Training on energy issues will be organized in Tbilisi on 21 September 2026 by the Florence School of Regulation (FSR), in cooperation with the Council of European Energy Regulators (CEER) and the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC), and with the involvement of internationally recognized energy sector experts and specialists from other schools of regulation and regional regulators’ organizations, such as the African School of Regulation (ASR), the Public Utility Research Center (PURC), the Energy Regulators Regional Association (ERRA) and the Association of the Portuguese-Speaking Energy Regulators (RELOP).

The training will be conducted within the framework of the 9th World Forum on Energy Regulation (WFER IX), which will be hosted by the Georgian National Energy and Water Supply Regulatory Commission from 21 to 24 September.

The training programme will cover various areas of the energy sector. Leading specialists will introduce participants to the best international practices related to the independence and accountability of regulatory authorities, effective regulatory tools, principles of price regulation and market transparency, as well as regulatory approaches to smart charging of electric vehicles.

The training modules will also host thematic sessions about youth and women empowerment for the energy sector transformation, regional energy market integration, regulatory frameworks for infrastructure investments and system flexibility, consumer protection issues, the decarbonisation of non-electrifiable energy demand, and regulatory mechanisms for energy system resilience. The topics are aligned with the thematic priorities of WFER IX, including regional energy integration, consumer empowerment, effective regulation, grid flexibility and energy transition investments.

The Florence School of Regulation represents a unique combination of a university research group, a platform for regulatory and policy dialogue, and a professional executive training provider, aimed at promoting the improvement of policy and regulation in a number of sectors - energy, climate, transport, water and waste - across Europe and worldwide.

The programme is available at this link:

https://www.wfertbilisi2026.com/en/programa/day-1

To register for the training, please visit WFER IX Registration Page:

https://www.wfertbilisi2026.com/en/login

The Training Day will open with a plenary session, followed by three thematic slots comprising parallel training modules. In each slot, three modules will run in parallel. During registration, participants will be invited to select the module they wish to attend in each slot, according to their areas of interest.

Places are limited.