Taking as its starting point a dialogue between key H2020 projects and EU policy-makers, this interactive workshop will bring together different stakeholders to discuss the magin challenges and opportunities facing citizens who wish to become protagonists on the path towards a climate-neutral Europe. Concepts such as "prosumers", "energy communities", and "energy citizenship" have emerged in this process and they are now playing an even more important role, given the need to ensure a green, people-centred, recovery.