Currently, the predominant relationship model between citizens and energy is characterized by a limited ability to act and make decisions on the part of the consumer, who ends up adopting a fundamentally passive role. We therefore find ourselves with citizen dependency within the energy system, in which there are a series of actors who, in [...]

As part of the process of creating the future Natural Park of the Prades Mountains, INSTA has coordinated the participation process of the Preliminary Public Consultation. The objectives that have been set in this process have been: Send all the previous information about the creation of the Natural Park to the 22 municipalities in the [...]

Commissioned by the General Sub-Directorate for Information and Sustainability Promotion of the Department of Climate Action, Food and Rural Agenda, INSTA has analyzed the legal framework relating to the regulation of public use of natural spaces in Catalonia. The project has included the preparation of a legal manual for local bodies, a legal diagnosis and [...]

As part of a course for managers of energy communities organized by the Salvador Seguí Municipal Employment Institute of Lleida , INSTA has taught different sessions of the course. Specifically, the sessions where the legislative and regulatory framework of the energy communities, their legal forms and the organizational and internal functioning elements that must be [...]

INSTA has accompanied the Red de Espacios Test Agrarios (RETA) in its constitution as an association. INSTA dynamized different work spaces among the members of RETA in order to see what could be the best legal form to adopt, what aspects to include in its statutes and accompany them in the legal steps for its [...]

INSTA is offering advisory and support services in the creation of Local Energy Communities. This new reality, due to the energy transition, requires specialized legal advice on the administrative formalization of the Communities, legal fitting, the relationship between the agents involved, agreements and conventions between the parties, etc. INSTA, from its expertise and at the [...]

Organized by the College of Environmentalists of Catalonia, INSTA has given different sessions in the course on biodiversity management in natural and urban spaces. Specifically, training modules have been offered on legislation relating to the natural environment, biodiversity and protected natural spaces. During the sessions, the applicable international, European and national legislative framework was presented, [...]

Promoted by the College of Environmentalists of Catalonia, INSTA has taught and coordinated the online course on climate change and energy transition. The training addressed issues related to the legal framework for climate change and energy, as well as the transition to renewable energy, the fight against energy poverty and energy communities. The course also [...]

Promoted by the Center for Territorial Sustainability (CST), the Eudemon project aims to develop a socio-ecological conflict resolution protocol applied to the fight against climate change and a fair energy transition. INSTA, through Joan Pons, has been invited to participate in the Advisory Board of the project in order to contribute its expertise in the [...]

During the period 2021-2024, INSTA will offer support and training services to the Ateneu Cooperatiu del Camp de Tarragona, as a promoter. During this period INSTA will offer support in the field of legal formulation of Local Energy Communities, constitution of Agricultural Test Spaces and conflict management. At the same time, training will be offered [...]