Promoting Active Mobility in Tunisia and Beyond: The AUTREMENT Project’s Inter Regional Forum spins its wheels! 

June 15, 2023

The AUTREMENT project’s Inter-Regional Forum on Active Mobility, held on May 24-25 2023 in the beautiful  city of Mahdia, was a resounding success, showcasing the celebration of sustainable urban  development and the promotion of active mobility in Tunisia and beyond. 

ALDA’s Environment & Climate HUB brought two members to Nicosia with the Grey4Green Project!

June 15, 2023

At the beginning of May, ALDA’s Environment & Climate (E&C) Hub Team traveled to Nicosia (Cyprus) to participate in a week-long training course on Active Ageing and Nature Conservation, as part of the Grey4Green Erasmus+ project, that aims to eliminate the social exclusion experienced by the Elderly while at the same time joining the fight for sustainability and climate change.

Local Democracy in the context of a renewed geopolitical framework in the Eastern Partnership Countries

June 15, 2023

ALDA Festival and General Assembly 2023, which took place in Brussels (Belgium), offered space for strategic discussions on the importance of local democracy in the EU integration processes of the Eastern Neighbourhood candidate countries. Several roundtables and debates were held as part of the ALDA Festival 2023 from 6 to 9 June, 2023.

Challenges for local communities in the face of migration of Ukrainians during the war: partners meeting to plan strategy for future actions

June 14, 2023

ALDA’s presence in Ukraine dates back to 2015, when the Local Democracy Agency (LDA) in Dnipro was opened, followed by LDA Mariupol in 2017, thus representing, for almost 10 years, a strategic partner in the country.

30 Years Local Democracy Agencies in the Balkans Event: learning from the past to face the challenges of the future

June 14, 2023

This year ALDA celebrates the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the first Local Democracy Agency in the Balkans, LDA Subotica. This special occasion has been at the core of ALDA Festival and General Assembly 2023, within which the event “30 Years Local Democracy Agencies in the Balkans” took place on 9 June, 2023.

Digitalisation and citizens participation: two topics at the core of ALDA Festival 2023

June 13, 2023

On 7 June 2023, as part of the ALDA Festival and General Assembly 2023, two events took place in Etterbeek (Belgium) within the framework of the TALE and the P-CUBE project, organised by the ALDA Thematic Hub “Youth empowerment and education” : “2024 European elections –  the TALE World Café” and “Education becomes digital” – P-CUBE international Final Conference. 

EPIC Final Events: discussing the challenges of migrant integration

June 12, 2023

On 6 & 7 June 2023, within the framework of ALDA Festival and General Assembly 2023, EPIC – European Platform of Integrating Cities partners and both local and international stakeholders gathered together in Brussels (Belgium) for the last events of the project.

A series of walks to discover the territories that marked the Great War in the Veneto Region (Italy)

June 9, 2023

Within the “Great War’s High Route” project (Alta Via della Grande Guerra), ALDA+ is involved in the creation of a veritable open-air Great War museum.

Dubravka Šuica at the General Assembly opening ceremony: “There is nothing better than Democracy”

June 9, 2023

This is how Dubravka Šuica, Vice President of the European Commission, addressed members and partners of ALDA, during the opening ceremony of the Association’s General Assembly, on Thursday June 8th, 2023.

On the eve of the General Assembly, the Governing Board of ALDA elects Nataša Vučković as new Vice President

June 7, 2023

On Wednesday, June 7th 2023, the members of the Governing Board of ALDA gathered in the premises of Etterbeek’s Municipal Hall, in Brussels, to discuss about key topics for the future of the Association and to prepare the ground for the upcoming General Assembly.

ALDA in Riga to discuss Good Democratic Governance: ELoGE Roundtable & International Conference

June 3, 2023

On May 25, 2023, the Council of Europe Centre of Expertise in cooperation with the Latvian think-tank organisation Providus held a Roundtable discussion on national European Label of Governance Excellence (ELoGE) practices in Riga (Latvia).

Commissioner Dubravka Šuica at the opening ceremony of the ALDA General Assembly

June 1, 2023

This year, ALDA will have the honour of hosting a very special guest: Ms. Dubravka Šuica, Vice-President of the European Commission, who will open the ALDA General Assembly on 8 June 2023 at the Municipal Hall in Etterbeek (Belgium).

Another important step for Media Dialogue: official grant agreements for media actors as drivers of democracy

May 30, 2023

The Kyrgyzstan-based Media Dialogue project is relentlessly proceeding with its implementation; July 3rd 2020 marked another crucial step towards the project goals.

Call for participants – THE:PLACE Programme

May 30, 2023

THE:PLACE is a collaborative exchange programme designed to establish enduring networks between Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Türkiye and the European Union.

ALDA in Belgrade to advance Civil Society Organisations governance in the EU, Western Balkans and Türkiye!

May 24, 2023

ALDA took part in the two-day Civil Society Organisation Governance Community of practice regional meeting, organised by EU TACSO 3 in Belgrade (Serbia) on 11 and 12 May 2023.

Respond Locally to Global Issues – Call for proposals for local actions on Sustainability: results are out!

May 24, 2023

“Respond Locally to Global Issues” call for proposals: results are out!

Welcome 3P4SSE: a new ALDA+ project on Social and Solidarity Economy

May 24, 2023

On April 18th and 19th, 2023, a new Interreg Central Europe project has kicked off in the Italian city of Trento.

Policy Whitepaper “Towards ICT-Enabled Integration of Migrants” has been published

May 23, 2023

ALDA is one of partners of the MIICT project – ICT Enabled Services for Migration, which has recently released the Joint Migration Policy Whitepaper “Towards ICT-Enabled Integration of Migrants”.