Program:
11.00 Opening, setting the scene, including the situation in the Baltic countries and Ukraine.
11.20 Local interest in windpower in Thy, results from interviews of local persons, Gitte Davidsen, Nordic Folkecenter for Renewable Energy.
11.40 Experiences from Scandinavian countries on windmill projects with high and low local involvement and local acceptance, cases from Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, Jane Kruse, Nordic Folkecenter for Renewable Energy and Gunnar Boye Olesen, INFORSE-Europe.
12.10 Experiences from other European countries with local participation in windmill developments, summary, Gunnar Boye Olesen, INFORSE-Europe.
12.25 Dialogue on lessons learned from Nordic countries and Europe.

12.40 Lunch

14.00 Guidelines for local involvement in renewable energy proposed by INFORSE, Gunnar Boye Olesen
14.10 Community Engagement Guidelines and recommendations from World Wind Energy Association (WWEA) by Stefan Gsänger, Secretary General, WWEA.
14.30 Community Engagement and Fair Benefit Sharing of Renewable Energy Projects. Arthus Hinsch, ICLEI.
15.00 Guidelines for renewable energy developments proposed by European Commission 2026, Andrea Bruno, European Commission DG ENER followed by Q&A.
15.20 Dialogue and guidelines, their main elements and how they could have influenced cases (cases presented in the morning and cases introduced by participants).
15.40 Coffee break.
15.55 Dialogue on way forward for guiding windmill development in Baltic countries for local involvement and positive contribution to local development and environment.
16.30 Online Seminar ends.

The seminar is both online and offline. The offline venue is the Nordic Folkecenter for Renewable Energy, Kammersgaardsvej 16, Sdr. Ydby, 7760 Hurup Thy, Denmark.