BEAM 21 is developing and implementing capacity building training programms for European municipalities on municipal climate protection and intelligent energy meassures (self-directed, supervised online-learning and on-site training). Facing the relevance of energy for the economy of the European States and considering global crises, the question of energy conserving and intelligent energy management is one of the decisive questions to achieve European climate protection targets. Municipalities are one of the most important players to reduce GHG emissions. BEAM 21 steps in at this point supporting local capacity building.