Join the first co-creation session of the BUILDSPACE project!
July 10, 2023ALDA is a proud partner of BUILDSPACE, a 3-year Horizon project that gathers together 14 partners from 8 different countries.
Learning to do democracy: Antonella Valmorbida welcomes new students of POLITEIA Regional School for Youth Participation 2023
July 10, 2023Politeia has launched its much-anticipated week-long Regional School for Youth Participation on July 6 in Niš (🇷🇸), welcoming this year’s students from Serbia, North Macedonia, Albania, Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro.
Environmental Footprint And Small Medium Enterprises: discover the power of new methodologies
July 10, 2023Are you a Small Medium Enterprise (SME) willing to be more sustainable? A Local Authority willing to help empower the enterprises in your territory? Or simply a person interested in the methods foreseen by the EU to make products and processes more “green”?
Third Transnational Project Meeting and Training of the INCLUDATE project in Palermo
July 7, 2023ALDA participated at the third Transnational Partner Meeting within the Includate – Educating for Inclusion project: funded by the Erasmus+ Programme and led by the German organization Comparative Research Network, the project aims directly at the inclusion of people with fewer opportunities, specifically migrants.
Italy hosted three STAND-UP trainings in June
July 7, 2023During the month of June, within the STAND-UP project framework, Italy hosted three trainings aimed at giving practical tools to stand up against hate in the European Union. Meetings took place in the beautiful setting of the cities of Venice, Milan and Rimini (🇮🇹).
Urban regeneration and territory valorisation at the core of ALDA’s action in Vicenza
July 5, 2023As promoter of the Scintilla Group and partner of the project V.A.N.G.A. – Vicenza per l’Ambiente. Nuove Generazioni in Azione, in June 2023 ALDA organised two events in Vicenza (🇮🇹) and its surroundings, aimed at engaging citizens on urban regeneration initiatives around the city.
Empowering Change: WE ACT project starts to strengthen women’s political participation in Türkiye”
July 5, 2023In a world grappling with the urgent challenges of climate change, the EU24 Engage for the Planet project emerges as a sign of empowerment.
Strengthening participatory democratic governance systems in African Union member states
July 5, 2023In June and July, 2023, ALDA Secretary General, Mrs. Antonella Valmorbida and the Head of ALDA Middle East & Africa Unit, Ms. Giulia Sostero, were respectively in Zambia (Africa) and in Tanzania (Africa) for the Southern Africa National Level Multi-Stakeholder dialogues, organised by Democracy Works Foundation within the framework of the Charter Project Africa.
5th Civil Society Forum for Sustainability: Shaping the European Green Deal
July 4, 2023On the 26th and 27th of June 2023, the 5th Civil Society Forum for Sustainability: Shaping the European Green Deal was co-organised by SOLIDAR, the European Environmental Bureau (EEB) and SDG Watch Europe within the framework of the REAL DEAL project. ALDA participated in the event as a partner of the project’s consortium.
Democratic inclusion and resilience in 2023 at the core of EPD’s annual conference
June 27, 2023EPD’s Annual Conference and 15th Anniversar took place on June 20th 2023, at the Hotel Comet in Brussels.
After 6 years, Antonella Valmorbida hands over EPD’s Presidency
June 21, 2023This years’ EPD’s General Assembly has been a special one, for the European Partnership for Democracy (EPD), for all its network of members, and for ALDA.
“Je Repars de Toi” project brings on stage tunisian and italian youth with disabilities
June 20, 2023On June 04 2023, LDA Tunisia organised another session of the inclusive show entitled “Theatre for ALL” within its project “Je Repars de Toi”.
Third Transnational Project Meeting of the PACIFY-D project: the consortium met in Strasbourg!
June 20, 2023On June 15, 2023, the PACIFY-D project partners gathered together in Strasbourg (France) for the third face-to-face Transnational Meeting.
Middle East & Africa Department roundtable at ALDA Festival & General Assembly 2023
June 19, 2023The mission of this year’s ALDA General Assembly was to state that Local Democracy will save democracy. In this light, the Middle East & Africa Department organised on June 9th in Etterbeek (Brussels) a roundtable titled “Stronger together: exploring EU’s contribution to local democracy around the globe” in collaboration with the most relevant institutions, donors and partners working together with ALDA in the area.
Inclusiveness and anti-discrimination: ALDA supports the LGBTQIA+ community and celebrates Pride month 🏳️🌈
June 19, 2023Do we still need to celebrate Pride Month?
The newly constituted Advisory Board: a group of experts to enrich ALDA’s work globally
June 16, 2023The ALDA General Assembly 2023, which took place on June 8, was the occasion to present to ALDA members’ representatives, partners and friends gathered in Etterbeek (Belgium), the newly constituted ALDA Advisory Board.