New Energy Poverty Nexus release: European energy poverty observatory overview

The session explored operational experiences, governance models, financing approaches, and policy contributions from four existing energy poverty observatories and discussed how these experiences can support the establishment and strengthening of observatories in partner countries. The new factsheet also contains the presentations from the four speakers of the session:

• Caroline Nwafor – Austrian Coordination Office on Energy Poverty (Austria)
• Cristina Nirup – National Energy Poverty Observatory (ONPE), ADEME (France)
• Anca Sinea – Romanian Energy Poverty Observatory (ORSE), Centre for the Study of Democracy Association (Romania)
• Dr. Fábio Silva – Irish Energy Poverty Observatory (IREPO), International Energy Research Centre (Ireland).

The discussion addressed:

• How observatories are established and governed
• Stakeholder engagement and institutional cooperation
• Collaboration with national authorities
• Data collection and indicator development
• Policy support and implementation of EU objectives
• Funding structures and long-term sustainability
• Future plans and innovation opportunities.

The session concluded with an open exchange among participants to encourage networking, dialogue, and collaboration between countries developing new observatory models.