-04 July 2025

The Energy Transition, Human Capital Development: Action Plan Supporting Education and Training for the Renewable Energy Sector regional meeting was organised 03 and 04 July 2025 in Skopje, North Macedonia by the Education Reform Initiative of South Eastern Europe – ERI SEE in cooperation with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit – GIZ within the scope of the Renewable Energy Services in Education and Training RESET project. The RESET project is implemented by ERI SEE as a part of a bigger GIZ-led regional project: Green Agenda: Decarbonizing of the Electricity Sector in the Western Balkans region. The Green Agenda project is commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development – BMZ.

The meeting gathered the VET and energy sector experts, representatives of ministries of education, VET, qualification agencies and chambers of commerce and business sector from six Western Balkan economies. The primary goal of the meeting was to discuss and endorse the regional Action Plan supporting education and training for the renewable energy sector with recommended education sector activities supporting the RE transition. The meeting also brought together the energy sector experts who shared their understanding of the challenges of the RE transition from different perspectives.

Dr. Eng. Alexandru Mureșan Chief Executive Officer of Renergia and Lecturer at the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania, spoke about education as the European Green Deal’s secret weapon. He advanced a distinctive and strategic perspective on addressing the workforce-related challenges inherent in the green transition. Within the framework of the European Green Deal, Dr. Mureșan – a former EUSEW Young Energy Ambassadors alumnus – emphasized that every euro allocated to the green transition should be matched by a commensurate investment in capacity building and education across all societal levels. He argued that a successful and equitable implementation of the green transition demands not only a significant expansion of the specialized workforce, but also a broader societal endorsement of sustainable technologies and the behavioural adaptations required for more efficient resource utilization. Dr. Mureșan asserted that education remains the most effective and sustainable countermeasure against this challenge, particularly in the context of a domain as intricate and interdisciplinary as the energy sector. Mr Mureșan’s presentation can be downloaded here.

Mr Viktor Dimitrievski a representative of the EVN Macedonia spoke about a distribution system operator’s perspective on the expansion of renewable energy sources (RES) on the labour demand from the unique perspective of having RES doubled in the last two years. He described the ways in which the recruitment process was optimised by the EVN towards increasing its efficiency and described ways in which company approaches recruitment and manages its HR needs. Mr Dimitrievski also presented internship programmes and opportunities for VET students within the dual education programmes. His presentation is available here.

Mr Aleksandar Macura, external expert, presented the draft proposal of the Regional Action Plan Supporting Education and Training for the Renewable Energy Sector to the participants.  The proposal was based on the overview of the renewable energy sector commitments of the Western Balkan economies and their current state of affairs, and the survey made among teachers across the Western Balkans on their needs in the fields of sustainable development and renewable energy sector. Mr Macura then opened the discussion with the participants on the proposed actions and run workshop on the elaboration of the activities. The Action plan will be finalized after the meeting by consolidating inputs from the participants.

Ms Ilgin Warneke, an advisor at the GIZ, presented the Regional Climate Partnership between the Western Balkans and Germany that aims at supporting the Western Balkan Six (WB6) economies to align with and implement the Paris Agreement, European Green Deal and the Green Agenda for the Western Balkans. Ms Warneke noted commitments of both Germany that committed up to €1 billion in grants & development loans via KfW Development Bank by 2030 and additional €0.5 billion in promotional loans for the WB6 energy sector, support for solar energy and sustainable transport projects, capacity building and technical cooperation for multi-sector reforms and the expansion of climate cooperation instruments and the WB6 economies that committed to implement policy reforms aligned with the EU acquis, foster an enabling environment for energy & climate targets (2030) and enhance investor confidence as per the Green Agenda Action Plan. Lastly, she outlined the cooperation possibilities in the importance of skills and education for the Regional Climate Partnership. Ms Warneke’s presentation is available here.

Ms Tina Šarić, director of the ERI SEE Secretariat, concluded that the renewable energy transition puts and and will continue to do so significant load on both the education and business sectors. To respond effectively, educational actions must be on the one hand fast in meeting the current needs, but at the same time forward-looking, planning 10, 15 or even 20 years ahead, in order to meet the evolving needs of society. Central to this effort are teachers, who must be equipped not only with up-to-date knowledge in the field of renewable energy, but also with an understanding of the broader social and environmental sustainability challenges. Ms Šarić noted that the main goal of the regional Action Plan was to outline some of the needs of the education sector in this context and identify steps to be taken in the future. Continued regional cooperation, addressing common challenges that the Western Balkans economies face in the renewable energy transition, remains essential. While separated in different systems, all economies share this planet – with equal rights and equal responsibilities to its future.

The final version of the Action Plan Supporting Education and Training for the Renewable Energy Sector will be published on the ERI SEE/RESET website.

 

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