Recommendations in favour of youth employment drafted by participants of the project YEP

February 27, 2013

The project Youth Employment and Participation (YEP) gathered 42 young people coming from France, Italy, Spain, Bulgaria and Croatia. It aimed at linking young people unemployment challenge and the crucial role of their participation to make things move and find solutions.

ARLEM’s plenary session for a promising cooperation in the Mediterranean

February 25, 2013

On 18 February, the Euro-Mediterranean Regional and Local Assembly (ARLEM) plenary session took place in Brussels at the Committee of the Regions. ARLEM’s commitment is supported by the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), the European Investment Bank and the European Commission.

Launch of the Gianfranco Martini Scholarship

February 14, 2013

The Association of Local Democracy Agencies (ALDA) has decided to set up an annual scholarship in memory of its Honorary President, Gianfranco Martini, who passed away in October 2012.

ALDA Meeting to prepare the establishment of a Local Democracy in Ukraine

February 8, 2013

On 29 January, ALDA held a meeting at the Committee of the Regions together with the Region of Lower Silesia (PL) and the Region of Dnipropetrovsk (UA) to discuss the opening of a Local Democracy Agency (LDA) in Ukraine.

Final Conclusions of the Hearing on Local Democracy in Azerbaijan organised by ALDA in December 2012

February 5, 2013

On December 13, 2012 ALDA together with the Congress of the Council of Europe organised a hearing on Local democracy in Azerbaijan, held at the Committee of the Regions in Brussels.

Meeting in Brussels with the new Secretary General of CIVICUS, Danny Sriskandarajah

February 1, 2013

M. Danny Sriskandarajah, new Secretary General of CIVICUS – The world Alliance for Citizens’ Participation – visited the office of ALDA in Brussels on the 31th of January and met the Director of ALDA, Antonella Valmorbida, and the Policy officer, Peter Sondergaard.