The project "Reenergy 2013 - Towards Energy Sustainable Planning at the Local Level" has aimed at strengthening the capacities of local self-government, civil society and the media for better understanding and actively engaging in and monitoring the energy planning process at the local level.

ReEnergy is the initiative of the Center for European Integration of the Belgrade Open School, aimed at improving the practical and political framework for creating the energy and environmental policy in the Republic of Serbia. The initiative is based on the belief that a responsible and open environmental policy must be based on public participation in decision-making and partnership between the civil society, business sector, and public institutions. By achieving these preconditions, the successful implementation of European norms and standards in the field of preservation and improvement of the environment and sustainable use of natural resources can become a reality. We do not see energy policy as a separate area but think of responsible and sustainable energy policy as the basis for good environmental management. In the focus of the ReEnergy initiative, there are local communities and citizens' interests at the local level, where practical policy is really implemented and where the results of this policy should be obvious.

The long-term goals of the ReEnergy initiative are:

• Creating public policies with full involvement of citizens at an early stage of decision-making, in the process of defining problems and choosing the most favorable options;
• Pure energy – energy production with low CO2 emissions;
• Reliable and quality energy supply that does not threaten the environment and human health;
• Creation of local development policies in accordance with the specificities and needs of local communities.

The project "ReEnergy 2013 - Towards Energy Sustainable Planning at the Local Level", realized by the Belgrade Open School and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in 2012, has showed that in cities and municipalities of the Republic of Serbia energy planning is not sufficiently developed, that local governments do not have developed mechanisms for monitoring energy consumption and greenhouse gas emission, as well as developed planning documents for improving energy efficiency.

This new project "ReEnergy 2013 - Towards Energy Sustainable Planning at the Local Level" is based on the results of the previously described project and the identified needs of the target group. The project has aimed at strengthening the capacities of local self-government, civil society and the media for better understanding and active involvement in and monitoring the energy planning process at the local level.

The project has been realized through training of representatives of local self-government, civil society and the media for better understanding and active involvement in and monitoring of the energy planning process at the local level, improvement of cooperation and knowledge exchange with actors from the Western Balkans region and development of policy papers for improving civic participation in creating energy policies.

The initiative is being implemented with the support of the Friedrich Ebert Office in Belgrade.

The project has been implemented in the period from June to October 2014.