20 COMMUNITIES
The BELIEF Communities
If you are looking for active European communities that…
- create and run Local Intelligent Energy Forums…
- prepare Sustainable Energy Action Plans…
- seek financial resources to turn these action plans into reality…
- implement and communicate sustainable energy initiatives and projects…
- share their experiences with others…
Click on the map. You will discover 20 Shining Examples and learn what the objectives of each community are and what progress they have made to achieve them so far.

"Local communities for sustainable energy in Europe" in motion: View the video produced by the EACI presenting the Dunkirk (FR) and Heidelberg (DE) experiences, two communities participating in BELIEF.
Shining Examples
Each BELIEF community is a showcase in order to promote the Sustainable Energy Communities concept at European scale. The Shining Examples are based on the concrete experience of the 20 BELIEF communities in creating, organising and running Local Intelligent Energy Forums. Each Shining Example is presented in four pages according to a common structure.
The 20 Shining Examples:
- Almada
- Beltinci
- Bistrita
- Dunkerque
- Frankfurt am Main
- Grenoble
- Heidelberg
- Leicester
- Modena
- München
- Napoli
- Nikea
- Padova
- Rennes
- Rimini
- Sevilla
- Sofia
- Southwark
- Vila Nova de Gaia (PT)
- Zoetermeer








