Imereti Regional Hub: sharing information, experience and opportunities
February 10, 2022The works of Imereti Regional Hub are run by Local Democracy Agency Georgia (LDA Georgia) within the framework of the European Union (EU) and Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) funded project “Civil Society STAR initiative: CSOs as Sustainable, Transparent, Accountable and Resilient Development Actors in Georgia” (2021-2025).
ALDA confirmed beneficiary of the CERV operating grant 2022
January 25, 2022We are thrilled to announce that, again this year, ALDA has been confirmed beneficiary of the operating grant of the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV) of the European Union!
ALDA recognised in the Framework Partnership of the CERV Programme 2022-2025
January 24, 2022ALDA – The European Association for Local Democracy, is proud to be recognised by the European Commission as one of the 59 most active organisations that work to protect and promote Union values.
Shades of Democracy, the new ALDA Podcast
January 24, 2022The Association, as well as its network and friends, is engaged in concrete and tangible actions. Willing to promote positive change and democracy, through dialogue and interaction, ALDA has launched this new multimedia project: Shades of Democracy, the ALDA podcast!
Project AVATAR: updates on the digital transition in the Alto Vicentino territory
January 21, 2022The AVATAR project – Alto Vicentino Territorial Alliance for Networked Actions, which aims to spread digital literacy in a territory involving some 155,000 inhabitants, has concluded its third semester. During these months, the focus of activities has been on digital literacy to promote the use of public services such as SPID and PA portals, but also to show useful tools in everyday life.
PIECE by PIECE: here is the cornerstone of our project building!
January 17, 2022The research paper, aimed at analyzing the needs of communities and community workers in Europe, has been released by the PIECE project’s partners.
More activities in 2022 to fight climate of change
January 17, 2022Last November, ALDA in cooperation with the European Environmental Bureau welcomed the circus show MadgaClan in Brussels for the final dates of the Pan-European Street Action Tour. The tour was scheduled during the EU debate finals to allow students to participate in the activity.
Capacity Building Workshops for a BRIGHTer future!
January 17, 2022Two more Capacity Building Workshops (CBW) to go before the Final Conference of BRIGHT project!
As the one taking place in mid November in Calabria, a southern region of Italy, Spain and Greece will host the fourth and fifth CBWs respectively.
SMELT project: free workshops by Center for Democracy Foundation
January 15, 2022As part of the SMELT project, the Center for Democracy Foundation organized free workshops in order to strengthen the capacity and increase the knowledge of participants as far as their labor rights concern, while encouraging them to actively participate in the labor market.
ALDA and its Members: a strong priority and new initiatives for 2022
January 14, 2022Despite the big challenge the whole world is still facing, 2021 marked a great year for ALDA: spreading democracy, supporting local initiatives are at the heart of the Association’s activities. Yet, much of this has turned into real thanks to, and in collaboration with, members and friends of ALDA.
ALDA welcomes the French EU Council Presidency
January 13, 2022This newly started 2022 has also marked the inauguration of a new Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
Following Slovenia, from the 1st of January 2022, France has taken over the Presidency for the next six months, until June 30th, 2022.
ALDA mournes the loss of David Sassoli, European Parliament President
January 11, 2022It’s with great sadness that we acknowledge the loss of David Sassoli, European Parliament President and former journalist.
Winter Greetings & Happy New Year from ALDA
December 22, 2021Winter Greeting and Happy New Year from ALDA President, Mr. Oriano Otočan, ALDA Secretary General Mrs Valmorbida and all the ALDA team!
Back to the future! PART-Y steps in 2022
December 21, 20212022 will bring great new steps and activities for PART-Y Project! Let’s have a look at them together.
Online fake news and local democracy: The final international event of the DIGITAL project
December 21, 2021From 17 to 19 November 2021, the 5th and final event of the DIGITAL project- Supporting Democratic Union and Active Citizenship in Digital Era – took place in Madrid, Spain.
Towards the creation of an online course for professors teaching students from migrant backgrounds!
December 20, 2021This month, ALDA welcomed the partners of the DEVOTE project (Developing the Competencies of Teachers to Integrate Students from Migrant Background into European Schools) in Strasbourg in order to work together on the development of the online course foreseen by the project.
New accreditation for ALDA bringing the ELoGE to Kosovo
December 20, 2021After the first steps of the programme in Croatia and North Macedonia, ALDA was awarded with the accreditation to implement the European Label of Governance Excellence (ELoGE) in Kosovo*.
