Vote at LUCE Awards to champion women’s pivotal roles in green transition

In its third edition, LUCE Awards continues to celebrate the outstanding contributions and achievements of women leading the way in the Green Transition. The public voting is now live for three outstanding finalists in the Legacy Women category, including Branislava Jovičić, the Founder and Editor of Balkan Green Energy News.

The Lights on Women initiative of the Florence School of Regulation published the shortlist in the Legacy Women category in its third LUCE Awards. The contest champions female professionals advancing the green transition. The organizers said that in a world increasingly focused on achieving ambitious energy, climate, and sustainability goals, the current edition reaffirms the critical role women play in shaping a more sustainable and inclusive future.

LUCE Awards, supported by Edison and Eurogas, is open to candidates worldwide.

The LUCE Awards ceremony will be held in Florence, Italy on May 15 to announce the results of the public voting, which is open until April 3. Online registration and voting only take half a minute.

Female professionals with outstanding contributions and achievements are candidates for LUCE Award

Branislava Jovičić, Founder and Editor of Balkan Green Energy News, is one of shortlisted candidates for the Legacy Women Award, the category of LUCE Awards that honors a senior female professional with outstanding contributions and achievements through her platform and voice.

Jovičić is also the director of the Belgrade Energy Forum, an annual conference organized by Balkan Green Energy News, which gathers industry leaders, experts, and representatives of institutions in Southeast Europe and beyond and co-founder of WISE Serbia (Women of Serbia in Sustainable Energy).

Also among the finalists for the Legacy Women Award is Amparo Soler Martínez, Senior Supervisor at the Nuclear Department of Nfq Advisory, Solutions, Outsourcing, and President of the Women in Nuclear Global network.

The third shortlisted candidate is Boyana Achovski, CEO and Managing Partner at Achovski and TIB Advisory Group. Until recently, she served as the Secretary General of Gas Infrastructure Europe (GIE). Achovski is also a board member of the Women in Renewables Alliance, which was founded in 2018.

You can also vote for on of the following candidates: Marta Luca, General Manager of Snam Corporate Foundation, focusing on energy, educational & food poverty social impact programs, Rita Mota, Deputy Director in Competition and Energy Policies Department at EDP, Roberta Boscolo, Climate and Energy Lead at the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), Anne Bercio, Trade Officer, Trade and Economic Section at the EU Delegation to Ukraine, Lina Tsaltampasi from Greek Association of Female Entrepreneurs, WEnCoop and Tatiana Vedeneva, President at Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Development from Kyrgyzstan.

The Florence School of Regulation, founded in 2004, is a center of excellence for independent discussion and knowledge exchange on European regulation and policy. It delivers academic research, training, and policy events in the fields of energy, climate, transportation, and water and waste.