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The Association of the Local Democracy Agencies have just launched its fall newsletter 2009. This issue presents the activities of ALDA from June to December 2009 and the expanding network of our associaiton. In this edition: TOP NEWS: ALDA in the Civil Society Forum of the Eastern Partnership Steering Committee (p1) LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT, "The Eastern...

On the 10th of December 2009, ALDA and the Local Democracy Agencies (LDA), together with the Mayors representing the cities hosting the LDAs (Sisak, Kraljevo, Zavidovici, Prijedor, Niksic and Kutaisi), met in Sisak to assess work and progress of the LDAs and measure the impact of their programmes. Ensuring timely evaluation, effective functioning...

On the 11th of December was organised the Steering Committee meeting with ALDA and representatives of partners of the project "Capitalise on Migrants Capacities in Algeria" in Lecce, Italy. A presentation of the project was followed by a presentation of the partners. The steering committee then agreed on the agenda of the implementation of the project. This meeting...

"Participation through Volunteering" and Golden Stars - Concert Noble (Brussels), 16 December 2009, 14.00 - 21.30 On the 16th December, the 'Europe for Citizens' Programme is organising the first official conference towards the European Year of Volunteering 2011: "Europe for Citizens Conference 2009:Participation through volunteering".The Panel debate...

                               The first country based thematic panel of the project "Reconciling for the future - European perspective for the Western Balkans" will take place in Nis, Serbia, on the 4th of December 2009:PANEL 1:How to help consolidate an effective networking of civil society actors for reconciliation and inter-ethnic co-operation at inter-state and...

Under its "Youth Empowerment in Kosovo" project, ALDA is organising 2 events in Pristina next week, with the support of the Directorate General of Democracy and Political Affairs (DG-DPA): 15th/16th December, Pristina: Training on project development and management The training will be based on an overview of the Youth In Action programme, project development and...

The South East Europe Programme, which call has been launched on Monday 23rd of November 2009, is a unique instrument that, in the framework of the Regional Policy's Territorial Cooperation Objective, aims to improve integration and competitiveness in an area which is as complex as it is diverse. The South East Europe Programme aims to...

You selected your favourite logos and slogans for the European Year of Volunteering 2011 in a Public Online Voting.1259 logo and slogan entries have been sent to us. 3500 people have cast their vote over the two weeks of the Public Online Voting and more than 7000 have visited this website during this same period. You can now see the most voted entries in this...

As a follow-up on October seminar organised jointly by the Congres of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe and ALDA, a training on Active Citizenship is organised in Kutaisi, Georgia, from 1 to 4 December 2009. The training is targeting both representatives of civil society organisations and representatives from local authorities. The first 2 days,...

From 3rd to 5th December 2009 in Milocer, Montenegro, will be held a seminar on "Capacity Building and Best Practices in Local Government" organised by the School of Democratic Leadership with the financial support of the Government of Liechtenstein. The newly-established School of Local Democracy in the Western Balkans will hold its first seminar. This School is...

2-3 November 2009, Europa Grand Hotel, Shkodra, ALBANIA               The seminar was organised by the Barcelona Provincial Council, in the framework of UCLG Decentralisation and Local Self-Government Committee, and the Association of Local Democracy Agencies (ALDA) in Shkodra, Albania, on 2-3 November, to discuss about challenges faced by...

The Association of Local Democracy Agencies (ALDA) in cooperation with The European Civic Forum, is organising the conference "Promoting European active citizenship in the Balkans: building Europe through town-twinning and civil society networking" that will be held on 4 December 2009 in Skopje, Macedonia. This conference is organised with the support of the European...

On 2nd and 3rd December 2009 will be organised the fifth international conference on e-Société.MK on the "Active citizens' participation through new media". The event is organised by the Metamorphosis Foundation in cooperation with Courrier de la Macedoine and the Association of Local Democracy Agencies. The objective of this event is to make an assessment of the...

L'Association des agences de la démocratie locale (ALDA) a l'honneur de vous inviter aux événements qu'elle organise dans le cadre de  la semaine de citoyenneté active en Macédoine.  1.    Conférence internationale e-Société Le 2-3 décembre 2009 à Skopje, Macédoine Le 2 et le 3 décembre 2009 à Skopje aura lieu la cinquième conférence...

Le Conseil général du Territoire de Belfort et la Ville de Nevers, en coopération avec la Région Auvergne, l'Association des Agences de la Démocratie Locale (ALDA) et leurs partenaires du programme ont organisé un atelier sur la jeunesse et la francophonie qui s'est tenu, dans le cadre du programme de coopération multilatérale France-Balkans pour la bonne...

On the 3rd of December 2009 ALDA and Studiorum are organising a working group on "Active Citizenship /Participation of civil society and civil society empowerment" in Skopje, Macedonia.Studiorum is a center for research on the economic and social aspects of European integration and globalization processes for the development in Macedonia and Southeast Europe in...

The Association of Local Democracy Agencies is supporting the city of Aix en Provence (France) to implement a programme of Decentralised cooperation in Marocco, in the city of Oujda. The programme is supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of France, in the context of the PAD Maroc (Programme pour l'Assistance à la Décentralisation).The programme is quite...

ALDA has currently two vacancies, one project coordinator based in Strasbourg, and one policy officer based in Brussels. Projects Coordinator The Association of Local Democracy Agencies (ALDA) is an international non-governmental organization, supported by the Council of Europe. It works in the fields of Good Governance and Active Citizenship and operates in...

                                                 The project BANDIAR, supported by the «Europe for citizens» programme of the European Commission, aims at involving citizens in decision-making processes at the local and European levels and at giving them the opportunity to interact and participate in constructing an ever closer Europe. In particular the project...

November 23, 2009 - CITY OF RIMINI - RIMINIWORKING GROUP ON ENLARGEMENT OF THE EUROPEAN UNIONPolitical perspectives and active citizenshipThe working groups is welcoming the presence of two international experts:- Mr Bernd Rill (Hanns Seidel Foundation, Monaco - GER) will give a presentation on the theme "EU enlargement: a contradiction?"- Mr Stefano Barocci (Center...

On the 15 and 16 November 2009, The Association of Local Democracy Agencies attended the first meeting that launched the Civil Society Forum of the Eastern Partnership.The organisation was prepared by the DG Relex of the European Commission. The event was of major relevance and gathered 200 NGOs from the six partner countries from the Partnership (Belarus, Ukraine,...

    The European Parliament (www.europarl.europa.eu) and the Foundation of the International Charlemagne Prize of Aachen (http://www.karlspreis.de) will invite youth from all the EU Member States, to participate in a competition about EU development, integration and European identity issues."The European Charlemagne Youth Prize" aims to encourage the development of...

                Le 24 septembre 2009 à Sarajevo, s'est tenue la conférence de lancement du programme de coopération décentralisée France/Balkans sous l'égide du Conseil régional d'Auvergne, du Ministère français des Affaires étrangères et européennes et de l'Association des agences pour la démocratie locale (ALDA). Les débats ont été ouverts par le...

 Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso (the Observatory on the Balkans and Caucasus) is organising their annual international meeting on the topic "Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall" on the 13 and 14 November 2009 in Trento, Italy. ALDA will be participating in the meeting and discuss the relationship of Kosovo with the Balkans regions and the perspective of...

ALDA Governing Board is meeting in Pula, Croatia, on the 12th and 13th of November 2009. The meeting is hosted by the Istria Region. The meeting will be opened by the President of ALDA, Mr. Per Vinther, the President of Region Istria, Mr. Ivan JakovÄ�iÄ�, and the European programs coordinator for the Region of Istria, Mr. Oriano Otocan.During this meeting,...

Networking and cooperation: local authorities associations of South Caucasus     The Association of Local Democracy Agencies (ALDA) and the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe co-organised a conference of Local Authorities Associations of the South Caucasus on 29-30 October 2009 in Kutaisi, Georgia.This conference was being organised...

We are pleased to invite you to the International Final Workshop of the ALL.4.EU project that will take place in Pula (Croatia) on the 4th November 2009. The event will be the official end of the project. It is promoted and organized with the direct involvement of citizens' panels - in cooperation with project partners. It aims at presenting  the final results of...

                                     The EC-UN Joint Migration and Development Initiative (JMDI) cordially invites you to take part in the Migration and Development Virtual Fair 2009. The M&D Virtual Fair will be held in parallel with the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) Civil Society Days on Monday 2nd and Tuesday 3rd November 2009 and will be the...

 ALDA has just published a call for partnerships within the IPA Cross-Border Cooperation Programme. It is now possible to view projects proposed by ALDA Members in search of partners here. Projects that are currently looking for partners:"CITIZEN GO.GO: Citizens for Good Governance" by Region of Friuli Venezia GiuliaThis proposal aims at contributing to the...

             Les 2es Assises régionales de la coopération décentralisée en Basse-Normandie se déroulent le mercredi 21 octobre 2009 de 9h à 16h30 au Centre des congrès de Caen. Dans la lignée de la première édition de novembre 2006, la Région organise un temps d'échanges avec les collectivités territoriales et membres de la société civile, engagés ou qui veulent...

This year, ALDA is organising its Working Groups together with its members in 4 sessions throughout November:2 November 2009, Diputacio de Barcelona, Shkodra:On the occasion of the "Seminar on decentralisation and local governance in South Eastern Europe and Southern Caucasus"organized in Shkodra by Prov of Barcelona/CLGU and LDA Albania, Diputacio de Barcelona...

The European Local Democracy Week (ELDW), an initiative of the Council of Europe, to which ALDA is a partner, is starting today for it's third year of existence. The ELDW is an annual European event with simultaneous national and local events organised by participating local authorities in all Council of Europe member States. The purpose is to foster the knowledge...

In the frame of the project «Cooperation to improve local governance in Republic of Macedonia» financed by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Region of Lower Normandy we are looking for a project assistant whose task will be to assist the project manager in the organisation of the project actions and in the coordination of the communication between the...

                             L'Association des Agences de la Démocratie Locale (ALDA), partenaire du projet BANDIAR réalisé dans le cadre du Programme « L'Europe pour les citoyens» de la Commission Européenne, organise le 2 octobre de 17h30 à 19h30 un atelier-débat sur le rôle de l'école dans la promotion de la participation des femmes en politique...

                                 The European Commission has entrusted civil society organisations to run the competition to choose the official logo and slogan for the upcoming European Year of Volunteering 2011. An Alliance of 21 European networks, including ALDA, active in volunteering welcomes this opportunity to mobilize citizens and to shape the visual identity...

                     (Photos: inauguration meeting)Back in february 2000, the Association of Local Democracy Agencies, together with the Municipality of Prijedor, the Province of Cordoba (Spain) and the French Department of Côte d'Or, set up the Local Democracy Agency of Prijedor by building on the existing Association Project Prijedor operating in Bosnia and...

                                     ALDA has published the final report of its project "Training for Active Citizenship in the Enlargement Process" (TACEP) in both English and Croatian. The project: Training for Active Citizenship in the Enlargement Process (TACEP)This publication is the result of the project "Training for Active Citizenship in the EU Enlargement...

                          On 21st September 2009, ALDA organised in Novi Sad, Serbia, the first Steering Group Meeting for its new project "Reconciling for the future - European perspective for the Western Balkans" funded by the European Commission under the Instrument for Stability - Peace building Partnership support programme.The main objective of the meeting was...

                 Photo: Workshop "the Balkans in Europe": Mr Derens (Balkans expert), Mrs Valmorbida (Director of ALDA), Mr Mairal (Vice-President Auvergne region)The gap between Europe and its citizens continues to widen, as recently demonstrated by the European elections. It is therefore important to react by mobilising citizens around projects such as town twinning...

                   Background:Civil society organisations in Belarus face many difficulties in the dialogue with the government and need to reinforce their capacities in local development actions. Moreover, local authorities not being fully autonomous to the central government, prevents the involvement of grass-roots organisations in local development.Objective: The...

The IPA Adriatic Cross-border Cooperation Programme is the result of joint programming work carried out by the relevant participating countries and is part of the cooperation process in the Adriatic area. The Programme draws its strength and incisiveness from the wide experience, gained during the previous Programme period producing concrete results from the studies...

                             The European Commission has entrusted civil society organisations to run the competition to choose the official logo and slogan for the upcoming European Year of Volunteering 2011. An Alliance of 21 European networks active in volunteering welcomes this opportunity to mobilize citizens and to shape the visual identity of the Year 2011 and...

Les collectivités territoriales françaises engagées dans les Balkans sont relativement peu nombreuses mais sont caractérisées par leur qualification et leur présence historiquement bien établie. Les Assises de Sofia de juillet 2008 avaient souligné l'intérêt pour les acteurs balkaniques et français de renforcer la présence des collectivités territoriales...

ALDA is now on Facebook and Twitter so you can follow live updates.

The new e-CLAU newsletter, available in English and French , presents the project and first activities.Please visit the project's website http://www.e-clau.net/ were you can register to the forum and share your views about climate change.For more information on this project, please contact:Aline SchwoobProject Manageraline.schwoob@aldaintranet.org

          On July 9, the Association of Local Democracy Agencies, in partnership with the citizens' Pact of South Eastern Europe, organised a panel discussion on "Civil Society and Local Authorities: Working Together for the EU integrations" at the EXIT festival in Novi Sad, Serbia.The panel discussion gave the opportunity for ALDA to raise awareness among Serbian...

                The Association of Local Democracy Agencies, the Citizens' Pact for South Eastern Europe and Exit set up an ambitious project called "Green Road to Exit festival" to promote active citizenship, participative democracy at the local and national level and sustainable tourism in the Balkans. The project uses the opportunity of one of the summer...

It is now possible to read ALDA website in 28 different languages here .The translations are obtained through an automatic translation page and are therefore not perfect, but, we hope, good enough to broaden the range of our potential visitors. Please let your friends know. Thank you!

Last June 15h, an agreement was signed in Tbilisi by the "Euro-region Armenia" and the Communities' Association of Armenia (CAA) from one side and the "Trans-Frontier Cooperation Council" and The National Association of Local Authorities of Georgia (NALAG) form the another side, which establishes the "Euro-Caucasus" for the promotion of trans-frontier...

After the last european elections in June, distance between citizens and Europe was brought back to the forefont of the debates and concerns about European Union. ALDA beleives that encouraging citizens' active participation can bring europeans closer to their institutions and therefore foster a stronger European Citizenship.With the support the European...

On 14th and 15th July, delegates from the Local Democracy Agencies met with ALDA in Vicenza, Italy, to review the situation, discuss about good practices and opportunities and share opinions on difficulties on the ground. The meeting allowed the group to reflect upon the New Position Paper of the network, divide into working groups and draw up a SWOT analysis of the...

 The celebration of the 10th anniversary of ALDA took place at the Committee of the Regions in Brussels on the 27th of May with the presence of more than 100 representatives of local authorities, institutions and NGOs from all over Europe.   The Birthday Cake The Birthday Cake of ALDA was brought all the way from the city of Bydgoszcz in Poland, member of the Bureau...

  (text in English below) Dans le cadre du programme de coopération décentralisée entre la région Basse-Normandie et la Macédoinequi engage l'Association des ADL proche de la Région comme assitance technique dans la région, le président du Conseil Régional de Basse-Normandie M. Laurent Beauvais s'est rendu en Macédoine du 6 au 8 juillet 2009 afin de négocier...

The opening conference that marked the starting of the regional partnerships for intercultural exchange project was held on 6 and 7 July in Brussels. ALDA is now preparing the first steering group meeting with thematic round tables which will be held from 6 to 9 August in Subotica.The first activity of the project will be a training seminar in Subotica from 22 to 26...

Le projet « Donner envie d'Europe » conçu par le Réseau d'élus et d'autorités locales progressistes européens (REALPE), dont L'Agence de la Démocratie Locale de Sisak (Croatie) est partenaire, vient d'être sélectionné dans le cadre du programme l'Europe pour les Citoyens de la Commission européenne.Le projet, qui vise à valoriser les pratiques...

Last year, the Association of Local Democracy Agencies set up the 2008 ALDA Working Groups which brought together members of the association to reflect, discuss and share experiences on various issues such as human rights protection and awareness and enlargement of the EU and Southeastern Europe. The three meetings held in Modena, Nevers and Barcelona resulted in a...

  Dans le cadre du programme de coopération décentralisée entre la région Basse-Normandie et la Macédoine, La Fondation Métamorphosis organise le 7 juillet une table ronde sur la "Citoyenneté active" qui se tiendra de 12h00 à 16h30 à l'hôtel Holiday Inn de Skopje.Cette table ronde, organisée à l'occasion de la délégation bas-normande en Macédoine, sera ouverte...

The joint project of LDA Georgia and Dutch NGO "Georgia Foundation/Georgian Diaspora", in cooperation with the city of Kutaisi Local Self-government, was selected for funding by The European Commission-United Nations Joint Migration and Development Initiative (JMDI). The project "Georgian Diaspora for Developments in Kutaisi" is one of the 55 that have been selected...

Strasbourg welcomed the French workshop for the eCLAU project on June 25th, where debates on climate change and e-participation in Europe drew the conclusion that the European institutions don’t communicate enough with the young public. It is your turn to express your opinion about this matter: join the forum until 13th July on http://www.forum.e-clau.net/ ,...

24-25 juin 2009: ALDA participe au Séminaire International sur la Coopération Décentralisée France/Bosnie-Herzégovine à Clermont-Ferrand  Antonella Valmorbida, directrice d'ALDA, au séminaire international de Clermont-Ferrand Le Conseil régional d'Auvergne a organisé en partenariat avec le Ministère des Affaires Étrangères et sa délégation extérieure pour...

On 28th June 2009, Mr Oriano Otocan, representant of Istria region, gave a speech on "local self governance and decentralisation: European experiences" during the 1st quarterly Alumni and Participant’s Conference of Baku Political Studies Programme (BPSP, CoE Network of School of Political Studies) held at the International Trade Centre of Baku. During his...

La réunion des partenaires de l'Agence de la Démocratie Locale, deuxième depuis son l'ouverture en octobre 2008, représente une étape importante puisqu'elle permettra à l'agence ainsi qu'à ses partenaires de revenir sur les activités de promotion de la société civile et de la démocratie locale en Albanie et de discuter ensemble des résultats ainsi...

L'Association des Agences de la Démocratie Locale (ALDA), partenaire du projet BANDIAR réalisé dans le cadre du Programme « L'Europe pour les citoyens» de la Commission Européenne, organise le 3 juillet 2009 de 14h à 18h un atelier-débat sur la participation des femmes en politique avec le soutien de la ville de Strasbourg (Centre Administratif, Salon carré,...

 APPEL A PROPOSITION POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT D'UNE ACTIVITE DE FORMATION EN MATIERE DE CITOYENNETE ACTIVE EUROPEENNE  L'Association des Agences de la Démocratie Locale a le plaisir de vous informer qu'après la mise en oeuvre réussie de la première année de la formation pilote sur la citoyenneté active , l'ALDA lance aujourd'hui son second appel à...

article in english below SEGA - Coalition des organisations de jeunesse / Projet de coopération décentralisée Basse-Normandie MacédoineL'« Atelier d'échanges d'expériences sur les défis de la participation des jeunes aux prises de décisions aux niveaux local et régional » a lieu du 11 au 14 juin 2009 dans les locaux de l'hôtel Oaza à Štip,...

On 11h June 2009, Emmanuel Luce from Basse-Normandie in France presented his work "Esthétique et Engagement" at the Mala Stanica gallery. Emmanuel Luce started photography in 1994 and shaped his skills as a sport journalist for a local newspaper. In 2007, his first exhibition entitled "Gens d'Urok" at the Musée Régional de la Côte-Nord (Québec, Canada) displayed...

              Dans le cadre de la coopération décentralisée entre la Région Basse-Normandie et la République de Macédoine est organisée à partir d'aujourd'hui une visite d'études de maires et des présidents de conseils municipaux de sept communes macédoniennes dans la Région Basse-Normandie autour de la question de gouvernance locale. La visite, qui se...

The Committee of the Region's Eastern Partnership forum provides an opportunity to share experiences and encourage local projects among members of the Eastern Partnership countries, businesses and non governmental organisations, associations and EU institutions as well as national, regional and local authorities. The event will focus on two central themes: *...

 Le Projet Comment rapprocher l'Union Européenne de ses jeunes citoyens ? Pour répondre à cette question, cinq partenaires européens* se sont réunis pour créer un projet unique de participation virtuelle des jeunes européens à travers les nouvelles technologies telles que les forums, sondages en ligne et newsletter.Le projet eCLAU (« e » pour...

Europe's elected regional and local representatives warned against closing the EU's doors to aspiring countries, while firmly requesting further reforms on the ground. By adopting two opinions on the bloc's enlargement strategy, the members of the EU Committee of the Regions (CoR), meeting in their bimonthly plenary session on 17-18 June, also sent a...

The Austro-French Centre for Rapprochement in Europe, which over the past years has concentrated its work on promoting the accession of the new democracies of East and Central Europe into the European Union, is turning since 2004 much of its attention to the problems faced by the countries of the Western Balkans. Under the 2009 focus on economic and geostrategic...

  L'Association des Agences de la Démocratie Locale (ALDA) et le Conseil Régional Auvergne se réuniront demain à Paris afin de préparer le programme de coopération multilatérale décentralisée des collectivités territoriales françaises dans les Balkans.Ce programme, dans le cadre de la coopération pour la bonne gouvernance locale dans le Sud Est européen a pour...

(article in English below) L'ALDA, en étroite collaboration avec le Centre d'expertise du Conseil de l'Europe, soutient la Ville de Lille dans l'élaboration d'un projet INTERREG IVC La Ville de Lille accorde une attention particulière à la question de la performance publique et souhaite approfondir cette thématique dans une approche européenne via...

ALDA organises a training on a town twinning in Shkodra, ALbania, from 8th to 11th June 2009, in the framework of project «Town twinning : a vehicle for European integration» , supported by the European Commission programme Europe for citizens. There will be about 30 participants from all-over Europe. Participants from the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and...

The Association of the Local Democracy Agencies have  just  launched its newsletter for the first  quarter  of 2009.  This  issue  celebrates the 10th anniversary of ALDA: you will  find  articles  about  the  Birthday celebration on May 27 as well as the workshop on the Eastern Partnership proposed by the Committee of the Regions  organised  at this occasion.  The ...

 Visit of the members to the Assembly of European Region  Visit of the Council of Europe  Members of the Consortium from the project ‘Ecological Training Courses for Capacity Building of Local Communities in Serbia' supported by the European Commission under the Tempus programme visit Strasbourg as part of the capacity building on environmental practice...

On the 18th of May, the eCLAU project goes online with its 1st forum on the topic of the European Elections 2009. The eCLAU project is developed to respond to the current political developments with regard to climate change on European level. It has the ambition to support the fight against climate change through integrating young people in the political process. The...

With a big public manifestation for the Day of Europe, the Local Democracy Agency in Osijek has completed a programme entitled "European Citizenship - European Labyrinth". Under one title the programme encompassed different small-scale projects - Trainig for Active Citizenship in the EU Enlargement process - Training Module on Active European Citizenship and the...

On the 3rd of June 2009 the President of ALDA, Per Vinther, participated as a panellist to a seminar on the Eastern Partnership, organised by the EU Committee of the Regions in Košice, Slovakia. In the panel, which was addressing the issue of Developing the EU's Relations with its Eastern Neighbours, Mr Vinther presented the achievements of ALDA and the...

Last 26th of May Mostar celebrated the European day of Neighborhood just like many other European and Non European cities. The aim of that international event is bringing together people living inthe same neighborhood who rarely know each others and fill the gap between citizens and local authorities' representatives.Our initiative went quite well with the active...

On June 4, ALDA will organise a country meeting in Kaunas, Lithuania, to gather its current members and to present its activities to potential new members. This meeting aim both at fostering cooperation with and creating synergies among its current members in one specific country and at extending its network in Lithuania. With the support of the Municipal Training...

 In December 1999, the founders of the Association of the Local Democracy Agencies signed the Statute of ALDA, under the auspices of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities. Since then, many activities have been realized to promote the initial mandate of supporting the network of the Local Democracy Agencies good governance, civil society and local government...

ALDA is pleased to presents its last publication edited in the occasion of its 10th Anniversary.   From the Preface :Helping promote local democracy and respect for human and minority rights in South Eastern Europe is a challenging task, the success orfailure of which is difficult to measure. The Association of Local Democracy Agencies has been active in this field...

On May 21, the University of Padua hosts the Conference: "The Elections of the European Parliament- a challenge for our common future!". The initiative is sponsored by the Representation of the European Commission (Milan) and ALDA (Association of the Local Democracy Agencies) in collaboration with the Universities of Padua and Venice.The Conference aims to encourage...

A new spectrum of cooperation between two important networks of Local Authorities in Europe , ALDA and Douzelage (www.douzelage.org ) started last Saturday during the General Meeting of Altea (Spain). Mrs. Antonella VALMORBIDA, ALDA's director, was invited to take the floor in the General Meeting and to bring our Association's experiences in the field of...

Le 14 et 15 mai 2009 à Ohrid, Macédoine se déroulera un atelier sur le thème du tourisme durable et la préservation de l'héritage culturelle macédonienne. L'atelier sera animé par Zoran Stojkovski, directeur exécutif du Centre pour le développement institutionnel (C.I.R.A) et par Arnaud Trollé, directeur exécutif de l'organisation "Savoir-faire et...

Last March, ALDA launched a Call for Partners to develop innovative and creative activities to raise citizens' awareness on the European elections 2009.The purpose of this Call for Partners is to support projects which promote information and communication actions aimed at citizens of EU Member States in order to encourage them to vote in the 2009 European...

ALDA presents the final report of the Programme " ACSOBE " conceived in the framework of the cooperation between the Association of Local Democracy Agencies (ALDA) and Lev Sapieha Foundation.ACSOBE represents a strong follow up of the ALDA's programme implemented in MINSK for the support of democratic processes: a) definition of strategic regional planning, b)...

ALDA segnala una proposta di viaggio dell'Associazione Viaggiare i Balcani, un'associazione che collabora con l' ADL Mostar e altre ADL sul tema del turismo responsabile, proponendo percorsi spesso lontani dai circuiti di massa che portano il turista/viaggiatore a contatto con la natura e la gente del luogo.Viaggiare i Balcani ha sede a Trento e propone...

Within the frame of the three-years long term project for decentralized cooperation between the region of Lower Normandy, France, and Macedonia, from the 20th of April to the 1st of May 2009, the French photographer Tristan Jeanne- Valès will be present in Skopje. From Friday 24th of April until Wednesday 6th of May, it will be possible for the Macedonian audience to...

A group of Macedonian high-school students is going on study visit in Lower Normandy from 26th to 30th of April 2009. Several topics really important for the young people are in the focus of this study visit: civic involvement, education and the role of European Union within these two fields. The aim of the study visit is to exchange the everyday life of the students...

Aujourd'hui, 22 Avril, à Caen, Basse Normandie, commence « Makedonija », le Préambule au 6e Festival du « Printemps Balkanique » organisé par l'association Balkan-Transit. Des événements culturels seront organisés dans différent villes pendant 7 jours (du 22 au 29 avril) pour annoncer le grand Festival consacré à la Macédoine qui se déroulera en printemps 2010...

Une rencontre-débat sur la Macédoine et sa coopération décentralisée avec la Région de Basse -Normandie aura lieu le mercredi 22 avril 2009 au Théâtre de la Presqu'île à Granville, France. Le débat est organisé par Maison de l'Europe de Caen dans le cadre du projet de coopération décentralisée entre la Région Basse-Normandie et République de Macedoine comme...

ALDA organises a one week training on active citizenship for citizens panels' activators from 6 different countries. The training takes place in Strasbourg/ Kehl from 20 to 24 April 2009. To grant higher visibility to the training and to provide further tools to participants, an international workshop on best practices in the field of citizens participation will...

Le 17 et 18 Avril 2009, dans le cadre de la promotion du festival Exit Festival et de la région des Balkans, Alda sera présente au festival de Balkan Trafik qui se déroule à Bruxelles.Alda avec Festival EXIT offre 5 tickets d'entrée pour Exit Festival, aux vainqueurs d'un Quizz sur le thème de la culture de la région des Balkans organisee par ALDA. Tempo...

The Association of Local Democracy Agencies seeks a communication officer. For more information please read the attached vacancy .Candidatures have to be sent exclusively to : antonella.valmorbida@aldaintranet.org , before the 27th of April 2009.

The Final Conference of the project PEARL.EU "PLATFORM ENHANCING ADRIATIC REGION LINKS IN EUROPE", was held on the 30th and 31st of March 2009 in Mostar.The conference for the partners from Bosnia and Herzegovina was organised by the City of Mostar in cooperation with LDA Mostar.The B&H and Italian partners present at the Conference were: - Municipality of...

City of Kragujevac in cooperation with the Local Democracy Agency for Central and Southern Serbia, Kragujevac Public Utility Companies "Zelenilo" and "Cistoca" and the Polytechnic School presents the project "Raising awareness about waste management through the education and application of selective collection of paper and PET packaging". The main goals are the...

ALDA presents the final report of the Programme "Local Economic Development in the Balkans II" financed by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.This report refers to the project which took place from January 2007 to October 2008 in different Local Democracy Agencies in the Balkans. This publication is a sort of diary on the challenges and opportunities faced by...

The Association of Local Democracy Agencies is offering the possibility to gain experience in international cooperation to young professional. The traineeship in the field of active citizenship takes place in Strasbourg and normally lasts 3 months.The trainee will work under the supervision of the Active citizenship project manager of the Association of Local...

On September 2008 NKA, ALDA and LDA Georgia launched a fundraising activity in support of internally displaced people in Georgia (link to the call).Newport Kutaisi Twining Association , Headed by Newport's Mayor Cllr.Noel Trigg, raised 1,652.00 Euros. With this sum, together with a further 1,000€ added by ALDA, it was decided to purchase 87 electric heaters...

ALDA presents the international workshop on best practices in the field of citizens' participation that will be held in Strasbourg on the 22nd April in the Council of Europe building. This workshop is organised in the framework of the project ALL.4.EU: Citizens for Europe", lead by Region Istria and supported by the European Commission. This project aims at...

The Association of Local Democracy Agencies is offering the possibility to gain experience in international decentralised co-operation to young students or graduated students. The mission will be defined according to the trainee's experience. It will regards the following fields: project management, public relations, publications, budgeting, administrative support...

The annual LDA Central Serbia Partners meeting was held on the 28th March in Rovereto, hosted by the municipal Council of Rovereto in co-operation with Tavolo Trentino con la Kraljevo, LDA CSS partner. This is the first annual LDA-s partner meeting in 2009., implemented with the support of EU Operational grant. After the last year's meeting, partners of LDA...

The Association of Local Democracy Agencies seeks a junior project manager until 15th of January 2010. The project manager will be responsible for the successful implementation of running projects, for responding to calls for proposals and for fund raising activities. For more information please read the attached vacancy .Candidatures have to be sent exclusively to :...

The LDA Verteneglio-Brtonigla presents its 1st newsletter presenting the LDA, the staff and the main activities. For more info please contact:Mr. Umberto Ademollo, Delegate, or Mrs. Sabrina Quarantotto, Project manager:Local Democracy Agency (LDA) Verteneglio - BrtoniglaTrg Sv.Zenona 4 - Piazza S.Zenone 452474 Verteneglio-BrtoniglaCroatia - Croazia - HrvatskaTel:...

ALDA will give presentations on EU history and institutions to 200 high schools students of Pula on the 19th and 20th March 2009. The objective will be to provide the young people with some basic information about the EU history and the functionning of the institutions to help them to better understand the process of European integration and to prepare them to be EU...

An international Seminar on «Participation of the Balkan countries in the European twinning programme » will be jointly organised by the Association of Local Democracy Agencies and the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR). The event will be held in Sarajevo, on 27th March 2009. Co-chaired by Mr. Janusz Marszalek, President of CEMR and Mr. Dobrica...

The Steering Committe of the ALL.4.EU project (granted by the European Commission programme Europe for citizens) will be held in Pula on the 18th March 2009. This will be an opportunity for all the partners (from Slovakia, Denmark, Bulgaria, Croatia, Malta, Italy and Spain) to meet and discuss both the methodology and the planned activities. The project ALL.4.EU...

The meeting was organized by the Association of the Local Democracy Agencies and the Association of Kosovo Municipalities. The meeting represented a kick-off event in the process of the re-launching of the LDA in Kosovo. The aim of the meeting was on the one hand to focus on the planning of the remaining activities within the project Empowering the Role of the Young...

In the framework of the tree-year project "YOUTH: the right direction", ALDA is preparing the final activity: the job shadowing. Job shadowing is practical learning experience that consists of short stay in one partner organization in another country. If you are interested in taking part in the job showing programme, please send the form herewith attached at the...

Le mercredi 11 mars à Caen aura lieu le comité de pilotage intermédiaire pour les chefs de pôles bas-normands. A Skopje le vendredi 13 mars se tiendra le comité de pilotage pour les chefs de pôles macédoniens. Ces rencontres à mi-parcours de la deuxième année permettront de réunir les partenaires pour faire un bilan des activités des six derniers mois. Aussi, seront...

L'Istituto Tecnico per Geometri "Canova" di Vicenza in collaborazione con SRPSKA KULTURNA ZAJEDNICA (Associazione culturale Serba di Arzignano) e con SLOGA (Associazione culturale Serba di Vicenza), organizza un incontro aperto al pubblico dal titolo "Serbia a Vicenza - intreccio di colori".L'incontro avrà luogo Sabato 21 Marzo 2009 alle ore 15.30 presso l'Auditorium...

ALDA launches a Call for Partners to develop innovative and creative activities to raise citizens' awareness on the European elections 2009. The purpose of this Call for Partners is to support projects which promote information and communication actions aimed at citizens of EU Member States in order to encourage them to vote in the 2009 European Parliament...

We are pleased to inform you that we opened a new section dedicated to the IPA CBC Adriatic (the first call for proposals is forthcoming). Together with the Region Istria, whose President, M. Ivan Jakovcic, is also President of the Adriatic Euroregion, it was agreed to create a database to collect the projects and ideas of organizations and institutions involved in...

The City of Mannheim (Germany), partner of the ALDA member City of Bydgoszcz, launches a new initiative the role of women in the European Union and national governments: Women in Europe BLOG.   Please find below the presentation of the Blog and the contacts: WOMEN IN EUROPE - this is for sure not a new subject and more than once a year the heading of congresses,...

ALDA in cooperation with the Municipality of Vicenza will host the kick-off meeting of the BANDIAR Project. The meeting will take place on the 2nd and 3rd of March 2009, at the "Palazzo Trissino", the city Hall of Vicenza.The project BANDIAR is led by ASAEL and counts 4 other partners: ALDA, Province of Reggio Emilia, City of Bydgoszcz and BalticFem.The aim of BANDIAR...

An important training seminar on European Voluntary Service (EVS) took place from 9 to 13 February in Kotor, Montenegro. This event, who gathered the delegates and the youth officers from the 12 LDAs, was organized by the Association of the Local Democracy Agencies and the Local Democracy Agency from Niksic within the project "Youth: the right direction" financed by...

ALDA will welcome a group of young NGO activists and young promising leaders from Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia and Italy from 8th - 11th of March 2009. The visit takes place in the framework of a larger project organized by the Alexander Langer Foundation, the Association Progetto Prijedor, the Association Tavolo Trentino con Kraljevo and Tavolo...

From February 21st to April 5th the Municipality of Reggio Emilia is building a bridge to Bosnia Herzegovina and the Balkans thanks to the "BiH - Art, visions, messages from SARAJEVO" project: moving along the statement Alex Langer pronounced in 1995 "Europe dies or rises in Sarajevo" to think over the present through art languages. Presentation: EN , IT Leaflet...

25 delegates and youth officers from the LDAs are gathered from 9th to 13th February in Kotor, Montenegro for an important training seminar on European Voluntary Service within the project "Youth: the right Direction". This event is organized by Association of the Local Democracy Agencies and LDA from Niksic with the support of the European Commission through the...

In cooperation with Shatil, the New Israel Fund Capacity Building Center for Social Change Organizations, from 21st to 27th of February 2009, ALDA is organizing a fact-finding mission to Israel and an Active Citizenship and multilateral decentralized cooperation training. The purpose of the mission is to establish links with Israeli municipalities and civil society...

Dear members of ALDA,You can find herewith attached a letter for the relaunch of the LDA Kosovo for which we are now looking for new partners : municipalities and NGOs. Any interest is welcome and could be reported to:Srdjan Cvijic: srdjan.cvijic@aldaintranet.org and Stanka Parac: stanka.parac@aldaintranet.org We are organizing a fact finding mission in March and we...

Le 28 janvier 2009, l'ALDA a organisé, grâce au soutien de son bureau à Skopje qui gère le « projet de coopération décentralisée entre la Région Basse-Normandie et la République de Macédoine»,une journée d'information sur le programme « L'Europe pour les citoyens » pour les représentants des municipalités et ONG macédoniennes.La journée a été ouverte par...

The LDA Mostar presents its 2008 Activity Report where you can find a summary of all the activities of 2008. 2008 has been a very intense year for LDA Mostar with a particular focus in the field of democratization.The LDA Mostar celebrated its 4th anniversary on the 2nd of December 2008 with an event attended by more than 70 people representing the main Partners,...

The European Parliament (http://www.europarl.europa.eu ) and the Foundation of the International Charlemagne Prize of Aachen (http://www.karlspreis.de ) invite young people from all the EU Member States to participate in a competition on EU development, integration and European identity issues."The European Charlemagne Youth Prize" aims at encouraging the development...

Form the 9th to the 13th of February ALDA will organize in Montenegro a training seminar focused on the European Voluntary Service, within its project "Youth: the right Direction" aiming at promoting the opportunities offered by the programme Youth in Action in South East Europe.Following a first seminar held in December and addressed to the youth officers of tall the...

Agreement between the Association of Local Democracy Agencies and the Association of Kosovo Municipalities A process leading towards the re-launching of the Local Democracy Agency (LDA) Kosovo was started in November 2008. The previous activities of the LDA Kosovo, based in Gjilane and working under the auspices of the Association Kosovo Ensemble, Alliance Française,...

L'Association des Agences de la Démocratie Locale organise les 28 et 29 janvier à Skopje et à Bitola des journées d'information sur le programme « l'Europe pour les citoyens ». Les objectifs et les différentes opportunités offertes par le programme seront présentés aux acteurs macédoniens qui devraient pouvoir prendre part au programme dans un avenir...

ALDA will deliver, together with the organisation SUNCOKRET, a training on project development and management for 60 students of the University Jurja Dobrile on the 15th January 2009. Special focus will be given on how to submit a successful project (ALDA) and on EU programmes for Youth (SUNCOKRET). The training is one of the activities of the project "Istria...

The newsletter III 2008 is now available on line. You can find here the activities of the Association in these last months and the main objectives and initiatives for 2009 ! The following year will focus on the strengthening of the network and enlargement of our activities, in particular in the field of Active Citizenship.III Newsletter To subscribe to ALDA...

The programme Youth the Right Direction is about to start its third year of implementation with great dynamism and challenging action.The LDAs' network is now a fully operational platform of the programme Youth In Action in South Eastern Europe and the LDAs will be soon registered as host organisation for the Voluntary Service in the region.Best wishes to all the...

19 December 2008.The 3rd meeting of the ALDA working groups was held on the 16th of December in Barcelona with the kind support of the Diputaciòn of Barcelona. During the meeting 30 participants, members of ALDA and trainers from all-over Europe discussed on the role of Decentralization on supporting and fostering Democracy. Mr. Francesc Osan Tort, Head of the City...

19 December 2008. The Association of the Local Democracy Agencies organised a Partners-Trainers Meeting in Barcelona on the 15th December with the support of the City of Barlceona to officially launch the implementation phase of its pilot training on Active Citizenship for Local Authorities and Civil Society.During this meeting, 10 partners and 10 trainers from...

The Association of Local Democracy Agencies is organising a Partners-Trainers Meeting to officially launch the implementation phase of its pilot training on Active Citizenship for Local Authorities and Civil Society. The meeting will take place on the 15th December in Barcelona, Spain, thanks to the strong support of the City of Barcelona. 10 partners and 10 trainers...

The Association of Local Democracy Agencies in partnership with the Deputaciòn of Barcelona, will held on 16th December a meeting on the topic of decentralization.This meeting is organized in the framework of the ALDA working groups activity, which aims to provide a beneficial platform of debate, by promoting mutual exchange of experiences among the members as well as...

Partner meeting for LDA Sisak was held on 5/6 December in Sisak. The meeting was designed as a public event comprising youth NGO Fair, thematic conference on youth NGO networking for collaborative project development with the participation of the representatives from the County EU integration Office, partner assembly meeting. The programme ended with the live concert...

9 december 2008. The Association of Local Democracy Agency and the Local Democracy Agency of Niksic with the support of the European Commission through the Youth in Action programme is glad to host you in the City of Becici/Budva for this two days seminar 10-11 December 2008! This pre-training on European Voluntary Service (EVS) is the first step of a project aiming...

Le 26 novembre 2008, l'Association des Agences de la Démocratie Locale a organisé avec le soutien de la Région Basse-Normandie une journée de présentation du programme l'Europe pour les citoyens, pour promouvoir les différentes actions possibles et inciter les acteurs bas-normands à prendre une part active dans ce programme. Plusieurs opportunités de...

3 December 2008. The Council of Europe has financed the ALDA project "Empowering the role of young people in Kosovo", that aims at empowering young people living in Kosovo in order to foster their capacities to play the role of "active citizens" in their local communityThe main specific objectives of the project are the following:- To provide capacity building to...

18 November 2008."Network of Associations of Local Authorities of Southeastern Europe" - NALAS - composed of 13 member organisations from: Albania, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republic of Srpska, Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldavia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Turkey, with around 4000 local authorities has become a new honorary member of the...

La ville de Nevers, en partenariat avec l'Association des Agences de la Démocratie Locale, organise une rencontre annuelle des membres Français sur la thématique "ALDA: un réseau européen en évolution: perspective pour la période 2009-2012". La réunion aura lieu le 28 Novembres 2008 auprès de la Mairie de Nevers, de 14h à 16h.La rencontre a pour but de...

24 November 2008. Since it's founding youth empowerment was one of main fields of activity for LDACSS. Following the recent research we did on the needs of the local community we have decided to put focus on the initiatives and programmes targeting young people in Nis area. Over the past year we have formed a team of dedicated, young but experienced people who started...

The Annual seminar for LDA Lead partners was held in Paris, Le Maison de Jean Monnet, on 12th November. In this way, ALDA continue with its efforts aimed at strengthening the LDA's partners network and their closer co-operation on a wide range of issues relevant for LDA successful functioning. Our main objective of this years' meeting, organised owing to the EU...

ALDA co-organises with Foundation for Partnership and Civil Society Development and the Region Istria the "Civil Society Forum" that will be held in Pula on the 21st and 22nd November 2008. The Forum is a first event within the project "Istria communicating Europe". This porject willl highlight and enhance the role of civil society in Croatia, as promoter of...

Invitation for the ALDA Members Dear Member, As you may already know, ALDA grew into one of the major European stakeholders dealing with citizens' participation and human rights at the local, regional or European level.ALDA's strategy is more and more focused on Mediterranean and it is open to further activities in other areas of the world.ALDA is working in order...

11 november 2008.The LDA Verteneglio organises the "Open Days 2008" to present the ongoing activities.The meeting will be held on the 14th November 2008 at 14.00, at the Art Gallery "A.Rukavina" in Verteneglio-Brtonigla. Agenda

Il Comune di Modena, in collaborazione con l'Associazione delle Agenzie della Democrazia Locale, organizza l'incontro annuale dei Soci italiani sul tema "ALDA: una rete europea in cambiamento: prospettive per il triennio 2009-2012". Il meeting si terrà presso la Sala del Fuoco del Palazzo Municipale di Modena dalle 9 alle 13. (agenda).L'incontro vuole essere un...

In November 2008, ALDA will organise a series of country meetings to gather its current members in one specific country and to present its activities to potential new members. These meetings aim both at fostering cooperation with and creating synergies among its current members in one specific country and at extending its network in Europe. With the support of its...

31 october 2008.The annual LDA Georgia Partners meeting was held on the 31st October in the City hall of partner city Monfalcone, Italy. This is an activity implemented with the support of the EU Operational grant within the context of the debate on the European Active Citizenship (DG Education and Culture). Partners of LDA Georgia, 12 representatives of the...

Lead Partner: Mr. Dario Ghisletta, City of Belinzone, Switzerland 31 October 2008.The annual LDA Verteneglio Partners meeting was held on the 31st October in the City hall of partner city Portogruaro, Italy. This is an activity implemented with the support of the EU Operational grant within the context of the debate on the European Active Citizenship (DG Education...

27 october 2008.Next in row after LDACentral Serbia, the annual LDA Subotica Partners meeting was held on the 27th October in ALDA Office in Brussels. All the LDA partners meetings are an integral part of the activities implemented with the support of EU Operational grant within the context of the debate on the European Active Citizenship (DG Education and Culture)....

The municipality of Yverdon-Les-Bains, in partnership with the Association of Local Democracy Agencies, will held on 3rd November a meeting on the topic of integration o immigrants in Switzerland and on the promotion of democracy in South East Europe. This reunion is organized also thanks to the new commitment of Yverdon-Les-Bains to the Local Democracy Agency,...

27th October 2008. The annual LDA Central Serbia Partners meeting was held on the 24th October in ALDA Office in Brussels. It was an activity implemented with the support of EU Operational grant within the context of the debate on the European Active Citizenship (DG Education and Culture). Partners of LDA Central Serbia, 15 representatives of the local/regional...

24 october 2008. ALDA organises a meeting on decentralised cooperation in the Balkans and Caucasus.The intention of the meeting is to focus on the topic of decentralised cooperation in the light of the goal of promoting good governance in the two aforementioned regions and on concrete projects undertaken by the participants with a view of creating future synergies....

22 october 2008.The annual LDA Partners meetings in 2008, will be held with the support of EU Operational grant within the context of the debate on the European Active Citizenship (DG Education and Culture). LDA's partners are the local authorities and NGO-s actively involved in promoting practical initiatives to consolidate democracy at local level in Western Balkan...

With the support of the Council of Europe; ALDA, LDA Kosovo and Gjilan/Gnjilane Municipality will organize a seminar on Friday, the 17th October 2008, to promote the participation of youth people in local and regional life. The meeting is in the frame of the "European Local Democracy Week". Members of the Council of Europe, ALDA, LDA Kosovo, the French Embassy, Youth...

14 octobre 2008.Les 11 et 12 octobre 2008, l'Association des Agences de la Démocratie Locale (AADL) était présente au 8ème Salon des Associations à Strasbourg. Ce salon, qui a lieu tous les deux ans, réunis un grand nombre d'associations actives dans divers domaines, comme la culture, les loisirs, le social ou encore l'humanitaire. L'AADL a souhaité être...

10th October 2008.In the presence of more than 60 participants, international and local partners, representatives of the Albanian government, local authorities, civil society organisations, media, ALDA has opened a new LDA: LDA Albania, based in Shkodra. The partners of the new LDA -the host city of Shkodra, city of Brindisi, Region Puglia (Italy), city of Fraize...

7 october 2008.Marking its 10th Anniversary of promoting local democracy in the Western Balkan countries and Caucasus, the Association of Local Democracy Agency is opening the new LDA in Albania, which will be based in Shkodra. The launch of the new LDA is scheduled for the 10th October in the City Hall of Shkodra. The Programme of the main event starting at 10.00...

3rd October 2008. Antonella Valmorbida ALDA Director was successfully (35 votes against 18) elected as President of the Civil Society and Democracy Committee of the Conference of INGOs of the Council of Europe. Antonella Valmorbida's experience and dedication was appreciated and led her to win the Presidency. Since 1999, Antonella Valmorbida is the Director of the...

23 September 2008.The Association of the Local Democracy Agencies and the Local Democracy Agency in Kutaisi are organising a fundraising activity in support of internally displaced people in Georgia. The official launch will take place in Strasbourg on 2nd October 2008 at 11.00 in the building of the Council of Europe, with the participation of the Mayor of Kutaisi,...

30 September 2008.The Association of the Local Democracy Agencies is organising a 2-days training on European active citizenship. It will take place from the 1st of October until the 3rd of October in Brussels. 10 trainers from all-over Europe have been selected to take part in this training session that aims at improving their knowledge of the European Commission's...

29 September 2008.Since 1999, Antonella Valmorbida is the Director of the Association of the Local Democracy Agencies, European Organization which promotes local democracy, governance and citizen's participation. From the start, she contributed to the strength of the Association by focusing its action, developing the number and the quality of the members and...

16 Settembre 2008. L'Associazione delle Agenzie della Democrazia Locale, in collaborazione con l'Unioncamere - Eurosportello del Veneto e Europe Direct, promuove per il giorno 29 settembre 2008 un seminario dal titolo "Responsabilita' Sociale delle Imprese e Cittadinanza attiva: partecipare alla costruzione dell'Europa!". Il seminario avra' luogo presso la sede di...

31.07.2008-ALDA promotes together with the City of Reggio Emilia three days seminar "Governing with citizens: Local democracy, participation and civicness", on the 14-15-16 October 2008.The seminar will call public administrations to present their experiences with reference to decision-making processes and to active citizenship/ horizontal subsidiarity. Best Practices...

In the framework of its project "Local economic development in the Balkans" supported by the French Foreign Affairs Ministry, ALDA organises from the 2nd to the 4th of September a grouping seminar in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina. This project which started in 2003, allowed the training of 18 local development agents spread into 9 Local Development Agencies. These...

29 aout 2008.Le 17 et 18 septembre 2008, à Caen, se tiendra le Comité de Pilotage de la deuxième année d'un vaste programme de coopération décentralisée entre Basse Normandie et l’Ancienne République Yougoslave de Macédoine.Ce programme est financé par le Ministère des Affaires Etrangères de France et la Région Basse Normandie, maitre d'oeuvre du projet...

Brindisi, 2nd September 2008.Establishing the new Local Democracy Agency is a process that includes an adequate and effective partnership network, commitment of all the partners involved, but also a vision of the role to be played by a new local team of enthusiasts and people who will be working in a local context. The partnership network of an Agency is the most...

The recent tragic events in Georgia caused a huge flow of population leaving many internally displaced people without a shelter and any means for living. Our Local Democracy Agency based in Kutaisi is part of the local coordination team for the support of the IDPs and try to alleviate every day and every hour the distress of all these people. We have all been asked...

The Local Democracy Agency based in Osijek, Croatia, presents its the rich and challenging newsletter with the overview of the latest projects and activities. Newsletter August 2008 LDA Osijek

            ALDA intends to develop a pilot action of fellowship at ALDA, offering young students and/or employees of local authorities the opportunity to get a professional experience on the topic of local democracy and active citizenship, in an international NGO such as ALDA. The interest for launching such a project is that the fellows will get professional...

ALDA launches a Call for Partners to promote in their local communities its pilot training module on active European citizenship.The Association of the Local Democracy Agencies, taking into consideration the growing interest in Europe regarding active citizenship and European citizenship in particular, intends to launch the present Call for Partners to develop pilot...

Thanks to the programme YOUTH, the Right Direction, sponsored by the European Commission, a new group of news people set up an innovative and challenging Youth programme in Nis, in Central and Southern Serbia. They are fully equipped with skills and goodwill for the future. One of the strategic priorities of LDACSS in the next period will be work with the youth in...

Opening of the LDA Georgia in 2006 The President of the Association of the Local Democracy Agencies, M. Per Vinther, sent to the Ambassador of Georgia in Strasbourg a letter stating the concern for what is happening in Georgia. He condemned the military operation and he confirmed our support to all the people suffering in the area. The LDA Georgia - lead by the...

25 young people from most former Yugoslavian countries and European Union crossing the Balkans from Croatia to Albania, passing through Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro, visiting the Local Democracy Agencies, sharing their daily life, viewpoints and ideas among them and with the locals, discovering the places and writing common projects in regular workshops. This...

ALDA is looking for trainers who will be involved in preparation and carrying out of the "Pilot trainings on active European citizenship for local authorities and civil society in Europe". The training aims at strengthening knowledge and skills of local authorities and civil society organizations which are interested in the topic of active citizenship and in the...

The activity of the working groups, composed by ALDA members, aims at the exhibitions of documents/papers that will be exchanged and shared between the members and uploaded on this website in a dedicated section. This activity will be an opportunity given to the members to know each other and to exchange their experiences and best practices. The activities and the...

The European Civic Forum, that acts in order to encourage an active European citizenship and a strong civil dialogue at European level, presents the "European Civic Days" in La Rochelle (France) on 4,5,6 September 2008. The event called "Mobility, Dialogue, Participation: towards an active European citizenship", addresses NGO and institution leaders and aims at...

L'expérience d'assistance á la coopération décentralisée de l'Association des ADL sera présentée ces jours-ci lors des Premières rencontres régionales de la coopération décentralisée qui se tiennent à Sofia, en Bulgarie. Cette rencontre permet aux collectivités des Balkans et de la France de mettre en commun leur expérience sur les thèmes de la...

The Stability Pact for South and Eastern Europe, one of the major organisation acting for the Balkans' civil society support and organisation of donors activities, has made a donation to the Association of the Local Democracy Agencies last week. Indeed the Stability Pact in Brussels closing down its activities left 21 computers and office furniture and equipment....

  This week, in Strasbourg, is taking place the Summer University of the Political School of the Council of Europe. The programme is aiming at developing the capacities and understanding of democratic process of young promising leaders in Europe, in particular from Eastern and Southern and Eastern Europe. The programme is growing every year in terms of participants...

A conference on Citizens' Participation organised by the Asociation of Local Democracy Agencies (ALDA) and the Organisation of Young European Federalist of Austria ( JEF) took place Thursday the 15th of May in the Palais Palffy in Vienna. Introducing the conference Friedhelm Frischenschlager, federal Chairman of UEF; Per Vinther, Excutive President of ALDA;...

  Mayors of the biggest cities of the voivodship: Bydgoszcz, Grudziadz, Inowroclaw, Torun, WÅ�ocÅ�awek participated in the meeting. Although topic of the meeting was "Role of System of Spatial Information (GIS) in city management, case study of pilot program for Bydgoszcz" the following point of the meeting was information of participation Bydgoszcz in...

Le Courrier de la Macédoine- Glasnikot, a organisé avec l'Alliance française de Tetovo et avec le partenariat de l'Université du Sud Est, une table ronde intitulée « Les médias locaux macédoniens face à leurs défis » qui a eu lieu le 4 juin 2008 à l'Université de l'Europe du Sud-Est à Tetovo. Cette table ronde était organisée dans le cadre du projet...

LDA Georgia will participate and contribute to a new project, "Active Georgia. Women's Academy" funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland. The Polish Foreign Affairs ministry defined they key areas of support to Georgia, which includes:Agricultural sector and development of rural areas;Growth of local self-governmentStrengthening of...

In the scope of the « youth the right direction » project sponsored by the European Commission, ALDA and the LDA Georgia will organise a peer to peer educators training from the the 24th to the 28th of june 2008 in Kutaisi (Georgia). During 4 days, 20 people from Kutaisi (Georgia), Belfast (Northern Ireland), Nis (Serbia), Monfalcone (Italy), Osijek and Verteneglio...

The closing conference of the project "Civil society for Equal Opportunities in Europe" has been organised on Tuesday in Bari, Italy. This final conference of the project, supported by the Europe for Citizens Program 2007-2013, was organised by the italian association Identity and Dialogue in partnership with the Slovak association Professional Women and the...

Under the Slovenian Presidency of EU Council, the Second Western Balkans Civil Society Forum was held in Ljubljana 4-5 June. More than 140 participants, members of the European Economic and Social Committee, representatives of civil society organisations from Western Balkan countries were present in the meeting. Inaugural session was chaired by Mr. Dimitris...

L'Alliance française de Tetovo, l'association Glasnikot et l'Université de l'Europe du Sud-Est organisent une table ronde intitulée « Les médias locaux macédoniens face à leurs défis », le 4 juin 2008 de 10h à 13h à l'Université de l'Europe du Sud-Est. La table ronde sera suivie du vernissage de l'exposition « Presse de France...

The project YOUTH: the right direction! has by now been rolling for over one year. The city of Monfalcone, in Italy, is the partner which hosted its kick-off meeting in April 2007 and now it has just started its activity of coordinator for the European Info points that the participating LDAs created in their offices. All the delegates involved have recently received...

During the last day of the Plenary session of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, the Association of Local Democracy Agencies (ALDA) was at the center of the debate "Democracy and local governance in South-East Europe – the role of ALDA". For this occasion, M. Dario GHISLETTA spoke about the important role that plays the association in strengthening...

It is going towards its end, PEARL.EU project (Platform Enhancing Adriatic Region Links in Europe), promoted by ALDA and municipality of Lecce and by Ravenna one of the 10 Italian local authorities and 11 among local authorities and LDAs from the Balkan area. The seminar intends to focus on the results of the project, the input for the social and economic development...

In Vienna, on the 16th of May 2008, the General Assembly of ALDA elected the new Governing Board and its Bureau.The new Governing Board, appointed for four years, is now composed as follows :Bureau :President, Mr. Per Vinther (DK)Vice President, City of Kargujevac, Mr. Dobrica Milovanovic (Serbia)Vice President, Region Puglia, Mr. Bernardo Notarangelo (IT)Treasurer,...

  With a minute-long, standing ovation, the General Assembly of ALDA on 16 May 2008 in Vienna paid tribute to its popular president of the past nine years, Gianfranco Martini, and named him Honorary President of ALDA in recognition of his tireless engagement in furthering the aims of the Association.Since the opening of the first Local Democracy Agency in Subotica in...

Liverpool, the European Capital of Culture 2008, was the host of the major international conference held from 1st - 3rd of May to mark the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue 2008.The delegation from Subotica, composed of Ms. Andrea Losonc, Mayor's office and Stanka Parac, Delegate of the Local Democracy Agency Subotica were among the participants of the event...

The Association of Local Democracy Agencies (ALDA) is organising a Conference and its General Assembly in Vienna, Austria on the 15th and the 16th of may 2008.The Conference about "Citizens' participation today, Why and How" will take place on Thursday 15th May at the Palais Plaffy, Vienna. For more information about the Conference The General Assembly of the...

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