“Climate Of Change” Youth Ambassador at COP27 calling for climate justice
November 11, 2022With the support of more than 100.000, the “Climate Of Change” project consortium claims Climate Justice at COP27. The latter, starting on 6 November 2022 in Egypt, represents the most important worldwide summit on climate change, green and environment.
In Wroclaw for the Conference on the role of local governments and civil society in the support to Ukraine
November 10, 2022On the 25th November, the Regional Representation of the European Commission in Wroclaw and the College of Eastern Europe are organising a Conference in Wroclaw (Poland), entitled “Development Cooperation for Democracy: the role of local governments and civil society. A multistakeholder tool to support Ukraine”, in partnership with ALDA, Lower Silesia Region and Wroclaw Municipality.
Multi-stakeholder approach for the reconstruction of Ukraine: ALDA, the CORLEAP and the Czech Presidency
November 7, 2022Starting a process of reconstruction, based on the resilience of Local Authorities, municipalities and citizens not only is a necessary condition but it also the path to follow when facing a crisis. Therefore, envisaging the role of each player involved in the reconstruction process firstly, and in the democratic one secondly, is essential to understand the current situation in the EaP region.
Placing local initiatives and decentralisation at the heart of the democratic process in the Eastern Partnership
November 3, 2022Six countries – be they Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine – gathered together in 2009 to lay the foundation of the Eastern Partnership (EaP). The latter is thus aimed at strengthening the relations, both in terms of politics and socio-economic fields, with the European Union (EU).
43 Congress Session and the election of the new Secretary General
October 27, 2022On Tuesday 25 October 2022, during the 43 Congress Session, the representatives of the delegations of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe elected Mathieu Mori as the new Secretary General of the Congress.
Fourth Transnational Meeting of the SMELT project: together to help marginalised people to enter the labour market
October 25, 2022On 17&18 October 2022, the partners of the SMELT project – Skilling Marginalised people to Enter the Labour markeT, gathered together in Gijon (Spain) for their fourth Transnational Meeting.
Strategies for the final Phase with the partners and network: PIECE last Transnational Project Meeting
October 24, 2022After two years of online work, the partners of PIECE – Participation Inclusion and Engagement of Communities in Europe – had the opportunity to come together for the last Transnational Project Meeting, which took place on 16 September in Seville.
Grey4Green kick-off in Reykjavik: challenges and opportunities of the phenomenon of ageing population
October 20, 2022On 5 and 6 October 2022, 6 partners from 5 different countries met in Reykjavik (IS) for the official launch of the new Erasmus + Grey4Green project.
Bravo Bravissimo final event: Rossini’s art and music as a way to engage citizens
October 17, 2022Lights, instruments, sheets music and notes flooded all over the “Auditorium Concordia”, located in the city of Pordenone (Italy) in the warm evening of 14 October 2022 to welcome the final event of “Bravo Bravissimo” project.
ALDA at the 2022 Edition of the European Week of Regions and Cities
October 15, 2022The European Week of Regions and Cities 2022 is the biggest annual event in Brussels, dedicated to cohesion policy bringing together regions and cities from all over Europe, including politicians, administrators, experts and academics.
Kick off! “EU4Accountability” to improve social accountability in the Republic of Moldova
October 14, 2022EU4Accountability will support civil society organisations in 10 districts from Republic of Moldova to influence local authorities through active participation in decision-making to better meets people’s needs. 60 NGOs will learn how to get involved in local budgeting and policy-making, which will then help to better reflect the needs of local communities and increase social accountability.
The work of LDA Armenia within ALDA’s network
October 13, 2022ALDA coordinates 15 Local Democracy Agencies (LDAs) in their activities. Indeed, the Association has been funded by the Council of Europe in the 1990s, right after the Western Balkans war, as an umbrella organisation for democratic support, engaging local governments and civil society organisations from Europe and beyond.
Supporting participative democracy in Algeria
October 11, 2022From 3 until 7 October, 2022, Antonella Valmorbida, ALDA Secretary General, was in Tlemcen, Algeria, to deliver the third round of capacity building activities to Local Authorities on good governance and citizens engagement.
Monitoring and being part of the reform of the public administration, a great tool is being developed
October 6, 2022On September 19&20 2022, the partners of the P-CUBE project met in Milan (Italy) for their first face-to-face Transnational Meeting.
ALDA supporting the European Parliament campaign to Fight Hate Crime
October 6, 2022On 28 and 29 September 2022, ALDA team was part of the event on combating hate crime and hate speech at the European Parliament.
Implementing Good Governance: positive news from North Macedonia, Croatian and Kosovo*
October 6, 2022Implementing Good Governance (through ELoGE programme) does not happen overnight. Hence, ALDA has been constantly working to make a step forward everyday.