This first panel discussion at the annual meeting of the Initiative for coal regions in transition in the Western Balkans and Ukraine (23 and 24 June 2021)featured perspectives on socio-economic challenges of just energy transition. The panellists were Bego Gutić, Mayor of Banovići, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Blagoja Ralpovski, President, Confederation of Free Trade Unions (North Macedonia), Aleksandar Macura, Co-founder, Programme Director, RES Foundation, and Victoria Shevchuk, Coordinator for Just Transition in the Western Balkans, Bankwatch. The session was moderated by Selma Šehović, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES), Climate change and Just energy transition, Dialogue Southeast Europe.
Timestamps
0:00 Welcome
0:33 Selma Šehović, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
05:20 Bego Gutić, Mayor of Banovići
13:49 Blagoja Ralpovski, Confederation of Free Trade Unions (North Macedonia)
26:56 Aleksandar Macura, RES Foundation
35:45 Victoria Shevchuk, Bankwatch
40:53 Q&A
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