ABOUT US
About ALDA
What is unique about ALDA?
Most of ALDA's work is based on the method of multilateral decentralized cooperation. This method involves a multi-stakeholder approach which focuses on strong partnerships between Local Authorities and non-governmental organisations. These partnerships create positive synergy and ensure that common goals are reached in a successful way.
What we do?
In the framework of promoting good governance and citizen participation at the local level ALDA focuses on various themes, such as European integration, decentralisation, civic initiatives and volunteering, human rights and sustainable economic development.
ALDA conducts its activities through different forms of action:
- Coordinating and supporting the 11 Local Democracy Agencies and 3 Operational Partners in their activities.
- Conducting its own projects in the field of good governance and citizen participation at the local level.
- Supporting other local stakeholders’ initiatives - like Local Authorities - by providing expertise gained through ALDA’s knowledge and experience in the regions where ALDA and the Local Democracy Agencies are working.
Where we work?
ALDA works in most of Europe and the European Neighbourhood countries. Activities in the European Union focus in particular on the promotion of Active European Citizenship. Activities in the Western Balkans and European Neighbourhood focus on good governance, citizen participation, European integration and decentralisation.
Most of the Local Democracy Agencies are located in the Western Balkans, which gives a natural focus on that area. But ALDA is also becoming more and more active in the European neighbourhood. In 2006 a Local Democracy Agency was established in Kutaisi in Georgia, in 2011 a Local Democracy Agency was opened in Gyumri in Armenia and in 2015 the last LDA was opened in Dnipropetrovsk in Ukraine. ALDA is also leading several other projects and developing partnerships in other European Neighbourhood countries, such a Belarus, Moldova, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Turkey.
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