“Open Balkan”: phase two of the “Mini-Schengen” initiative
August 30, 2021Summer 2021 marked a great moment as far as regional cooperation in the Balkan Region concerns., especially in regard to “Open Balkan” initiative. Thus, Prime Ministers, Rama and Zaev – from Albania and North Macedonia respectively – and Serbian President Vučić agreed on abolishing border control among the three countries by 2023.
JOURNEY project: final conference on 8th of September 2021
August 24, 2021Let’s close the JOURNEY project with the final conference of the project and gather online to celebrate the work done by the consortium on 8th of September 2021.
On 25 July the Republic Day in Tunisia: The Democratic Process And The People’s Well-being
August 16, 2021On the night of July 25, 2021, the Tunisian citizens spontaneously took to the streets celebrating the president’s exceptional decisions of freezing the parliament for 30 days- and voicing their wide support.
SAVE THE DATES! All4Climate-Italy 2021: Life Metro Adapt shares the great results achieved by the project!
August 16, 2021All4Climate – Italy 2021 brings together all the events dedicated to the fight against climate change that will take place in Italy this year. The aim is to make 2021 a fundamental year for climate ambition.
Games without Borders: Vicenza edition
August 13, 2021On July 31st, “Gruppo Scintilla – Vivere meglio adesso” family and kids from Vicenza gathered at “Pampas – Il giardino inclusivo” for an afternoon dedicated to sharing and playing.
Great conclusion for EGAL II project
August 12, 20212021 marked the conclusion of EGAL II (Egalité de Genre dans l’Action Locale /Gender Equality in Local Action), a successful project that targeted participatory gender inclusive activities in Morocco.
ALDA joins the 19th European Week of Regions and Cities 2021 as a partner!
August 11, 2021The 19th edition of the European Week of Regions and Cities (#EURegionsWeek) – the biggest annual Brussels-based event dedicated to cohesion policy – will take place from the 11th to the 14th of October under the slogan “Together for recovery”.
ALDA President and Vice President in Brtonigla-Verteneglio
August 6, 2021On August 3rd, the President of ALDA Oriano Otočan and Vice President Alessandro Perelli visited the Municipality of Brtonigla-Verteneglio, in Croatia.
AGREED Project – final conference to celebrate the achievement of planned results
August 4, 2021On July 27 2021, the final conference of the AGREED project – Activating Governance Reform for Enhancing Development, was organised.
Great success! STAR Project – 1st international meeting
August 2, 2021From 21 to 23 July the 1st “STAR Project” international meeting took place – in an hybrid form – in Arcugnano, having the onsite participation of 8 European delegations partner of the project coming from Bosnia and Herzegovina, France, Italy, Latvia, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, The Netherlands. The remaining 6 European delegations from Albania, Germany, Serbia, Czech Republic, Kosovo and Poland attended the international event online.
ALDA in Kigali at the AIMF General Assembly
July 20, 2021To inaugurate this new series of in-presence events, we are glad to announce that this year ALDA is taking part into the General Assembly of the “International Association of French-speaking Mayors – AIMF”.
The Covenant of Mayors ‘City in the Spotlight Awards’ are now open
July 19, 2021The call ‘City in the Spotlight Awards’ is a great opportunity to showcase the progress made and become a reference example for the whole Covenant Community and beyond!
STAR Project first international event in Arcugnano
July 17, 2021Since November 2019, in collaboration with ALDA, the Municipality of Arcugnano is leading the European project “STreet ARt project”, co-funded by Europe for Citizen Programme of the European Union. Aimed at building a network of European cities to promote street art as a tool for increasing citizens’ participation, the project is intended to – among others – to connect people of different cultures; regenerate depressed and abandoned areas, while reducing marginalisation.
ALDA+ an excellent player in supporting UNDP Turkey – LAR III
July 15, 2021A great example is the collaboration with an outstanding international stakeholder. In fact, ALDA+ is currently supporting UNDP Turkey in developing a comparative assessment within the framework of the project LAR III, Local Administration Reform Project (Phase III).
ALDA+ in collaboration with Progetto SUD: new course in October
July 15, 2021ALDA + has always been able to provide valuable and professional courses on several topics, and this time is glad to present a new course!
Toolkit and Advocacy paper to promote the migrants’ labour inclusion – LIME Project
July 14, 2021A new approach to labour migrants inclusion: the Migrants Economic Integration Cluster (MEIC) approach. It aims to strengthen the cooperation and mobilisation of employers and social and economic partners through the activation of “cluster networks” at the local level, meaning a local multi-stakeholders network enabling to manage the multidimensional process of migrants’ integration.
