EmpowerMed is ’empowering women to fight against energy poverty in the Mediterranean”. EmpowerMed « Donner aux femmes les moyens d'agir contre la précarité énergétique en Méditerranée »

EmpowerMed is an H2020 project implemented between 2019 – 2023 in France and five other countries. The overall objective of EmpowerMed is to tackle energy poverty in the coastal areas of Mediterranean countries. Specific objectives are to: 1) raise public awareness of energy poverty and the means for its alleviation, focusing on the specifics of coastal areas, gender and health aspects; 2) implement practical solutions tailored to empowering households affected by energy poverty; 3) formulate local, national and EU policy recommendations and promote solutions for tackling energy poverty. Activities will take the form of energy visits to households, the installation of saving devices and promotion of energy measures, energy advice training to build the capacity of actors and partners, collective assemblies on energy and health, “Do It Together” energy workshops, advocacy campaigns on gender-just policy solutions, and recommendations for tackling energy poverty among several key actors. In France, the pilot is part of a programme for poverty alleviation supported by the industrial group Valorem’s Foundation (Watt for Change), Solinergy, a solidarity fund dedicated to fighting energy poverty from the energy renovation company Effy, and the Rexel Foundation.