World Water Day: ALDA’s engagement in water resources protection
Marzo 21, 2023ALDA commits to the preservation of the environment, and its water assets, by advocating for a more sustainable and conscious use of natural mainly through two EU-funded projects.resources.
ALDATalk 2023: the new season starts with digital education!
Marzo 17, 2023The digital transformation has changed our society and our economy with increasingly tangible implications in our everyday lives, highlighting the need to ameliorate the digital capacity of our education system, our institutions and our work environment.
At the Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy: bringing local democracy on worldwide scale
Marzo 16, 2023Democracy is a global concept, which can potentially find fertile ground in every world corner. The Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy 2023 proved exactly the “power of independent, people-centered independent institutions for protecting and extending democracy in nations from Latin America to Ghana”, as underline online within the presentation of the forum.
Hand in hand with Dnipropetrovsk Regional Council and LDA Dnipro to help Internally Displaced People and support for the reconstruction
Marzo 14, 2023Established in 2015, the Local Democracy Agency (LDA) in the Dnipropetrovsk Region represents the very first LDA in the Country, as a platform for dialogue and regional development in terms of culture, society and economy.
Safeguarding Water: students in Italy and North Macedonia to become the experts of tomorrow
Marzo 14, 2023After a preliminary phase to identify the schools and the students to be involved in the Water’s Experts project, the training activities started in Italy and North Macedonia to enhance students’ scientific knowledge and technical skills in the field of water resources management.
Contributing to the improvement of journalism and media in North Macedonia: Media4EU project
Marzo 13, 2023As of the 1st of March 2023, the “Media4EU” project has officially started. The latter is meant to improve the quality of the journalism and media sectors in North Macedonia, as well as the general information environment in the country.
Reshaping crucial strategies to fight unemployment through social economy: Good practices
Marzo 8, 2023Read the booklet!
The added value of ALDA’s Thematic Hub on Gender, Inclusion, and Human Rights: foster integration of people with migrant backgrounds
Marzo 7, 2023Within the INCLUDATE* (Educating for Inclusion) project, ALDA organised a PanEU International Conference to make partners share their activities and findings during the first year of its implementation. INCLUDATE aims to include people with a migrant background to share their experiences throughout the storytelling and to imagine together possible solutions to shared issues.
Authorities in peri-urban and rural areas: have your say on EU
Marzo 6, 2023ALDA – European Association for Local Democracy, in the framework of the Ideas 4 Europe project, would like to invite you to participate in the Local Academy Training organised in the framework of the I4E project, co-funded by the EU funding programme CERV, aiming to boost political participation with a focus on citizen and young people living in peri-urban and rural areas.
Youth empowerment and citizens participation at the Civil Society Days: digital engagement and EP Elections
Marzo 6, 2023On March 1-3 2023 ALDA participated in the Civil Society Days held in Brussels, thus engaging with other Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and contributing to the creation of a civic space with Europe, with a focus on the new digital era and on the 2024 European Parliament elections.
ALDA Governing Board meets in Brussels, welcoming new members and discussing on key future events
Marzo 4, 2023The brand-new office in Brussels hosted the first ALDA Governing Board meeting for this 2023. In an atmosphere of renovated joy, so meet again after months, the delegates gathered on Friday 3 March 2023 to update on the recent mission to Ukraine, and the development of the LDAs in the Country.
H.I.L.L.: a project to revitalise and protect the natural heritage of Monte di Malo
Marzo 2, 2023On 30 November 2022, the Kick-off meeting of the “H.I.L.L.- Habitat in Living Landscape” project was held in the Municipality of Monte di Malo.
The project will last three years and it aims to protect the natural territory of Monte di Malo, focusing on two sites considered Special Areas of Conservation (SACs): “Buso della Rana” and “Le Poscole”.
Reinforcing democracy at the local level: meeting with Commission Vice-President Ms. Šuica
Marzo 2, 2023Reinforcing democracy at the local level: ALDA meets with Commission Vice-President Ms. Šuica
Local context and needs analysis after the pandemic: finalised the ReCAP project report
Febbraio 28, 2023The first result of the ReCAP project has been successfully completed!
In the framework of the Project Result 1, the final report elaborated by the project partner, Solidaridad Sin Fronteras, with the contribution of all partners, aims to draw a picture of the post pandemic local contexts addressed, collecting the specific needs of young people from the point of view of professionals working with youth.
In Gdansk to work for the coalition in support to the activities of LDA Mariupol
Febbraio 28, 2023The civil society and the cooperation with institutions are fundamental to reconstruct Ukraine. On the first anniversary of the Russian invasion, ALDA organised a dedicated event in Gdansk (Poland), entitled “LDA Mariupol partners meeting”, to present the work of the Local Democracy Agency Mariupol, while discussing activities and future collaboration with new partners from EU countries.
2030 Youth Vision starts in Portugal: together to promote the active participation of youth
Febbraio 24, 2023The 2030 Youth Vision project has officially started!
On January 12 & 13, 2023, the Kick-Off Meeting of the project took place in Lousada (Portugal), where the consortium was kindly hosted by the Municipality of Lousada.