European crisis: an urgent need to strengthen citizens’ participation and local governance. Towards the European year of citizenship 2013
December 19, 2011Europe is much different now than at the beginning of the passed year. One could hardly say how much it will change in 2012. The financial crisis, which hit the economies of all the European States, and then afflicted so much the Eurozone, is now setting the agenda of all the European summits.
Intact project: student meeting on European values, active citizenship and twinnings in Brindisi (IT)
December 17, 2011As a part of the INTACT project, funded by the Europe for Citizens Programme of the European Union, has been realised in Brindisi (Italy) an event for students of secondary schools.
ALDA at the European Development Days
December 14, 2011ALDA will attend the European Development Days (EDD) in Warsaw (Poland) on the 15-16 December 2011. EDD is Europe’s premier forum on international affairs and development cooperation and it is organised by the European Commission and the Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
Civil Society in Action for Dialogue snd Partnership. 1st Training Strategic Planning
December 12, 2011A training on Strategic Planning was held on 10 to 12.12.2011 in Prijedor, organised by the Association of Citizens “DON” Prijedor. Trainers was Murisa Maric (DON Prijedor), and Snezana Svetlana Šešlija (ToPeeR Doboj).
ALDA visit to the University of Bydgoszcz
December 5, 2011The ALDA President, Mr. Per Vinther, met recently with the Rector of the the “Uniwersytet Kazimierza Wielkiego” in Bydgoszcz, Professor Józef Kubik.
Antonella Valmorbida appointed coordinator of the sub group on local government and public administration reform of the EaP Civil Society Forum
December 2, 2011Mrs. Antonella Valmorbida, ALDA Director, was appointed coordinator of the sub group on Local Government and Public Administration Reform, of the Working Group 1 (Democracy and Human rights) of the EAP Civil Society Forum.
LDA Niš joined the “More Citizenship Network”
November 28, 2011Upon successfully finished joint European Voluntary Service project, LDA Central and Southern Serbia, based in Niš, has been invited by Associação Mais Cidadania to join their international “More Citizenship Network”.
Training Course on European Voluntary Service – Valdagno (IT)
November 23, 2011ALDA is more and more engaged in the promotion of volunteering, targeting primarily the younger generations in order to foster their active citizenship and their sense of belonging both to the local community and to Europe.
Opened the offices of the LDA Kosovo
November 23, 2011The LDA Kosovo with its further activities will be a bridge towards Europe not only for the host city, Peje/Pec, but for the all the country as a whole.
ALDA at the closing conference of the European Year of Volunteering 2011
November 23, 2011ALDA will participate at the closing conference of the European Year of Volunteering 2011 that will take place on 1 and 2 December 2011 in Warsaw.
Programme 2012 and development of the LDAs in the agenda of the Governing Board of ALDA
November 22, 2011Programme 2012 and development of the LDAs were the main topics of the ALDA Governing Board held in Rome in the representative office of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region (18 November 2011).
Dealing with a past left unsaid – Challenges and opportunities for institutions and civil society actors
November 20, 2011Restudy the recent history of European countries to strengthen the ideals of peace, tolerance and participation and help the building of an Europe ever more land of cohesion, stability and prosperity.
Kosovo: the Agency of Local Democracy will be operative by the end of 2011. In Peja/Pec the opening of the new offices
November 20, 2011The Local Democracy Agency (LDA) in Kosovo, organised by ALDA, the Association of Local Democracy Agencies, under the auspices of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe, in cooperation with its international and local partners, will be operative by the end of 2011.
More participation in the twinning projects: the European Commission ready to their reform. In Venice the conference of Intact
November 17, 2011More participation of citizens, more countries involved, more debate on the issues and European values.
This is the idea of the European Commission for the reform of twinning in the next program, 2014-2020, confirming the budget of 30 million a year to fund the twinning projects with the intention of making more effective their performance.
Eastern Partnership: national & European dynamics conference in Yerevan
November 11, 2011Yerevan hosted a conference entitled “Eastern Partnership: National & European Dynamics” that has been organised by the International Center for Human Development (Armenia) in cooperation with the EU delegation to Armenia.
The contribution of city diplomacy to solve Europe’s problems. Final conference project Intact
November 11, 2011Reacting to the economic and governance crisis that is sweeping Europe with negative effects, due to the narrowing of public spending, directly for the citizens, who are losing the necessary social services that local and regional authorities are struggling to provide.
