Sun4All Community of Practice

Sun4All tackles energy poverty and facilitates vulnerable consumers' participation in a fair energy transition in Europe. One of the objectives of the project is to be sustainable and replicable throughout Europe. To ensure this goal, a Community of Practice of 10 cities and utilities was established to follow the project and plan a replication of the Sun4All schemes in their regions. The Community of Practice will observe the pilots' implementation to get some first-hand experience, and work more effectively on their own specific energy poverty eradication plans and local business model.

What is the role of the members of the Community of Practice?

The members of the Community of Practice support the implementation of Sun4All activities and the uptake of the project results, within their reach of competence. In particular, they aim to:

Participate in the Sun4All project's engagement activities, capacity building and knowledge sharing events.
Observe the Sun4All pilots' implementation process and work on planning sustainable adoption of the Sun4All locally.
Promote the local multi-stakeholder partnership to ensure appropriate and effective transfer of knowledge of the Sun4All programme project locally.
Develop the organised social dialogue with the community and potential beneficiaries to identify opportunities that could facilitate the adoption of the Sun4All locally.
Evaluate the potential of adopting and up scaling the Sun4All programme.

What are the main benefits of being a member of the Sun4All Community of Practice?

The members of the Community of Practice receive from the Sun4All project:

Tailored mentoring services to tap into the knowledge and experience of the Sun4All pilots and thus to work on alleviating the energy poverty at the local level.
The possibility to join Sun4All engagement activities, capacity building and knowledge sharing events.

An Engagement Programme was designed to assist members of the Community of Practice with the adoption of the Sun4All programme in their city. It targets cities and utilities that are at various stages of the energy poverty alleviation journey.

Get inspired

The Sun4All project sets-up a financial support scheme, which is already successfully running in the United States. The existing New York State initiative (utility bill assistance programme), named "Solar for All", is now adopted to the European context in the framework of the Sun4All project.

Four European cities and regions (Coeur de Savoie (FR), Barcelona (ES), Rome (IT), and Almada (PT)) are acting as early adopters of the Sun4All financial support scheme for renewable energy access. After testing and evaluationg the model in pilot cities and regions, replication and up-scaling of the programme is foreseen in other European cities and regions.

Contact

info@sunforall.eu
@Sun4All_EU
Sun4All Project

Who are the members of the Community of Practice?

The 10 members are local public authorities or public utilities established in a European Union member state or an associated country. They were selected through an open call run by the project partners between December 2022 and February 2023. The Act of Constitution can be consulted here. The Sun4All Community of Practice consists of 10 cities and utilities covering Europe's diversity:

Alter Alsace Energies (France)

Alter Alsace Energies (France) is an association created in 1980 under local law working to promote the rational use of energy and renewable energies. The main focus areas of the association are the study of renewable energies and energy control and the means of their applications in collective and individual installations, the development of an alternative project to non-renewable energies, etc.

See Alter Alsace Energies´ website

Consell Comarcal del Gironès (Spain)

Consell Comarcal del Gironès (Spain) is a county with 27 municipalities. The Gironès Energy Transition Office works to promote the energy transition by promoting renewable energy projects and sustainable mobility in both the public and private sectors of the municipalities in order to achieve a decentralized, democratic renewable energy model and sustainable to achieve climate neutrality by 2050.

See Consell Comarcal del Gironès´ website

City of Warsaw (Poland)

City of Warsaw (Poland) is the administrative, political and financial capital of Poland. Warsaw is a city that changes with its inhabitants and for its inhabitants. To prevent and mitigate the negative effects of climate change, the municipality using a participatory model has developed the Strategy of Adaptation to Climate Change.

See City of Warsaw´s website

Comune di Sezze (Italy)

Comune di Sezze (Italy) is a medium-sized rural municipality located close to the City of Rome. The total number of the population in the municipality is 24 000 inhabitants. Municipality has experience in working on creation of green and renewable energy communities.

See Comune di Sezze´s website

Energía Bonita (Spain)

Energía Bonita (Spain) – is the Energy Community of La Palma (Canary Islands). It functions as a non-profit cooperative, made up of people, small and medium-sized companies and local administrations. This organization promotes projects to produce and share renewable energy among people, companies and partner entities.

See Energía Bonita´s website

Junta de Freguesia do Lumiar (Portugal)

Lumiar is a Civil Parish in the city of Lisbon, Portugal. It is a very heterogeneous territory, with around 47.000 inhabitants. In recent years, sustainability has been the focal point of many projects and initiatives in Lumiar, promoted by the Junta de Freguesia (Parish Council) and by grassroots organizations. Topics like energy, sustainable mobility, waste management, biodiversity and circular economy have been addressed by different actions at various scales.

See Lumir Civil Parish´s website

Local Energy Agency of Osona (Regional Council) (Spain)

Local Energy Agency of Osona (Regional Council) (Spain) is an entity that provides energy management and accounting for the Town Councils of Osona. The main objectives of the Agency are to promote energy efficiency and energy savings and to promote renewable energy production.

Learn more about the Local Energy Agency of Osona

Município de Braga (Portugal)

Município de Braga (Portugal) is aware that modern societies present lifestyles and consumption patterns against the environment, so it implemented a model of an environmental action based on three strategic vectors: Sustainability of Resources, Enhancement of Natural Resources, and the Use of spaces.

See Município de Braga´s website

Unité des Communes valdôtaines Grand-Paradis (Italy)

Unité des Communes valdôtaines Grand-Paradis (Italy) municipality consists of 13 small villages with a total number of inhabitants – 15 000 people. Municipality has a well-developed practice of social assistants/ village helpers that could help with building the closer links between people and support the replication potential.

See Unité des Communes valdôtaines Grand-Paradis´ website

València Clima i Energia y Las Naves (Ayuntamiento de València) (Spain)

València Clima i Energia y Las Naves (Ayuntamiento de València) (Spain) is responsible for information and training on climate change, as well as on the transformation of the city into a resilient city capable of facing the challenges of global warming.

See València Clima i Energia y Las Naves´ website

Are you also interested in replicating the Sun4All scheme in your city or region?

You can join the Sun4All Capacity Building and Knowledge Sharing Programme and enhance your capacity to replicate and adopt Sun4All in your city and region. The Programme will include a combination of online and onsite capacity building activities to reduce energy poverty at the local level. It will start in June 2023.

Give us your contact details and be will be in touch! Fill in the contact form here.

How were the members selected?

The members of the Community of Practice were selected through an open call run by the project partners between December 2022 and February 2023. To know more about this call, the procedure and criteria for the selection of the 10 members, have a look at the open call brochure and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ).

FAQ English (PDF)
FAQ Spanish (PDF)