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The Future of Europe’s Energy: EU Strategy, Policy and Key Challenges
Our course provides you with strategic insight into how the European Union and its Member States are navigating the accelerating energy transition and how today’s policy choices, regulatory frameworks, and investment priorities will shape Europe’s resilience, competitiveness, and global influence in the years ahead.
The energy transition is no longer solely a matter of climate targets and market reforms. It has become a defining strategic issue at the intersection of global, European, and national policy frameworks. This course is designed to equip participants with a multidisciplinary and multisectoral understanding of the central role energy plays across these interconnected contexts.
The programme explores the deeper challenges and opportunities facing the Energy Union as it seeks to reconcile decarbonisation with affordability, industrial competitiveness, strategic autonomy, security of supply, and geopolitical stability. Participants will gain strategic insight into how the European Union and its Member States are positioning themselves in an era of accelerating energy transition, and how policy and investment decisions taken today will shape resilience, prosperity, and influence in the years ahead.
The course provides an expert overview of the European Union’s key strategic objectives and principal regulatory instruments in the field of energy, with particular attention to the framework of the Energy Union, the European Green Deal, and the Clean Industrial Deal.
You will learn to:
- Identify the central role of energy in modern economies and to analyse the links between energy policy, environmental protection and climate action, markets and geopolitics, as well as regulation and innovation
- Understand the institutional organisation and decision-making processes of the European Union in the field of energy
- Assess the complex dynamics among Member States in terms of competition, cooperation and solidarity in the energy sector, in light of diverse energy systems and heterogeneous policy landscapes
- Examine the development of the Energy Union, the European Green Deal and the Clean Industrial Deal, focusing on the key steps and initiatives undertaken to achieve their objectives
- Apply the acquired knowledge to critically reflect on and discuss the extent to which the EU and its Member States have effectively addressed energy challenges, considering both overarching objectives and sector-specific case studies, and to formulate suggestions for improving EU energy policies
This course is delivered through a combination of presentations and trainer-led discussions involving all participants. Additional focus on specific case studies will be provided.
You will gain a solid understanding of the complexity of the global, European, and national energy landscapes. You will also develop a 360-degree view of EU energy policies and their interaction with a wide range of key European priorities related to competitiveness, sustainability, security, fairness, cohesion, and geopolitics. In addition, you will be able to apply the knowledge acquired to reflect on and discuss how EU and national energy policies can be improved from both a challenge and opportunity perspective.
This course is intended for civil servants, EU institution staff, public administration officials, consultants, lobbyists, legal professionals, and practitioners who are directly or indirectly involved in the field of energy, or who are simply interested in gaining a deeper understanding of these issues.
This includes staff from European institutions; national ministries, agencies, and bodies active in the field of energy; as well as those working in foreign affairs, economy, environment, transport, infrastructure, industry, and innovation. It is also relevant for regional and local authorities, civil society representatives, and consultants working with public bodies in the energy domain.
Project number: 2650900
Course venue
European Centre for Judges and Lawyers – EIPA Luxembourg
8 rue Nicolas Adames
1114 Luxembourg
Programme Organiser
Ms Elisa Dolci
Tel: +352 691 108 038
e.dolci@eipa.eu
Fee
The fee includes documentation, refreshments, and a lunch. Accommodation and travel costs are at the expense of the participants or their administration.
Discounts
EIPA member fee
EIPA offers a discount to all civil servants working for one of EIPA’s supporting countries, and civil servants working for an EU institution, body or agency.
Who are the supporting countries?
Civil servants coming from the following EIPA supporting countries are entitled to get the reduced fee: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden.
For all other participants, the regular fee applies.
Early bird discount
EIPA offers 10% off on registrations made eight weeks or more before the start of a course. The early bird discount is not cumulative with other discounts or promo codes, except for the EIPA member fee.
Loyalty coupon
As a token of appreciation we offer all our participants a loyalty coupon for one of our future courses. The offer can be shared with colleagues and relevant networks. The coupon will expire one year after its release. This discount is not cumulative with other discounts, except for the EIPA member fee.
Meals
Dietary preferences can be indicated on the registration form.
Hotel reservations
EIPA has special price arrangements with a number of hotels. Most rates are including breakfast and tourist tax. Should you wish to make use of this possibility, please book directly via the links below. Payment is to be made directly and personally to the hotel upon checking out.
Luxembourg Kirchberg
- Hotel Novotel Suites Kirchberg****, at the rate of €193, tel.: +352 429848-1; booking page: accorhotels.com (Company ID: SC000002048 – Access Code: IN281LU654).
- Hotel D’Coque***, via https://www.coque.lu/coque-hotel-superior/online-booking, tel.: +352 43 60 60 222
Luxembourg Centre
- Hotel Français***, at the rate of €160, tel.: +352 47 45 34; e-mail: info@hotelfrancais.lu; https://www.hotelfrancais.lu/ (Reservation code: EIPA).
- Hotel Simoncini****, at the rate of €200., tel.: +352 22 28 44; e-mail: simhotel@pt.lu or simoncinihotel@pt.lu; https://www.hotelsimoncini.lu/.
- Hotel Vauban***, at the rate of €160, tel.: +352 220493; e-mail: info@hotelvauban.lu; https://hotelvauban.lu/
- Hotel Parc Plaza****, at the rate of €179, Hotel Parc Bellevue***, at the rate of €143, (Reservation code: EIPA0118; https://www.goereshotels.com, +352 44 23 23 23 23; e-mail: reservation@goereshotels.com;
Luxembourg Dommeldange
- DoubleTree by Hilton Luxembourg ****, at the rate of €150, (Reservation code: EIPA0118): http://www.luxembourg.doubletree.com/
Confirmation
Confirmation of registration will be forwarded to participants on receipt of the completed online registration form.
Payment
Prior payment is a condition for participation.
Cancellation policy
For administrative reasons you will be charged €150 for cancellations received within 15 days before the activity begins. There is no charge for qualified substitute participants. EIPA reserves the right to cancel the activity up to 2 weeks before the starting date. In that case, registration fees received will be fully reimbursed. EIPA accepts no responsibility for any costs incurred (travel, accommodation, etc.).
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Programme
| 09.00 | Welcome and opening Prof. Sami Andoura, visiting Professor at the College of Europe in the Bruges and Tirana |
| 09.15 | Introduction to the world of energy The first session encompasses a broad overview of the complexity of the world of energy, and its central role in modern economies. It provides an understanding of the major components of the energy transition in a wide range of dimensions: sustainable, economic, industrial, societal, technological, and geopolitical. It analyses, explains and assesses the contemporary energy challenges and opportunities that the EU and its Member States are facing in the 21st century in a global and European context, with a focus on Europe’s and national main energy sources, the structures of their energy systems, infrastructures and energy markets, as well as the main features of their energy import and export dependencies. |
| 10.00 | Q&A |
| 15.15 | Coffee Break |
| 10.30 | History and Genesis of European energy policies up to the Energy Union The participants get a comprehensive overview of the development of European energy policies, from their inception up to the development of a genuine Energy Union. The session focusses on the competences and obligations stemming from the treaties as well as the key regulatory frameworks for the energy policy triangle (i.e. sustainability, security of supply, and competitiveness/affordability). It then covers the overall concept of Energy Union, and its five key pillars: Security of Supply – Internal Energy Market – Energy Efficiency – Renewables – Research, Innovation & Competitiveness. The overarching legislative frameworks is properly covered, in particular the EU Energy Union legal and governance framework and the Clean energy for all Europeans package. |
| 11.30 | Q&A |
| 11.45 | The Energy Union in the context of the European Green Deal This session is dedicated to the change of paradigm that the European Green Deal has brought to the energy sector and the Energy Union from both internal and global perspectives. The participants also get a comprehensive overview of the European Green Deal priorities related to energy, covering both internal policy frameworks and their external constellations. It also looks at global, European and national governance in the field of energy, including the role of decentralised actors, including citizens, consumers, local communities and the civil society at large. |
| 12.30 | Q&A |
| 12.45 | Lunch break |
| 14.00 | The Energy Transition by 2030, the Fit for 55 Package, and the new 2040 EU climate framework This session covers more specifically the Fit for 55 legislative package as the cornerstone of the European Green Deal and the Energy Union for achieving Europe’s 2030 climate and energy targets. It looks at the overall EU regulatory framework and governance for 2030, as well as several key sectorial instruments, including the renewable and energy efficiency directives, the revision of the EU-ETS, or the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism. It then develops the main parameters of discussions and negotiations around the new 2040 EU climate framework, and its implications for the EU and its Member States. |
| 14.45 | Q&A |
| 15.00 | The Consequences of the War in Ukraine: REPowerEU Strategy and Energy Market Reforms In this session, the participants get an overview of the main impacts of the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine on Europe’s energy systems, as well as its energy relations with Russia and Ukraine. It will start by setting the scene of all the main changes that occurred in Europe’s energy landscape since then, and how the EU and its Member States reacted to this external shock, including on the international scene. It focusses on the elaboration and implementation of the REPowerEU strategy, with a particular emphasis on diversifying both energy resources and sources of supply (including the increase of renewable energy and Liquefied Natural Gas), as well as the main energy market reforms and safeguarding measures that were introduced to fix market shortcoming while protecting consumers. In particular, the question of an internal market for gas and electricity is being raised. |
| 15.45 | Q&A |
| 16.00 | Coffee break |
| 16.15 | Latest Developments and Conclusion: A Competitiveness Shock and a Security Boost with the Clean industrial Deal? In this concluding session, the participants get an overview of the industrial and competitiveness challenges posed by the climate and energy transition. It looks at how the issue of energy is impacting European growth in a wide range of economic areas and industrial sectors, also impacting European security, sovereignty and supply chains. It provides a broad overview of the Clean Industrial Deal, with a specific emphasis on its energy dimension, including its new Affordable Energy Action Plan. The session finally concludes on the up-coming initiatives, and challenges in the field of energy, and reflect at how best to achieve them. |
| 17.00 | Q&A |
| 17.15 | Quality survey |
| 17.30 | Open Discussion on Needs, Challenges, and Support Pathways In this final session, we invite participants to take part in an open exchange aimed at identifying needs, priorities, and current challenges in the field of EU and national energy policy. We will present a draft concept for a follow-up training/workshop programme, which will be discussed with the aim of exploring it in greater depth and assessing to what extent it meets the expectations of future participants. Our objective is to refine this concept into an interactive and practice-oriented workshop to be held in four-six months. |
| 18.00 | Closing remarks and end of the course |