Date: 23 September 2025
Organizer: IRENA
Description: Effective energy transition planning requires meaningful stakeholder engagement to build consensus, gather diverse insights, and enhance implementation success. As the energy sector evolves beyond traditional utilities and energy companies to include local communities, businesses, energy cooperatives, and civil society organizations, the need for comprehensive participatory approaches has never been greater.
IRENA's new toolkit on Participatory Processes for National Energy Planning provides government energy planners with practical guidance for implementing effective stakeholder engagement in national energy scenario development. Drawing from experiences across IRENA's Long-Term Energy Scenarios (LTES) Network, the toolkit showcases proven methodologies, real-world case studies, and best practices for meaningful stakeholder inclusion in energy planning.
