To improve the efficiency of buildings, it is necessary to provide more training for public sector employees.
For three years, the CaPABle project consortium worked across four European countries (Greece, Poland, Slovenia, and Italy) to strengthen the capacity of public administration employees in the face of challenges related to the renovation of public buildings, all in the name of sustainable development, both environmental and economic.
The CaPABle project focused on a crucial aspect of the energy transition: training technical and administrative managers responsible for managing and modernising public buildings within local governments. During discussions and meetings with hundreds of administrators, technicians, and professionals, project partners observed a widespread lack of training in this sector, particularly in small towns and municipalities.
The cause of this problem is well-known and widespread across Europe: there are few employees, they have to handle numerous tasks, and they often lack the time for even short training sessions. This creates a vicious cycle: poorly qualified employees are unable to keep up with constantly changing legal regulations, administrative rules, and technological developments, resulting in less effective contributions to the energy transition in public buildings.
The policy recommendations from the CaPABle consortium to local and central authorities focus primarily on providing city and municipal office staff with training opportunities and organising them as efficiently as possible, utilising all available synergies.
The partners implementing the CaPABle project offer the results of their collaboration free of charge online:
- A competency-building handbook, available in Polish and English, can be read and downloaded from the Association's website.
- To participate in the online course, simply connect to the CaPABle project's e-learning platform and choose one of the five available language versions.
This project has been funded with support from the European Commission under the Erasmus+ program. The views and opinions expressed are solely those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Executive Agency for Education and Culture (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor the EACEA is responsible for them.
