The opening conference of the new project Support for networking and twinning at European level, funded by the European Union under the Cross-Border Programme Croatia-Serbia, was held in Subotica, SRB (5 December 2012) , organised jointly by the LDA-s Subotica and Osijek.

The final meeting of the PRINCE project “Civil Trust Building – Find your way through Enlargement Labyrinth” gathering all the project partners and the contact persons from the Western Balkan countries whose participation was coordinated by ALDA, was hosted by the Italian organisation ARCS.

The celebration of the eighth anniversary of the Local Democracy Agency Mostar was held in Mostar, on Wednesday 28 November.

The Fourth Western Balkans Civil Society Forum, organised by the European Economic and Social Committee, was held in Zagreb (November, 26-27th).

ALDA was granted a new project within the Citizens Exchange Programme of the Anna Lindh Foundation. The programme aims to stimulate the exchange between civil society organisations and to support exchange of people for grassroots expertise, fieldwork actions and awareness campaigns in the Euro-Med region.

ALDA has recently officially entered the European Group of Economic Interest – EGEI “I Teatini – Institutional European Network”.

Identify common problems and try to solve them together. This is what emerged in the recent meeting between the mayors of the Istrian area, on the Croatian, Slovenian and Italian side, held in Grisignana, organised by LDA of Verteneglio.

In the framework of their official visit in Serbia, ALDA President, Oriano Otočan, and ALDA Director, Antonella Valmorbida are meeting key representatives of the Province of Vojvodina.

The President of ALDA, Oriano Otočan, together with Antonella Valmorbida, the Director of ALDA, are visiting the LDAs in Serbia these days.

ALDA, in cooperation with the Urban Center O.A.S.I. of the municipality of Thiene, Italy, has announced the launch of the training course “Europa Facile”.

ALDA is one of the main European Civil Society Associations that promoted the “Civil Society Alliance for the European Year on active citizenship 2013”, with the support of the European Economic and Social Committee.

The Association of the Local Democracy Agencies, LDA Osijek, LDA Sisak, LDA Verteneglio, Foundation for partnership and civil society development of the Istrian Region, AEGEE- Zagreb, Centre for Civil Initiatives (of the Network CEECN) are the initiators of the Croatian Alliance for the European Year of Citizens 2013.

The citizenship fair organised in Malta on 29th to 31st October within the project TIC TAC was a great success. Around 100 participants coming from the wide Europe attended the 3 days conference dedicated to active citizenship and democracy in Europe.

From October 25 to October 27 three TANDEM seminars and trainings took place in Belarus.

The forum aimed at exploring the impact of the Programme in the frame of the cooperation with the neighbouring regions. It also aimed at developing recognition of the importance of the international youth cooperation in the field of non-formal education between Programme and Neighbouring Partner Countries.

President of ALDA Mr Oriano Otočan on 26th and 27th October participated in Osijek on the LIBSEEN Liberal Leaders Meeting, which gathers the leaders of Southeastern European liberal parties every year.

ALDA, in cooperation with the Local Council Association of Malta, will organise a three days event (qui link al pdf: TIT TAC Malta event draft agenda 22.10.12) in Malta from 29 to 31 October.

ALDA organised a meeting with the liaison offices of its members that are based in Brussels, aimed to create stronger synergies and closer connections with them.