In marking the completion of Rural-RES, an Intelligent Energy Europe (IEE) project focusing on the promotion of mini-RES installations in mountainous areas, we would like to cordially invite you to the conference on “Promoting mini-wind and mini-hydro installations in rural and mountainous areas” which will be held at the Committee of Regions (Brussels, Belgium) on the 28th of March 2011. Rural-RES results have been produced by a consortium of seven partners in different regions of the EU including Diputación Provincial de Huelva (Huelva, Spain), ECWT - Energy Center of West Thessaly (Trikala, Greece), SESO - Severoceske sdruzeni obci (Usti nad Labem, Czech Republic), SVA - Associatia ‘Valea Soarelui’ (Mures, Romania), AG.EN.A - Societa Consortile a Responsabilita Limitata (Teramo, Italy), ESS - Energikontor Sydost AB (Vaxjo, Sweden) and ESHA - European Small Hydropower Association (Brussels, Belgium). Although mountainous areas have great potential in generating renewable energy and in development of small-scale energy facilities, there are difficulties in their supply due to various social and economic barriers. The aim of the Rural-RES was to overcome the non-technological barriers to the integration of mini-hydro and mini-wind energy sources into the local environment, thereby contributing to energy independence and supporting as a result the generation of new jobs in these communities. The final Rural-RES conference will raise these issues and discuss the potentials for developing mini-RES in such areas by presenting best practice examples as conducted in the partner’s different regions.