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Are you a Local Authority who is sensitive to sustainable production and consumption patterns to combat climate change? 

We are looking for you! Lead the change and participate in our call for proposals with your project  idea!

The Food Wave Project – co-funded by the EU under the Development Education and Awareness Raising Programme (DEAR) and promoted by the Municipality of Milan together with ActionAid Italia, ACRA, Mani Tese and 25 project partners in 16 countries, including ALDA – will support grass-root initiatives in the field of climate-friendly food consumption behaviors and involve smaller youth organizations interested in joining the action but lacking the necessary means to do so.

The first call for proposals of the Food Wave Project was launched and directed to youth-led small Civil Society Organizations promoting sustainable production and consumption patterns to fight climate change. Now it is time for the second call addressed to Cities and Municipalities  to support grass-root initiatives in the field of climate-friendly food consumption behaviors!

What is the main objective of the call of proposal?

The project will support actions developed by Cities and Municipalities committed in the field of climate-friendly food consumption behaviors and targeting young people (15-35 years old).

The Food Wave Project  will support grass-root initiatives in the field of climate-friendly food consumption behaviors and involve smaller youth organizations interested in joining the action but lacking the necessary means to do so

What is the main objective of the call of proposal?

Any submitted proposal must be of max 5.000 EUR. Each applicant will benefit from a financing of 75% of the total of the action up to a maximum of 3.750 Eur. The remaining 25% of the action (a minimum of 1.250 Eur) will be provided by each applicant as co-funding. The financing and co-financing % always remain the same even if the overall cost of the proposed action is lower than 5.000 EUR. The general action carried out by the Applicant can be higher than 5.000 EUR, but in this case the remaining budget of the overall costs of the proposal will be covered with The Applicant’s own financial resources. 

Which is the thematic focus?

Each proposed action needs to address the nexus between food and climate change! Different types of activities can be eligible for the sub grant: communication activities, promotion and dissemination activities, awareness raising activities, training and learning-by-doing activities, art projects and initiatives, initiatives against food waste etc. 

Where can the project be implemented?

Activities must take place in one of the following EU Member States: Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, UK.

How to apply?

Read the full call for proposals to have more information about the call and how to apply! The call will be open from February 24th,2022 to March 24th,2022.
DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 1 APRIL (23:59 CEST) 2022

Past events & infos

Public presentation of this call: 4th of March at 12:00 CET – answers provided to all your questions!

A first set of questions by the applicants has been received by email by the 3rd of March and the answers have been published on the website.

A second set of questions by the applicants has been received by email by the 18th of March and the answers have been published on the website.

All the questions related to the present call for proposals and the participation modalities have to be addressed to the following email address (mail Food Wave Here!)

Follow Food Wave Facebook and Instagram pages to stay updated!

#CatchTheWave and Lead the Change!

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Call for proposals – UPDATED

Annex I – budget 

Annex II – Declaration of honour

Annex III – Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)           

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Since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24th 2022, the refugees fleeing Ukraine have reached the number of 3 million (UNHCR). According to the UNHCR, as the situation continues to unfold, many others are expected to be leaving the country soon. As their homes and civil infrastructure objects (including 400 schools) are being destroyed, the population is moving to the West Ukrainian cities and to neighbouring countries, looking for protection, support and a safer place to stay. It represents the fastest-growing humanitarian crisis in Europe since World War II.

In Ukraine, the situation is increasingly dire and humanitarian needs across the country are multiplying by the hour. UNICEF reports that hundreds of thousands of people are without safe drinking water and many have been cut off from access to other essential services like healthcare and medical supplies. 

Since the beginning of the war, East Europe Foundation (EEF), ALDA’s trustworthy partner in Ukraine, actively supports Ukranians who have been internally displaced, suffering from blockade or military attacks. To help address this humanitarian crisis, EEF launched the Shelter Project. A project whose aim is to build community relief and resilience, while providing emergency support to those who most need it. 

ALDA calls its members and partners to support the Shelter project and help the millions of people in need. 

Working through its network of over 500 local partner NGOs, the Shelter Project focuses on four key components:

  1. Support and supervision to a network of refugees of Internally Displaced People (IDPs) by creating and sustaining new services, and providing necessary resources.
  2. Setup, support and supervise emergency day-care centres for displaced persons’ kids. 
  3. Coordinate assistance to local organisations and volunteer groups, providing emergency support and humanitarian aid to those in need. 
  4. Collect and disseminate information about the needs of displaced people, with the aim of satisfying these needs and enabling a comprehensive response to them.  

To support the Shelter project and in order to facilitate the fundraising for our partners in Europe, ALDA created a specially dedicated bank account exclusively for this purpose. ALDA calls its members and partners to support the Shelter project and help the millions of people in need. 

Click here for all the details.

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Palermo hosts the signing ceremony of the “Convention of Rights on the Mediterranean Sea” on Saturday 19 March 2022. Antonella Valmorbida, ALDA Secretary General, will be among the keynote guests at the event.

Based on the engagement of Italian NGOs and local authorities, guided by the Municipality of Palermo, the Convention gathers together a great number of stakeholders. More specifically, it advocates for a shared Mediterranean space, resulting from the commitment of 5 different temathic groups focusing on: pace; health; knowledge and education; economy, resources and work; food and water.

Joining the signing ceremony is a further confirmation of the strategic and proactive role of the Association in the region

In light of this, ALDA contributed to share its expertise, especially as far as the initiatives done by the “Middle East and Africa” Department concern. Thus, the Association is deeply involved in the Mediterranean area, through the creation and implementation of a series of projects, targeting women empowerment, soft mobility, citizens’ participation.

Finally, ALDA is actively involved in several networks working in the mediterranean area, and for the prosperity of it. Therefore, joining such a ceremony is a further confirmation of the strategic and proactive role of the Association in the region.

Useful information:

Projects in the Mediterranean area: Autrement, Municivile – Municivil

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Following the success of the first edition, we are back with the ALDA’s Call for project Ideas – dedicated to our members only.

Concept and objective stay the same: create synergy with our members, develop new projects together for the good of local communities in Europe, and beyond.

In order to participate, you just need to share with us your project idea: the 3 best proposals will win a technical support in the development of a project!

The technical assistance includes:

  • identifying together the best funding opportunity matching the member’s idea;
  • supporting/providing the search for partners;
  • coaching on the project development, e.g. responding to member’s doubts or questions on issues related to questions of the application form, to budget issues, to portal – related issues;
  • reading and revising the project developed by the member

HOW TO APPLY?

Download the application form HERE, fill-in all the fields with the description of your project proposal and send it back to membership@alda-europe.eu by June 15th, 2022.

Please, specify the person we will have to be in contact with, in case of selection.

Fill-in the Application form HERE & win a technical assistance!

The proposals must comply with specific requirements:

  • The proposals can be related to different topics (sustainability, inclusion, youth etc.) but they need to be linked in general terms to local governance.
  • They must have a transnational approach.
  • The proposal must be written in English. Proposals that are missing one or more sections will not be taken into consideration.

After the deadline, ALDA will select the 3 best ideas and, upon verification of feasibility, will offer to the member-applicants a free technical assistance (as specified above), upon agreement that ALDA will be included in the consortium of partners.

Please be aware that by participating in this call, you authorize ALDA to modify, transform, rework, and adapt the drafts and to use your output for the fulfilment of its institutional commitments following communication with the concerned author.

If you need more detail or information, please write to alda@alda-europe.eu

We hope to receive plenty of ideas and start joining forces soon!

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Useful information:

N.B.: If you wish to apply to this call you must be an ALDA member, if you are not yet a member, you might consider this possibility.

Click HERE to learn about the benefits of being an #ALDAmember and start the application process! Get in touch with us for further details!

Click here and see the winning project proposals of the first edition

Members who have won the technical assistance in the last round, are not entitled to participate to the present round.

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Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, ALDA has been in touch with its colleagues and friends in the Country, especially with the Local Democracy Agencies (LDAs) in Dnipro e Mariupol.

Thus, the Association has mobilized its resources, and its network to define ways to support Ukrainian people: from finding reliable accounts for donation, to setting up an internal emergency unit. Despite being in touch through these terrible days, 21 March, marked the first occasion for delegates from Dnipro and Mariupol in Ukraine, and those of Moldova, Georgia and Armenia to have a meeting all together and see each other.

 LDAs  expressed their solidarity and will to get closer to their Ukrainian colleagues

It goes without saying that all the LDAs expressed, without hesitation, their solidarity and will to get closer to their Ukrainian colleagues. 

In moments like this, spreading valuable information of what is currently happening in the Country is among the first steps to do in order to make everyone aware of the reality. Ukrainian people are now experiencing. This is why ALDA has always been in touch with colleagues from Dnipo and Mariupol: to provide help, and to share their stories.  

ALDA and the LDAs further stress the importance of working together for democracy, for people’s rights and freedoms. Peace should be never taken for granted.

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From the 2nd to the 4th of March ALDA hosted the launch event of the project SHAPE – SHaring Actions for Participation and Empowerment of migrant communities and LAs. The meeting was organised by ALDA, as project coordinator, with the support of We World, co-leader.

The aim of the meeting was to set up the chrono-programme of the project, defining the steps in the short and medium term and the role and responsibilities of each partner.

The first day focused on the presentation of the consortium, and of the project partners, who shared the mission of their organisations, the project activities in which they are involved and the experiences that will contribute to bring added value to SHAPE.

The second day started with a financial session dedicated to the setting up of reporting rules, procedures and deadlines and presentation of the necessary forms, by ALDA. Afterwards, a round table took place where all the different tasks were presented in terms of: actions, deadlines, expected results and partners involved.

The aim of the meeting was to set up the chrono-programme of the SHAPE project

In the afternoon it was dedicated to work in groups, through working tables proportioned to the number of tasks.  There were 2 rounds of one hour each and then a moment of sharing what emerged in each group. Each group discussed the task and related activities, establishing roles and responsibilities of each partner; identifying possible critical issues and solutions; implementation strategies; next steps.

This exercise allowed to clarify the project actions, deadlines and expected results. But, above all, it was possible to create synergies between the partners and team spirit, strengthening their involvement.

Finally, on the last day WeWorld presented the communication activities of the project and a possible communication and dissemination strategy.

The partners are already discussing the visual identity of the project, claim and logo. In the coming months the website will be published.

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The meeting took place in hybrid form Artemissizio (HU) and the Italian partners such as CONNGI and WEWorld participated in presence. The rest participated online due to covid and Ukraine situation.

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The 42nd Session of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe will take place from March 22nd to 24th, 2022, at the Palais de l’Europe, in Strasbourg (France).

Being ALDA an emanation of the Congress and a very close partner of the Congress and the Council of Europe as a whole, the Association will be present during the 3 day-event and will take actions at different levels.

Indeed, while ALDA will have a stand at the Council of Europe’s premises showcasing its activities, with a particular focus on two projects, namely Climate of Change and Gem in.

The former has the objective to raise awareness about climate change and climate-induces migration among young generations, while the latter – Gem in – wants to support intercultural education at school and in non-formal youth environments as a vehicle to foster social inclusion, cross-cultural dialogue, and active citizenship.

The 42ns Congress’ Session will also represent the occasion to celebrate ALDA’s 20 years of activities, at the very same place of its creation in 1999

On the other hand, the whole event will be attended in person by ALDA Secretary General Antonella Valmorbida, participating to the dense agenda.

On the afternoon of March 22nd, a session on the situation in Ukraine is planned, during which the Ukrainian President, Mr Zelenski has been invited to take the floor by video conference.

Other key moments on the agenda will be the reports on the application of the European Charter of Local Self-Government in Germany, Luxembourg, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

The 42ns Congress’ Session will also represent the occasion to celebrate ALDA’s 20 years of activities, at the very same place of its creation in 1999, the Council of Europe, after the pandemic imposed to celebrate online in 2020.

The celebration will then culminate in a lunch meeting at the Residence of the Italian Ambassador to the Council of Europe during the Italian Presidency.

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During this dark hour for Europe, we can share some positive news – the mayor of Melitopol, Ivan Fedorov, has been freed yesterday from captivity. ALDA celebrates this news together with Melitopol and all of Ukraine.

The abduction of Ivan Fedorov, however, is not the first case of attacks at the democratically elected representatives of Ukrainian local governments.

On March 11, the Russian army abducted Vasyl Mytko (the head of Nikolske); on March 13, the head of Dniprorudne Yevhen Matvyeyev and the head of the Melitopol rayon council Serhiy Pryima had been kidnapped. Yesterday, the mayor of the Velykoburlutska community, Viktor Tereschenko, has been abducted, and unfortunately, the kidnappings continue.

Many mayors, heads of municipalities, and regions all over Ukraine are threatened for fulfilling their democratically assigned duties, and courageously serving their country under the hardest possible conditions. As a European Association for Local Democracy, we strongly condemn Russian attacks on the local governments of Ukraine and call for European local government leaders to publicly support their Ukrainian counterparts.

We recognise the LEADING ROLE PLAYED BY MAYORS AND Local GOVERNMENTS IN in the  WAR IN UKRAINE. They are at the front and do not give up. Local government and local governance with civil society show the importance of local democracy as a back bone of the resilience of democracy in Ukraine and in other crisis.

#ALDAforUkraine #WeStandWithUkraine #StandWithUkraine

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Organised by the European Economic and Social Committee, the Transatlantic Relations Follow-up Committee took place on March 16th, 2022, in hybrid format.

After a discussion on the “state of play and perspectives of transatlantic trade policy”, the meeting focused on the Year of Action – the initiative called by the US President, Mr. Biden in December 2021 during the first of two Summit for Democracy.

As described by official sources, “Throughout the Year of Action, the U.S. Government will therefore encourage structured dialogue and action among governments and other stakeholders to advance commitments and initiatives announced by world leaders, and to report back on their progress at the second Summit”.(https://www.state.gov/summit-for-democracy-year-of-action-factsheet/)

Thus, the panel dedicated to the mentioned Year of Action, saw the contribution of several key stakeholder, including:

  • Katalin CSEH, Member of the European Parliament
  • Annika SILVA-LEANDER, Head of North America Outreach and Analysis at International IDEA
  • Jacob KURTZER, Director and Senior Fellow, Center for Strategic and International Studies
  • Representative from the State Department and
  • Antonella Valmorbida, representing both the European Partnership for Democracy as President and ALDA as Secretary General

EPD and ALDA are proud of having contributed to the Transatlantic Relations Follow-up Committee, and more specifically to the Year of Actions, recognising it as a crucial process able to bring to the establishment of a strong international democratic alliance, in a time in which the raise of autocracies is particularly worrying the whole World.

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The call organised by the Municipality of Gdansk, with the support of European organisations of mayors, including ALDA, last Monday, March 14th, 2022, got a great success in terms of participation, with 200 mayors from the whole continent connected together to support Ukraine and ask for immediate ceasefire.

As a result of this coordinated operation, a Joint Call was issued addressed to “European governments and the European Commission on raising efforts to end the war in Europe”.

Let’s sign the Joint Call by Friday, March 18th and strongly ask for ceasefire and peace

With the above-mentioned Declaration, the Mayors unitedly “condemn Russia’s war acts and armed aggression against Ukraine. Nothing can justify Russia’s illegal use of force”, and raise 3 points to the attention of the Union and European governments, calling to:

  1. Force the Russian government to open humanitarian corridors
  2. European solidarity to work out and swiftly adopt decisions concerning the refugees’ capable reception and relocation in Europe
  3. Stop all trade relations with Russia and Belarus until the Russian army withdraws from Ukraine

What is important at this stage is to be united: for this reason, ALDA, the Municipality of Gdansk together with European Associations of Mayors, and the hundreds of Mayors who already signed, call all Local government to Join the Call and Sign the Petition to end the war in Ukraine.

Sign the petition: www.tiny.pl/9n7nt

Let’s try to reach 1000 signatures by Friday, March 18th!!

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Useful Resources:

Read the Joint Declaration in English – French – Italian

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On 15 March 2022 ALDA colleagues Katica Janeva – Skopje Office Coordinator – and Ivana Velkova – Project Manager – had a meeting with the Mayor of City of Bihac (BiH) Mr. Šuhret Fazlic and representatives from the Municipality.

ALDA has been engaged in the region since many years, and therefore it has great interest in further collaborate with local municipality, communities and citizens. Hence, this mission has to be understood within a broader context: the commitment of the Association in the Western Balkan.

Specifically, 15 March represented the first study visit and a possibility to personally meet the Mayor and its staff after previous exchanges and online meetings. More in depth, the objective of the visit was to assess and to see possible future cooperation especially in the field of migrants and local development.

Representatives from Bihac expressed their interested and openness for further development of our collaboration

Exchange on different topics and on the international cooperation developed by the Municipality have been among the key aspects fruitfully discussed during the meeting. Thus, representatives from Bihac expressed their interested and openness for further development of our collaboration.

Finally, in the framework of ALDA’s strategic plan for 2021-2024 and of the European Support for Local Democracy, ALDA’s Western Balkans Department seeks to consolidate its support to civil society in Bosnia and Herzegovina also by potentially developing a cooperation with the City of Bihać.

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The European Label for Governance Excellence in Bosnia and Herzegovina was officially launched on 17 March 2022 within the National ‘’Forum for sharing best practices of CSOs and LAs cooperation’’ organising within the project “LINK 4 Cooperation – Strengthening local participation and cooperation through partnership of Public Authorities and CSOs in Bosnia and Herzegovina” that took place in Zavidovici.

The project LINK4Cooperation was established in cooperation with the Center for Expertise for Good Governance of the Council of Europe in order to implement the ELoGE Methodology for the first time in Bosnia and Herzegovina that will serve as a base for the capacity building of Local Authorities, provide cooperation with Grass-root CSOs and establish good relations within local communities of BiH.

Implement the ELoGE methodology for the first time in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Identified as ideal and reliable partner by the Council of Europe, the Association received the official accreditation to implement the ELoGE methodology in Croatia, North Macedonia and Kosovo*, while supporting this initiative regarding the promotion of good governance and cooperation between local authorities and citizens.

Specifically, regarding the meeting organised in Zavidovici, Ms. Antonella Valmorbida – ALDA Secretary General – shared the Association’s current experience in implementing the above-mentioned methodology in these three countries, and acting as implementation partner in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This was a possibility to highlight the importance of assessment of local processes and public services in order to improve the development of the communities.

Finally, 12 Municipalities in Bosnia and Herzegovina are taking part in the self-assessment process.

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The implementation of the project is done by the accredited platform composed of LDA Mostar, LDA Zavidovici, LDA Prijedor and Centar for Development of Herzegovina, and supported by ALDA as partner. The project is financially supported by the EU and the CoE.

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The National ‘’Forum for sharing best practices of CSOs and LAs cooperation’’ organising within the project “LINK 4 Cooperation – Strengthening local participation and cooperation through partnership of Public Authorities and CSOs in Bosnia and Herzegovina” took place in Zavidovici in BiH on 17 March 17 2022.

This event was organised in hybrid format and gathered more than 50 participants including representatives of International Community in BiH, 12 Mayors/Head of Municipalities in BiH and the representatives of CSOs and Grass-root organizations. Hosted by the City of Zavidovići and the Local Democracy Agency in Zavidovici,the forum aimed at assessing the situation regarding the participation and cooperation of Public Authorities and non-governmental organizations. The pieces of information gathered, resulted in the so-called “Zero” project document that should detect the basic problems of the cooperation between Local Authorities and CSOs.

The so-called “Zero” project document should detect the basic problems of the cooperation between Local Authorities and CSOs

Besides,  the forum was followed by the launching of the ELoGE program in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In addition, ALDA and ALDA Skopje as partners in the consortium in project are contributing with its long-lasting experience working in field of local development in the western Balkans and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Finally, LINK 4 Cooperation action aims to strengthen the capacities of CSOs engaged in public policy processes to become skilled and reliable partners in policy-making and reform process in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The project is financially supported by the European Commission.

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More on ELoGE in BiH on LINK4 website

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After a year of consultations, the Conference on the Future of Europe is coming to its end, alongside with the Civil Society Convention for the Conference on the Future of Europe (CSOCoFoE).

Since the beginning of 2021, the latter has brought together over 82 European networks and platforms with constituencies all over Europe, connecting millions of people involved in different aspects of European life, from education to culture, social inclusion, care for the environment, governance, and transparency. 

As its closure, the Civil Society Convention for the Conference on the Future of Europe is organising a Final Event, which will take place on March 21st-22nd, 2022. The event will have a hybrid format, hosting participants both in Brussels and online. 

As leader of the European Democracy thematic cluster, Antonella Valmorbida – Secretary General of ALDA – will join the event and take the floor during the Democracy Panel on March 21st.

During this event, the recommendation papers from the five thematic clusters from the Conference on the Future of Europe – namely, Digital Transformation, Social Europe, Our European Life, Climate Change and European Democracy– will be presented. 

These recommendations have been drafted through a bottom-up approach, including crowdsourcing of national and civil society organisations.

As leader of the European Democracy thematic cluster, Antonella Valmorbida – Secretary General of ALDA – will join the event and take the floor during the Democracy Panel on March 21st, from 14:00 to 15:15.  

The event will involve MEPs, network organisations, professionals, citizens and other key stakeholders. To consult the detailed agenda of the CSOCoFoE Final Event click here.

If you are a representative of a civil society organisation and you wish to join the event, register here by March 17th, 2022. 

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Useful links: 

Read the article on ALDA’s role in the Civil Society Convention on the CoFoE

Civil Society Convention for the Conference on the Future of Europe

Civil Society Europe

Conference on the Future of Europe

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After the successful initiative promoted by the Municipality of Gdansk to join forces for Ukraine among European Mayors, on March 15th, 2022 ALDA participated to another key meeting organised by the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe.

The call was attended by a wide number of mayors and local authorities’ representatives connected with the Congress, including the Association of Ukrainian Cities, around possible common actions to implement to support Ukraine during this war. In light of its wide network of local authorities, ALDA joined the meeting, on behalf of its Secretary General, Antonella Valmorbida, on its experience in the Ukrainian field and presenting the key points of its action to help and support the communities hit by the conflict.

“We are all together working with and for Ukraine, a country that exists, both geographically and politically”

Thus, Antonella Valmorbida gave an overview on the ongoing initiatives, being ALDA acting as:

  • an important platform to exchange reliable information,
  • facilitate connections among members and partners of its network
  • support the incoming flow of refugees in the Countries where ALDA is present
  • act politically to support Ukraine

During the meeting, Ms Valmorbida insisted on the importance of stating sound and clear that we are all together working with and for Ukraine, a country that exists, both geographically and politically.

“ALDA – highlighted Antonella Valmorbida – assigned its label to the two Local Democracy Agencies we have in Ukraine, where we actively and constantly work with our members and with the civil society. On the other hand – continues Ms Valmorbida – we are in touch with a great number of local authorities in order to support the spread of good information in Europe, and mostly in Russia”

ALDA looks forward to the follow-ups of this crucial meeting which, among others, contributed to reach a further level of coordination among the Congress’ network.

Further updates will surely result from the 42nd Congress session, planned from March 22nd to 24th, where the situation in Ukraine, fake news and threats and violence against mayors in the current crises in Europe will be addressed too.

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Are you a teacher, an educator or a mentor working with young migrants in France? We are looking for you!

The project 3 STEPS – Fostering Education and Inclusion of Disadvantaged Refugee and Migrant Learners, is launching a training-course targeting teachers, trainers and educators of young migrants in France.

The 3 STEPS training will take place online and it will focus on two successful methodologies, namely ”Basic education” and”Tandem Now”, selected in 2017 by the European Commission as “inspiring resource” to tackle early school leaving.

Join the training and help foster education and inclusion of disadvantaged refugees and migrant learners 

The aim of the training is to increase the chances of migrants and refugees to remain within the educational and vocational system of their host country by providing them basic skills and a stable grounding for further personal and professional achievements.

3 STEPS training includes lessons on language training, mathematics and ICT, but also on social inclusion and the application of these tools.  

Through the application of participatory methods, the training will be based on experiential learning, individual reflection and exchange of practices among participants. Please note that the working language will be French. 

Discover dates, requirements and every detail on the training here and apply through the registration form by March, 25th 2022! What are you waiting for?

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From 7th to 10th of March, the first artistic residence was organized by the Municipality of Lousada in Portugal as part of the Bravo Bravissimo project which aims to benefit young emerging artists and also improve local communities, with special emphasis on the active involvement of children and young people.

The public rehearsal was held at Lousada Public Library

On the 8th and 9th, the artists focused on the rehearsals, getting to know each other, while playing together for the first time. In addition, a masterclass on Composer Gioacchino Rossini, the musician inspiring the overall project,  was part of the program as well as other activities and meetings with all representatives of the partners. The residence was finalized by a Public Rehearsal held at Lousada Public Library.  

ALDA thanks the Municipality of Lousada for the great hospitality! 

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The project leader is OCSM Pordenone (Italy), and the partners are Municipio de Lousada (Portugal), Cultural Center Nikola Djurkovic – Kotor (Montenegro), and  Theatre Topos Allou-Aeroplio – Athens (Greece). 

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During such worrying days for the European continent and for the whole World, ALDA welcomes the initiative launched by its member, the Municipality of Gdansk.

The latter, together with European organisations of Mayors – namely ALDA, Eurocities, the Union of Baltic Cities, Metrex, Metropolis, Council of European Municipalities and Regions, Pact of Free Cities and Group Ukraine within the Committee of the Regions – is organising an extraordinary meeting on Monday, March 14th, at 1pm, addressed to all the interested European Mayors.

The call has the objective of planning a concerted action to strengthen the international pressure to end the war in Europe immediately.

Read the invitation letter by the Mayor of Gdansk, Aleksandra Dulkiewicz, and join the event by registering through this form: shorturl.at/crB25

A call to all European Mayors to join forces and end the war in Europe

The agenda of the call will be finalised and released on Friday, building up on the following draft agenda:

  1. Welcoming words – Aleksandra Dulkiewicz, mayor of Gdansk, presidents of European local governments’ organizations (tbc)
  2. Appeal on further immediate actions in defense of Ukraine – Daria Kaleniuk, International Centre for Ukrainian Victory
  3. Presentation of the draft joint resolution
  4. Discussion
  5. Adoption of the agreed resolutions and directions of further action

The meeting will take place on the zoom. platform (Meeting ID: 946 0462 0566 – Password: 166191)

We warmly invite all local authorities’ representatives to do their best to join the meeting and take concrete, joint, steps towards the resolution of this crisis which is involving us all.