Project period: September 2012 - December 2014.

Project coordinator: International Network for Sustainable Energy - Europe (INFORSE - Europe) (Denmark)

Project partners: Skåne Energy Agency (SEA) (Sweden), and Centre of Environmental Solutions (CES) (Belarus).

Financing: The project is financed by the European Union - " Development and Cooperation - EuropeAid" (75%);
and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) (25%).

Overall objective: Promote cooperation between NGO’s, citizens, and local authorities in democratic policy decisions regarding future local energy supply and use.

Specific objective: Strengthen the capacities of NGOs and local authorities to develop and implement strategies for transition to more sustainable energy supply and use, promote citizens’participation in policy dialogues, and reach out to promote further development of local strategies to make energy supply and use more sustainable in democratic ways in Belarus.

1. Training of local authorities and other stakeholders in the three selected local areas. Training tours to Sweden - Denmark and Central Europe.

- Study Tour in Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary:
Program, Compendium, Pictures and Presentation handouts.
Download all material in English/Russian from the following link: Central Europe Study Tour.

3. Action Plans for transition to more sustainable energy in three local area:

Feasibility studies in Puchovichy:
-- Thermal insulation of apartment buildings' envelopes
-- Biogas plants at waste water treatment plants
-- Solar collectors at the buildings of a hospital

Feasibility studies in Braslaw:
-- Straw boilers at the central heating system
-- Heat exchangers at apartment buildings
-- Equipment for purification of liquids at a dairy plant

Feasibility studies in Shuchin:
-- Replacement of old boilers with new efficient ones
-- Biogas plant at a milk processing plant
-- Solar panels on the building of the library of the regional public cultural center

- Puchovichy - Central Library of the House of Culture, and a gymnasium.
Demo: Solar PV system (panels, inverter, controller and accumulators) and 6 energy saving computers (nettops).

- Braslaw: Braslaw sport hall for school children.
Demo: Solar collector system for water heating.

- Shuchin: One of the central streets of Schuchin.
10 streetlights were replaced by LED-lights.

Regional Assessment of Potential and Plans:
-- Puchovichy / Marina Gorka - 2 October 2013
-- Braslaw - 11 December 2013.
-- Shuchin - 5 November 2013.

Action Plans and Prefeasibilities:
-- Press Tour and Plans on Climate Neutrality of Braslaw (February 2014):
-- Energy Festivals in Marina Gorka and Braslaw (27 May and 29-30th of May, 2014)
-- Puchovichy / Marina Gorka (17 July and 3 September, 2014)

Local Energy Plans and Demonstrations:
-- Puchovichy / Marina Gorka - January 6, 2015
-- Braslaw - January 9, 2015
-- Shuchin - January 8, 2015

National Conferences/Roundtables/Seminars:
-- Polotsk, Conference of Covenant of Mayors (24-27 of June, 2014)
-- Minsk (23 October, 2014)

Many of the above events are reviewed on the Project's web site of CES in Russian with media links.

Poster Presentation at Kassel, Germany at the 100%-RE Conference, November 2014.
Download Poster from the 100RE web site: (last page of Posters pdf file)
Download only the Braslaw Poster from here (0.7 MB, pdf file).
Interview on Braslaw at the 100RE Conference (you tube).

CES's web site on the Project:
Download all publications in Russians from:
-- Sustainable Energy in Belarus Regions Project