COP27: ALDA’s active commitment to the planet, its species and people
November 16, 2022The World Climate Summit, COP27, started in Sharm El-Sheikh (Egypt), and lasts from 6 to 18 November 2022. It’s the Conference of the Parties, all those who signed the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
Enabling community workers: interactive platform for inclusion and participation
November 16, 2022In the last couple of months, the project’s consortium has organized and implemented several initiatives to strengthen the dynamics of dissemination and, through the presentation of the Intellectual Outputs produced, reach more direct and indirect beneficiaries.
ReCAP – Recovering inclusion through Creativity After Pandemic: in November the Kick-off Meeting in Porto
November 15, 2022The ReCAP project has officially started, and the Kick-off Meeting took place on 3&4 November 2022 in Porto (Portugal), where the hosting partner Rightchallenge welcomed the whole consortium in their headquarters.
Embedding innovative teaching formats in higher education: Green Skills Online Exchange
November 15, 2022Do you want to expand your skill set in transdisciplinary teaching and training for students on sustainable development in cities? Are you a head of studies, (inter-)national trainer and teacher in higher education or vocational education and interested in education for sustainable development?
Check this event out.
ARLEM annual meeting in Türkiye: cities and sustainability at the centre
November 14, 2022The city of Izmir, in Türkiye, hosted the annual meeting of the Euro-Mediterranean Regional and Local Assembly (ARLEM) on 7-8 November 2022. Happening at the same time as the COP27, this year’s Plenary focused on climate action in the Mediterranean area, while emphasising the role of Local Authorities as key actors involved in the process. Hence, in order to achieve the target and meet the ambitious goal, every stakeholder needs to be taken into account.
“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.
