Renewable energy communities (RECs) have the potential to raise acceptance of renewable energy technologies by promoting small-scale local developments, phase out energy poverty through energy sharing ,and contribute to lowering greenhouse gasses by using sustainable sources of energy. They are defined in the Renewable Energy Directive (RED II) as a part of the Clean Energy for All Europeans package. The aim of this research is to provide a set of recommendations to facilitate the development of RECs in the EU member states. The recommendations are done based on the two case studies, Austria and Denmark. Their transposition of RED II was analyzed and interviews with the members of the communities are conducted to investigate the current state in those countries. An example of innovative democracy in Denmark during the 70s was used for the analysis as well as the bottom-up approach. The recommendations are separated in the three categories aiming to the EU, national and local actions.