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The project aims to improve awareness about the importance of developing multi-disciplinary skills in the policy making field, primarily addressing students, but also decision-makers, urban planners, NGOs, CSOs, social workers and scientists.

The goal of P-CUBE is to build an educational strategy game (the Policy Game) designed to teach the theory and practice of public policy making to different groups of people, principally students. The prototype of the game will be developed during the project, and it will be presented to different audiences in various national and international settings. The game will then be modified to incorporate their comments and suggestions.

Besides the project partners, P-CUBE benefits from the support and contribution of the following associated partners:

  • University of Teramo (Italy)
  • University of Padova (Italy)
  • Institute for Social Research (Italy)

OBJECTIVES

The basic assumption, supported by the literature on Public Policy studies, is that the dynamics for policy making processes are similar within different policy fields, yet the set of actors varies from one policy to another. The Policy Game, therefore, has two objectives:

  • Show how decisions in the public sphere are taken and what kinds of decisional strategies can be employed by the promoters of policy innovation.
  • Help players/students/trainees become familiar with the specificities of the policy fields in which they are involved.
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THE:PLACE – Türkiye Hand in hand with Europe: Programme for Local Authorities and Civil society Exchange aims to build up lasting Turkey – European Union networks of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) that work on local issues, promoting an exchange aimed to increase their capacity to create meaningful impact in their respective areas of work.

OBJECTIVES

THE:PLACE programme aims to favour the empowerment of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and Local Authorities (LAs) as actors of local development, through specific capacity building, peer learning and joint cooperation on co-designed common projects.

The programme seeks to create quadrilateral partnerships composed of 1 CSO based in Türkiye associated with 1 LA + 1 CSO based in the EU associated with 1 LA.

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The project wants to encourage women in joining participation mechanisms while mainstreaming gender equality at the local level. The project foresees the active involvement of 14 pilot provinces or district municipalities from every regions of Türkiye, which will work to strengthen gender equality during the 12-month project period, under the guidance of the CEMR’s “European Charter of Equality in Local Life”.

OBJECTIVES

The project aims at promoting municipalities for the establishment of Local Equality Action Plans, implementing the necessary strategies for including women into urban life and local decision-making processes.

It also aims at establishing Gender Equality offices in the pilot Municipalities, transferring the Turkish law od 6284 “Protect family and prevent violence against women” and the Istanbul Convention to the citizens, implementing gender-based budgeting techniques and designing permanent monitoring and evaluation mechanisms based on these results.

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The project AVATAR has been created to foster the development of digital culture and the adoption of new digital services for citizens, enterprises, CSOs and public administration. It has five areas of intervention: training, socio-medical, business, third sector and public administration.
Overall there are eleven municipalities of the Alto Vicentino (Isola Vicentina, Malo, Marano Vicentino, Monte di Malo, San Vito di Leguzzano, Santorso, Thiene, Torrebelvicino, Valdagno, Villaverla and Zugliano); 4 technical partners: Pasubio Tecnologia, Wikimedia Italia, MegaHub, Alda+ and 48 supporters

OBJECTIVES

The objectives of the project are to:

  • create in the Northern Vicenza area Open Innovation Laboratories as places of active meeting and participation (Innovation LAb).
  • foster a participatory approach to the creation and modernisation of digital public services, through the Digital Gyms
  • Disseminate the culture of open data of public bodies among citizens and enterprises
  • Increase the number of citizens using Internet and their awareness about the potential of digital technology.
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The project promotes principles of good governance with a view to effective and responsive performance of the local government units in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The project will empower the capacities of local authorities (elected leaders and civil servants) and civil society in implementing participative processes.

Together they will identify concrete problems of the community that will find their solutions thanks to the participative approach. The project will therefore build capacities and solve problems, by consolidating the approach in the years to come.

OBJECTIVES

The projects aims at

  • Creating stronger links to citizens by engaging in public policy process.
  • Reaching out to society as a whole including marginalised groups and grass root communities and encouraging civic activism and public participation in policy-making.
  • Supporting capable, transparent and accountable Local Authorities and effective Civil Society Organisations.

In addition, Local Authorities have enabling policies and rules for grass root organisations and civic initiatives; while CSOs created network for coalition-building for increased impact in campaigning and advocacy.

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The great international adventure of CAMELOT  project (Cities And Metropolis in Europe Laboring Onward Together) ended on Thursday 16 February at Palazzo Isimbardi, the institutional headquarter of the Metropolitan City of Milan.

“Today we’re concluding this project, which has been able to promote eight events and lots of local activities, despite the pandemics” – stated Mr. Purcaro,  General Director and Secretary of the Metropolitan City of Milan.  “CAMELOT has favoured the cooperation between active citizens and public bodies” – he continued “in the process of building a metropolitan European identity”.

“CAMELOT has favoured the cooperation between active citizens and public bodies in the process of building a metropolitan European identity” – Mr. Purcaro, General Director and Secretary of the Metropolitan City of Milan

Hence, the added value of this project lays on the networking activities implemented among partners, in terms of  exchanging experiences and good practices on the management of European funds, and improving the correct use of the latter. Thus, accessing fundings at EU level is a valuable way to support local bodies (Metropolitan Cities in this case) to empower citizens and improve their living conditions also in marginalised neighbourhoods.

Specifics and details of the targeted areas are available on the project website, which collects all the results and events achieved and implemented within the 36 months-length of the project itself. In addition, in order to encourage citizens’ awareness and interest in this crucial topic, the outputs of the project are available online in different languages.

Overall, this final event contributed to achieve the aim of the project: encourage democratic and civic participation of citizens at a European level, while creating a network of Metropolitan Cities and fostering sharing of good practices and knowledge on European funds.

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The project has been developed in the framework of, and financed by, the Europe for Citizens Programme 2014-2020.  Details: 148.680 euro available, 36 months of work, 9 European partners and 500 people involved

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“What protections and assistance does democracy, in its most direct form, require to survive and thrive?”

This will be the question that experts, Organisations and Associations, promoters of direct democracy worldwide, will try to answer during the  “2023 Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy”,  which will take place in Mexico City from February 27, until March 4, 2023. 

This year’s Global Forum represents a great opportunity for Mexico and Latin America, not only for the importance and weight of the topics discussed, but also because it will be the first one held in the Western Hemisphere after more than 10 years. 

Organised by a consortium led by the Independent Electoral Institute, the Forum will analyse how the new and innovative constitution of the city-state will impact democracy globally. In addition, it will dig into the situation of direct democracy in Mexico and Latin America, exploring its promises and perils. 

The Global Forum will also examine, through the intervention of various speakers, the infrastructure required for a strong democracy, discussing concrete opportunities for protecting and expanding democracy worldwide. 

ALDA, and its member Labsus, will take part in the 2023 Global Forum contributing to the support of democracy worldwide

ALDA, being committed to the promotion of democracy and citizen participation since its establishment, will take part in the event together with its member Labsus, the Laboratory for Subsidiarity, represented by its vice-president, Daniela Ciaffi, to bring an additional value given from the expertise of the latter in the field of democratic processes. 

Labsus’ aim, in a nutshell, is to educate citizens about the opportunities at their disposal to contribute in giving a solution to issues of common interest, together with public administration. 

With a Panel titled “Mechanisms for citizen participation in key sectors (health, security, construction and food)” which will take place on Friday, March 3, 2023, ALDA and Labsus, together with IDDECO Internacional,  will contribute to the discussion by hosting a session on the tools that citizens can use to participate in the democratic dialogue. 

An active, responsible and participatory citizenship is the key for a long-lasting democratic system. 

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Discover here the six-days long programme!  

Find out more about the Global Forum here.

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Focus on the flagship initiative:

strengthening Local Democracy Agencies in Ukraine
#westandwithukraine

No one should be left behind, especially under war circumstances. The role of the civil society and local authorities in building peace, reconstruction and counterbalancing the atrocities caused by the Russian invasion is fundamental. Institutions, at the same time, should also work in cooperation among each other and together with the representatives of the local communities to be resilient in this war. 

ALDA is working exactly to achieve this aim: bridging institutions and CSOs together to create a network of stakeholders that will reconstruct Ukraine, day by day. Benefitting from the deep knowledge of Ukrainian society, and from the initiatives already implemented with both LDA Dnipro and LDA Mariupol, during the latest mission to Ukraine Ms. Valmorbida – ALDA Secretary General; Mr. Coica – Eastern Partnership Coordinator; and Mr. Ostrowski, in charge of the development of the LDAs in Ukraine, met different stakeholders with whom further co-create a path for reconstruction and resilience in Ukraine.

“We visited Bucha, and the city Mayor, Mr. Fedoruk, expressed the interest in becoming member of ALDA” stated Ms. Valmorbida. 

“Bucha is ready to become not only a member of the Association, but also to open an office in the city” –

Mr. Anatoliy Fedoru Mayor of Bucha

Moreover, the mission allowed the ALDA Delegation to reconnect with Ms. Lomakina – Representative of LDA Mariupol, and other stakeholders like the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The latter was among the main promoter of the trainings, developed within the programme “Platform for Good Governance and Environmental Protection”* and delivered by Ms. Valmorbida, back in 2021. 

The bond with the city of Mariupol is profound, long, and so enriching that the Mariupol State University has also started the process to become an ALDA Member. Visited during the February Mission, the University, now located in Kyiv clearly due to war, not only is providing support to students but it is also hosting the LDA itself. The Association cannot be more enthusiastic of its cooperation with Ukrainian Local Authorities and Universities. The team also had the chance to meet again the Mayor of Mariupol, Vadim Boichenko. 

In addition, ALDA Delegation met Mr. Sergey Chernov, President Ukrainian Association of District and Regional Councils with whom they discussed:

  • ALDA’s activities in Ukraine and determining priorities in providing assistance to Ukrainian local self-government;
  • The roadmap of cooperation in engaging local governments of EU countries to support Ukraine;
  • Possibilities to further openings of ALDA representative offices in Kharkiv and other regions of Ukraine.

Finally, crucial meetings took place at the Polish, Italian and French Embassies thus to echo the voices of people living in Ukraine, while, at the same time, contributing to cooperation with governmental institutions.

“We are a global alliance of local authorities and civil society to support good local governance and we stand with Ukraine” concluded ALDA Secretary General, testifying the endless commitment of the Association for Ukraine, for peace and democracy.

This week the commitment continues with the organisation of the LDA Mariupol partners meeting in Gdansk (Poland) on 24 February 2022. ALDA calls for more partners to join the initiative:


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*Programme financed by UNDP in Ukraine

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Bucha and Mariupol State University are ready to become ALDA Members
Bucha and Mariupol State University are ready to become ALDA Members
Bucha and Mariupol State University are ready to become ALDA Members
Bucha and Mariupol State University are ready to become ALDA Members
Bucha and Mariupol State University are ready to become ALDA Members
Bucha and Mariupol State University are ready to become ALDA Members
Bucha and Mariupol State University are ready to become ALDA Members
Bucha and Mariupol State University are ready to become ALDA Members
Bucha and Mariupol State University are ready to become ALDA Members
Bucha and Mariupol State University are ready to become ALDA Members
Bucha and Mariupol State University are ready to become ALDA Members
Bucha and Mariupol State University are ready to become ALDA Members

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The so named Gruppo Scintilla (Spark Group) is a participatory process involving inhabitants of a neighbourhood of Vicenza (IT) in the decision-making process regarding its future. The project is focused in a highly multi-ethnic neighbourhood located close to the Central Station, facing serious issues related to social integration and illegal trafficking. The start a participatory process is to co-design a shared vision of the future of the neighbourhood, involving citizens in the co-designing process, and implementing activities in the area.

OBJECTIVES

The participatory process is aimed to redevelop an underserved and vulnerable neighbourhood of Vicenza. On the one hand a set of public consultations were implemented with the aim of defining the problems, collecting proposals towards a possible solution and developing citizens’ sense of ownership and responsibility towards the problem.

On the other hand, several local initiatives were organised to improve the life of people living in the neighbourhood in the short-term and create a sense of community (events for children, inter-generational parties involving local businesses, theatre courses, participatory budgeting initiatives, etc.).

The process has brought out the difficulties of the neighbourhood (safety, traffic and urban decay) but also the great opportunities (place of life and passage, multi-ethnicity, urban context, food district and places of excellence) and proposes to guide the destiny of this neighbourhood towards the following direction: the use of a positive slogan: “The Place To Be“, to reverse the negative meaning referring to the neighbourhood in a positive perspective.

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Born from the statement that it is becoming rarer and rarer for people to be in touch with their local communities and to create networks that are both local and offline in today’s world, PIECE seeks to establish and empower community spaces and activities that can help people connect and build networks within their local communities.

OBJECTIVES

PIECE aims to address the needs of communities in Europe through the training, education, and empowerment of community workers. Through this project, beneficiaries will enhance their skills and employability and in turn enhance the social inclusion, skills, and employability of the people they will train, involve in their activities, and come in contact with thus creating a virtuous circle of empowerment.

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The project CAMELOT will foster the exchange of best practices and experience among European metropolitan cities regarding the creation and improvement of instruments for increase citizens’ participation in public decisions.

Nine International events will take place in 8 European Countries, targeting citizens and policy-makers, and covering topics related to the EU financial programme, the management of European funds to tackle specific metropolitan cities’ challenges (social, digital and green).

OBJECTIVES

CAMELOT will promote cohesion of metropolis and cities by sharing knowledge on specific topics throughout international events.

It will also build a thematic network of European Metropolitan Cities that will exchange experiences about the management of the European funds and the role of metropolitan cities in the future of European governance, keeping as a central focus the participation of citizens.

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The SMART project stems from the need to preserve the historical and cultural heritage of local communities and offer tourists new opportunities to discover and experience the Alpine area.
The project will result in the creation of an innovative museum circuit promoting small cultural excellences and new ways of experiencing the territories.

A practical guideline for tourism and cultural stakeholders and recommendations for policy makers, will be published to promote the harmonisation between regional and local policies related to accessible tourism.

  • National Financial Support – € 44.708,61
  • EU Financial Support ERDF – € 844.297,59
  • Total Project Budget – € 993.291,32

The project is supported by the Programme Interreg V-A Italia-Austria 2014-202O

Info: info@smart-museums.eu

OBJECTIVES

The SMART project aims to increase the attractiveness and accessibility of small museums in 3 pilot sites in the Alpine, through innovative instruments and involving local communities.

SMART specific objectives are:

  • Valorisation of local identities and cultural, historical and natural heritage;
  • Promoting design for all through multisensory paths able to make territories discovery subjective and inclusive;
  • Spreading multimedia tourist itineraries using augmented reality and artificial intelligence

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From the 1st to the 4th of February 2023 the 6 partners of the Grey4Green project met in Aarhus, the second biggest city of Denmark at the Fo-Aarhus premises.

The two days were fruitful and much was on the table including the training course on active ageing and nature conservation to be held in Cyprus in May 2023. 

In particular, on the 2nd of February the consortium welcomed members from Ældre Sagen NGO and  Bedsteforældrenes Klimaaktion National Movement for an exchange on best practices and initiatives running all over Denmark for climate change and justice.

Nature conservation and fighting climate change at the core of Grey4Green meeting Denmark

It was an excellent opportunity to get to know local Danish realities and exchange experiences on nature conservation and fighting climate change, topics dear to the Grey4Green Project.

In Aarhus the partners were also able to visit the Botanical Gardens, the Aarhus green oasis, one of the many impressive green areas in the city.

A lot of activities lie ahead and ALDA is counting on involving more and more volunteers and stakeholders to get the most out of this project to promote active aging in nature conservation.

Next steps? The Handbook for Senior Volunteers in Nature finalisation, the Training course on active ageing and nature conservation to be held in Cyprus and the third Transnational Project Meeting in Nikosia the 11 and 12 of May 2023.

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Representatives of the Turkish Municipality of Edremit visited the Local Democracy Agency Mostar today in order to learn more about its work.

After the Memorandum of Understanding was signed with our umbrella association, ALDA, Edremit Municipality is in the phase of establishing the first LDA on the territory of Turkey. Through that process, they were given the opportunity to visit one of the existing LDAs.

Representatives from Edremit (Türkiye) in Mostar to visit the LDA

The Edremit Municipality delegation included the director for human resources and education, Mr. Tamer Acar, who is also the Deputy Mayor of the Municipality of Edermit and head of the Office for Foreign Affairs, and the Eurodesk Info Point at the Directorate for Human Resources and Education, Mrs. Elisa Falcini. In the City Hall, the delegation was received by the chief advisor of the City of Mostar, Ms. Radmila Komadina and expert advisor for international relations, Ms. Sanela Demirović.

On this occasion, Mr. Acar emphasized that he hopes that LDA Edremit and LDA Mostar will achieve cooperation through joint projects in the future. He also mentioned the possibility of cooperation between the Municipality of Edremit and the City of Mostar in areas of mutual importance.

Director of LDA Mostar, Ms. Dzenana Dedic emphasized the readiness of LDA Mostar to provide continuous support to the newly formed member of the LDA/ALDA family with its experience and examples of practice gained within the 18 years of activity.

The delegation of Edremit Municipality rounded off their visit with a tourist tour of the city of Mostar, organized by LDA Mostar.

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Register to the Q&A Webinar on 1 March 2023

ALDA, in the context of the Operating Grant of the CERV programme –  will support participatory actions in the field of sustainability. Don’t miss your chance to participate, as at least 16 EU BASED ALDA MEMBERS will be funded!

With this call for proposals ALDA will fund actions that support citizens and groups of citizens in their initiatives aimed at improving their local context, building bridges with local authorities in order to make the change real.

🔸Who can be a beneficiary?

The beneficiary must be a EU Based Member of ALDA (by the beginning of 2023) and a legal entity, in the form of a Non-profit organization, Civil Society Organisation, Association, Local Authority, Public Body.

🔸What is the main objective of the call of proposal?

The call for proposals will fund different organizations developing their own projects at the local level, widening public knowledge, awareness and interest about the EU key policies and strategies. In particular the thematic focus of the regranted actions should have a clear link to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and/or the European Green Deal. 

The regranted initiatives are expected to capitalize their results thanks to their close connection to ALDA key activities and ALDA Thematic Hubs:

  • Environment and Climate, 
  • Community Engagement, 
  • Gender Inclusion & Human Rights,
  • Youth, 
  • Migration.  

Fund your local actions up to 16.000 Euro!

🔸Which is the thematic focus of the Actions?
The thematic focus of the re-granted actions should fall under one or more of the following SDGs:

SDG 3 GOOD HEALTH AND WELL BEING: Ensure healthy lives and well-being for all at all ages

SDG 4 QUALITY EDUCATION: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all 

SDG 5 GENDER EQUALITY : Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls

SDG 7 AFFORDABLE AND CLEAN ENERGY: Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all

SDG 8 DECENT WORK AND ECONOMIC GROWTH : Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all

SDG 10 REDUCED INEQUALITIES Reduce inequality within and among countries

SDG 11 SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND COMMUNITIES: Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable

SDG 12 RESPONSIBLE CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns.

SDG 13 CLIMATE ACTION: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts

SDG 14 LIFE BELOW WATER: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development

SDG 15 LIFE ON LAND: Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss.

SDG 16 PEACE, JUSTICE AND STRONG INSTITUTIONS: Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.

🔸How much is the grant?

The contribution from the sub granting scheme will cover 80% of the total eligible costs of the total budget for the activity. The Beneficiary must provide 20% of co-financing. 

The grants awarded will be:

Group A) 5 grants for submitted proposals with a budget of 10.000,00 EUR  (Maximum Funding 8.000 Eur – Minimum Co Funding 2.000 Eur ),
Group B) 6 grants for submitted proposals with a budget of 15.000,00 EUR, (Maximum Funding 12.000 Eur – Minimum Co-funding 3000 Eur)
Group C) 5 grants for submitted proposals with a budget of 20.000,00 EUR  (Maximum Funding 16.000 Eur – Minimum Co-funding 4000 Eur) 

🔸Where can the project be implemented?

Activities must take place in the EU

🔸How to apply?

Read the full call for proposals to have all the  information about the call and how to apply! The call will be open from February 15th to April 17th at 10:00 CET. Here is the link to send your application.

The applicants will receive support by ALDA team during the proposal writing process. Any question can be sent to this email address.

Do not miss our Q&A Webinar on March 1st from at 14:00 CET

📌 Useful material and links:

[Call published on 15 February 2023]

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So much time passed since that December 17th, 1999 when ALDA was officially registered as a non-profit association aimed at supporting and coordinating the network of the Local Democracy Agencies (LDAs).

At that time, ALDA – the Association of Local Democracy Agencies (this was the original acronym) was a very small organisation based in Strasbourg, and with another tiny office in Vicenza (Italy). From there, a small but highly motivated team started working for the development of the LDAs and of the ALDA Association itself: it was a huge challenge that we took up from scratches.

As a result, 23 years later, ALDA proved to have met the challenge, step by step becoming the wide, well recognised European Association it is today.

Over time, ALDA grew not only in activities and partners, switching from 5 projects and 5 members in 1999, to the current 90 ongoing projects and a network of 300 members. 

ALDA made consistent changes also from a structural point of view:

  • from barely two offices, ALDA has an operational team located in 6 offices all over Europe and in the Neighbourhood;
  • from the 5 LDAs in the Western Balkans, we reached 16 LDAs and 3 OPs covering new geographical areas, such as the Caucasus, Eastern Partnership, Middle East, Africa and Türkiye;
  • In 2017 ALDA founded ALDA+ Srl Benefit Corporation, the benefit company exclusively owned by ALDA which aims to capitalise ALDA’s expertise in a responsible, sustainable and transparent way to support the mission of ALDA itself.

Despite all these successes and milestones, ALDA finds itself in a continuous process of growth and improvement, for a more effective action in support of local communities all over the World, promoting good governance and citizens participation.

ALDA finds itself in a continuous process of growth and improvement, for a more effective action in support of local communities all over the World

For this reason, among the most recent challenges of ALDA is to become even more “local”, establishing deeper links and having a stronger impact within the community ALDA and its offices are based in.

In this wake, 2023 kicks off with a great news, being the official registration of ALDA in Italy, in Vicenza: this event marks the establishment of ALDA Italia Aps (ALDA Italy Association of Social Promotion), as a locally registered branch of ALDA.

Formalising the existence and the legal legitimacy of ALDA Italy will enable us, ALDA, to have a broader range of action that will let undertake more targeted and consistent activities, becoming real actors of local change.

All in all, the progress ALDA has made in the past 23 years, or should we start calculating from even earlier, going back to the foundation of the first LDAs in the Balkans in 1993, is more than “an Association growing and expanding in the territory”. It has been a true process of development and differentiation, where ALDA has been deploying all its means to carry out its mission in the most efficient way, with an ever-growing scope. Over time,  the objective is to locally register all offices of ALDA, going deeper in the local dimension of all cities where we are based.

Indeed, the ALDA’s offices, ALDA+, the network of the LDAs and ALDA Italy, have thus become autonomous yet interdependent realities, working together for the same mission… as a Group!

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While the first anniversary of the Russian invasion on Ukraine is approaching, we believe important to never give up on working on democracy and participation in the country, even in the worst times.

Indeed, while we proudly note that the Local Democracy Agency Mariupol (LDA Mariupol) has never stopped working, even though its delegate and the whole staff had to leave the city of Mariupol to reach to a safer place, the time has come for a collective reflection on the future development of the LDA.

Thus, as a side event on the “Working Group on Ukraine” of the Committee of the Regions, on 24 February 2023, ALDA, in cooperation with the Municipality of Gdansk and the LDA Mariupol itself, organises ameeting among the partners of the LDA Mariupol.

The meeting is not only open to the current partners, most importantly, it is conceived as a moment of information and discussion for all stakeholders interested in knowing more about the LDA or in supporting its future activities.

Our hope is to bring the LDA back to Mariupol, once the conflict is over and Mariupol returns to Ukrainian soil. At the same time, we wish to expand the current partnerships to new stakeholders interested, so that the LDA enjoys more support, and its activities can have an even greater impact, given the time of extreme need.

Hence, you are all invited to join online the LDA Mariupol Partners Meeting, on Friday, February 24th, 2023, from 14:00 to 16:00 PM (CET time).

Learn more about the event and its agenda HERE.

Join the meeting online: https://bit.ly/3II7YKP  [Meeting ID: 850 7644 3080 | Passcode: 293007]

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From 30 January until 3 February, 2023, ALDA was in Marseille for the Heads of Networks meeting and the French network General Assembly of the Anna Lindh Foundation. 

The Foundation is dedicated to intercultural dialogue on different and complementary levels in the Euro-Mediterranean area. Since June 2021, ALDA is co-head of the French network of the foundation along with Les Têtes de l’Art, a French association based in Marseille. The Foundation and its members were welcomed by the Regional Hall of Provence Alpes Côte-d’Azur and the City Hall of Marseille who kindly hosted the meetings. Representatives of the DIMED (the interministerial delegation for the Mediterranean) were also present and closely followed our work, and expressed their support to the activities of the Foundation.

The Foundation is dedicated to intercultural dialogue on different and complementary levels in the Euro-Mediterranean area

The first two days were dedicated to the Heads of Networks meeting and to the programme of their future activities. 30 countries were represented by their heads of networks alongside the Executive Director of the Foundation, Josep Ferré. An open dialogue was held on the future actions, assessments and steps in the Anna Lindh Foundation. The participants got to know each other better and had the opportunity to create new synergies. An active approach was privileged to take these steps further in shaping the future of the Foundation. Workshops, activities and planifications were the watchwords of these networking moments. Moreover, the long-awaited next editions of the Young Mediterranean Voices and Med Forum were key subjects when discussing future planned projects which aim to advocate and strive for a better social dialogue in the Euro-Mediterranean region.

From 1 February onwards, the General Assembly and Steering Committee of the French network, organised by Les Têtes de l’Art and ALDA, took place. Networking activities were held among the members, who were able to establish regional and concrete actions in accordance to their geographic location. 

Finally, it was important for ALDA and Les Têtes de l’Art to hold a few meetings at the heart of the social and cultural Life in Marseille in La Friche Belle de Mai, which is a popular district of Marseille full of active citizens who embrace the potential of their city but are also in need of support.

Discover more about the meetings here.

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