BEACON project kick-off meeting
From the 3 – 4 November 2026, the first in-person project partner meeting took place for BEACON, a LIFE project that aims to support the creation of or to reinforce existing National Energy Poverty Observatories.
Purpose of the meeting
This was the first in-person project partner meeting for BEACON, a LIFE project that aims to support the creation of or to reinforce existing National Energy Poverty Observatories. Energy Poverty Observatories track, measure and analyse data on energy poverty, which allows for more evidence-based policy and decision making.
On the first day, we had the project partner meeting setting out the work ahead across the different Work Packages (WPs), and on the second day, stakeholders from partner countries were invited to join a mutual learning workshop where we learned about the status of energy poverty observatories in other countries and explored the ‘dos and don’ts’ of setting up an observatory. Codema invited the Irish Energy Poverty Observatory (IREPO) to the meeting to share their experience and insights as an energy poverty observatory in Ireland.
Key outcomes
This was an opportunity to start planning out the years ahead and exploring the directions that the project could develop in. We received better insights into the opportunities available for Irish stakeholders taking part in peer learning cycles and national dialogues and this will be developed further as time goes on.
This was also a chance for IREPO to present on the work they are doing to gather data on energy poverty in Ireland and find ways to further integrate that work into policymaking and action in Ireland.