{"id":20357,"date":"2025-07-10T15:18:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T15:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.olacde.org\/juventud-y-transiciones-energeticas-inicia-el-programa-ejecutivo-regional-de-formacion-con-apoyo-de-olacde-y-youth4energy\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T14:15:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T14:15:59","slug":"juventud-y-transiciones-energeticas-inicia-el-programa-ejecutivo-regional-de-formacion-con-apoyo-de-olacde-y-youth4energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.olacde.org\/en\/juventud-y-transiciones-energeticas-inicia-el-programa-ejecutivo-regional-de-formacion-con-apoyo-de-olacde-y-youth4energy\/","title":{"rendered":"Youth and Energy Transitions: regional executive training program gets underway"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 2\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>As part of the ETRELA II project, funded by the International Climate Initiative (IKI) of the Government of Germany, the Latin American and Caribbean Energy Organization (OLACDE) and the Youth4Energy network launched the Executive Program &#8220;Youth Leading Energy Transitions.&#8221; This initiative aims to strengthen the role of young people in the design and implementation of public policies for a just, inclusive and sustainable energy transition in Latin America and the Caribbean.<\/p>\n<p>The Executive Program is being held virtually and synchronously from July 1 to 29, 2025, in collaboration with strategic partners such as CEUS Chile, DIRDE, Uno.Cinco and the UNILA Energy Observatory. Its main focus is strengthening technical skills, leadership abilities and policy advocacy tools among young leaders in the energy sector.<\/p>\n<p>One of the program&#8217;s most innovative elements is the &#8220;Trial of the Energy System: Renewables vs. Fossil Fuels in the Court of the Future&#8221; methodology, through which more than 100 young participants debated the socio-environmental impacts of the current energy model, its carbon footprint, and the geopolitical and economic dimensions of energy development in the region.<\/p>\n<p>During the first session, the contributions of experts such as Karen Michelle Mart\u00ednez and Katherinne Eber stood out, as they addressed key topics for understanding the challenges of the energy transition from an intergenerational perspective grounded in technical evidence.<\/p>\n<p>With this initiative, OLACDE reaffirms its commitment to training a new generation of professionals capable of leading energy transformation processes in Latin America and the Caribbean, bringing together technical knowledge, environmental awareness and citizen participation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of the ETRELA II project, funded by the International Climate Initiative (IKI) of the Government of Germany, the Latin American and Caribbean Energy Organization (OLACDE) and the Youth4Energy network launched the Executive Program &#8220;Youth Leading Energy Transitions.&#8221; This initiative aims to strengthen the role of young people in the design and implementation of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":20358,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[284],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.olacde.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.olacde.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.olacde.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.olacde.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.olacde.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20357"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.olacde.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20357\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20631,"href":"https:\/\/www.olacde.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20357\/revisions\/20631"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.olacde.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.olacde.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.olacde.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.olacde.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}