The project is dedicated to help municipalities from new European countries to manage existing problems in the field of environment, considering the technical, organizational and financial aspects. Main topics will be sustainable development in general, with concentration to problems of energy efficiency, waste management and waste water. Within the project will be realized an analyis of relevant Eeropean law and a serie of Pilot projects. The expeience and know-how of the partnes will be disseminated among the towns and municipalities. Expected Results: In the C2ENET project an analysis of EU legislation, national legislation and an analysis of the organisational, financial and technical impacts of EU legislation on the municipalities is conducted. Pilot projects will be carried out covering different aspects such as the evaluation of European indicators, how to use renewable energy resources (solar technologies, wind, biomass, heat pumps, etc.), water treatment and clean water supplies, and an additional project implemented on the basis of the previous analysis. A further pilot project covers the environmental protection field of intervention. Results of project will be disseminated through three readers, a final guidebook, seminars and conferences. They will be available for the association's boards, in newsletters as well as on the website of the project LOGON. The first reader deals with the working group meeting “Finance and EU funding of municipal waste management projects” and includes an article on the “Approach of City Hall to environment – specific cases from the ecological audit of schools, ecological footprint, environmental profile, European set of indicators and its relationship to the City strategy”. The second reader covers the working group meeting “Energy Efficiency and Renewable Resources”. It also includes a section on “Effective, high-quality and efficient management of public administration” (with a set of examples). The third reader is dedicated to water management and will also comprise a section on the processes of the Local Agenda 21 and the measurement of living quality in housing projects.