The FLEXI workshops in March 2026 and the subsequent presentation of the FLEXI project in Skopje reflect consecutive steps in energy system reconstruction: the alignment of institutional actors and the continuation of this process towards operational system function.
Initial Situation
The FLEXI workshops and the Skopje meeting bring together policy, research and industry to coordinate perspectives on future energy systems. These formats contribute to structuring shared direction and enabling cooperation between institutional systems.
Observation in the Living Lab
In the GEC Living Lab, this process is continued under real operating conditions. At the Green Energy Center Europe, the research infrastructures of FEN Research GmbH (Codex partner of the Green Energy Center Europe and project partner in the FLEXI project) establish an operational micro-system in which an energy resource management system is fully represented under real economic conditions. Within this micro-system, the coordination of resource availability, demand and demand coverage is implemented and tested as an operational process. Observations from FLEXI-related Living Lab activities show that system performance depends on the continuity of information flows between these components. (see: FLEXI Living Labs and the Information Flow in Energy Systems)
Systemic Classification
The FLEXI workshops and the Skopje meeting can be understood as consecutive elements within a goal convergence process at institutional level. This process creates alignment and coordination across actors and systems. (see: Resource Management, Sustainability and Goal Convergence Processes).
The continuation of this process takes place in operational environments, where system function is established under real conditions. The GEC Living Lab represents such an operational micro-system, where the coupling between resource availability, demand and demand coverage is realized and stabilized. (see: The GEC Living Lab – Beyond Sector Coupling)
The figure illustrates the background for the institutional alignment (FLEXI workshops and Skopje meeting) to operational system function within the GEC Living Lab, highlighting the macro–micro transfer into an operational resource management system.
Relevance for Energy System Reconstruction
Energy system reconstruction requires the interaction of institutional alignment and operational system formation. Institutional processes provide orientation and coordination. Operational systems stabilize demand coverage through the continuous organization of resource availability, demand and demand coverage.
Conclusion
Energy system reconstruction progresses when institutional alignment is continuously translated into operational system function under real conditions.
References
FLEXI Project – Project showcased at high-level energy cooperation event in Skopje – 2026
https://flexi-cetp.eu/flexi-project-showcased-at-high-level-energy-cooperation-event-in-skopje-macedonia/
Green Energy Center – FLEXI Workshops March 2026
https://green-energy-center.com/flexi-workshops-march-2026/
Green Energy Center – FLEXI Living Labs and the Information Flow in Energy Systems
https://green-energy-center.com/flexi-living-labs-and-the-information-flow-in-energy-systems/
Green Energy Center – Resource Management, Sustainability and Goal Convergence Processes
https://green-energy-center.com/ressourcenbewirtschaftung-nachhaltigkeit-und-ziel-konvergenzproz/
Green Energy Center – The GEC Living Lab – Beyond Sector Coupling
https://green-energy-center.com/the-gec-living-lab-beyond-sector-coupling-and-conventional-energy-transition/
Recommended Citation
Green Energy Center (2026). From institutional alignment to operational convergence: the FLEXI workshops and the Skopje meeting in the context of the GEC Living Lab. Green Energy Center Living Lab. GEC-SA-2026-XX.