Mjesec: svibanj2023

It is with great sorrow and profound sadness that we learnt of the passing of our dearest partner and friend, Didier Duboisset, convinced and committed supporter of our cause and mission.

Didier has always been actively involved in our network, first as a member representing the group of French local authorities Pays Vichy-Auvergne, then as a member of the Governing Board of ALDA, until 2022.

By virtue of the quality of its contribution, he was now Observing Member of the Board and of the activities of ALDA, serving the Association with his high expertise and experience, especially in the field of local and territorial development. He was also a key figure in the relations between ALDA and the network Leader France, with which the Association has been collaborating for several years.

The entire staff of ALDA, the Secretary General, the President and the members of the Governing Board join in the grief for this terrible loss.
We will continue to remember Didier in our activities, knowing that we were fortunate to have worked with him for many years.

Our deepest sympathies to his family, colleagues, friends and to all who knew and appreciated him.

Programme & objectives:

What will we work on at THE:PLACE?

The program doesn’t have restrictions on topics in which participating CSOs would like to enhance their capacity or work on the joint project they would like to develop later as long as they align with the general framework of the Human Rights Based Approach and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). And, of course, CSOs are expetected to be motivated to collaborate with local authorities and actively engage in international exchange with their counterparts through those topics.

In light of the recent earthquake disaster in Türkiye and the growing climate crisis worldwide, we believe it is crucial to incorporate a disaster resilience perspective into our works of any kind. Therefore, the program will look for participating CSOs to integrate this perspective into the projects they develop and implement later within the program.

Kako se prijaviti?

Pročitajte cijeli poziv za podnošenje prijedloga kako biste imali sve informacije o pozivu i načinu prijave!

Poziv će biti otvoren od until 7 July 2023.

All the questions related to the present call for participants and the participation modalities have to be addressed to the following email address: info@theplaceprogramme.org

Any questions? Read the Frequently Asked Questions ovdje.

🇬🇧 Read the call for participants

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.

The objective of the meeting was to bring together key stakeholders from the Western Balkans region and Türkiye to share best regional and EU experiences on CSO governance and create a community of practice on governance.

The aim of the meeting was to create a community of practice on governance

At this working meeting, Milena Dimitrovska-Zurovska, ALDA Skopje project developer, shared the Association’s European and regional experiences with CSO governance, challenges and approaches to transformation. Ms. Dimitrovska-Zurovska spoke about the development of the network, the activities and different approaches adopted by ALDA during its work in the region and how these have helped the network to grow outside its original borders in the Western Balkans.

ALDA will continue to work with professionals in the region and build partnerships to ensure the development of the Western Balkans and Türkiye on its path towards the EU.

In February 2022, ALDA launched a call for proposals to fund ALDA members willing to support participatory actions in the field of sustainability.

In order to promote good governance and citizen participation at the local level in Europe and beyond, ALDA leads a wide range of actions supporting local, national and international stakeholders in achieving their goals in the fields of European integration, decentralisation, human rights, social inclusion, sustainable development, civic initiatives and much more. As its core element, ALDA supports citizens and groups of citizens in their initiatives aimed at improving their local context, building bridges with local authorities in order to make the change real. In this framework, ALDA works through a participatory approach and the method of multilateral decentralised cooperation, always focusing on strong partnerships between local authorities and civil society organisations.

ALDA works with and for local resilient communities, to address the future challenges from a democratic, environmental, social and economic point of view. The call was aimed at supporting local and grass-root initiatives in the field of EU rights and values, in order to promote both a sense of belonging to the EU in view of the 2024 EU elections, and a sense of “local ownership” and engagement in the local community. This way the funded projects were able to pave the way for further activities in this sense and ensure the capitalisation of the results.

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

The call was addressed to ALDA members based in the EU which presented their own projects focused on increasing public knowledge, awareness and interest about the EU key policies and strategies.

ALDA received many interesting and qualitative applications. After the evaluation carried out by an appointed  Evaluation Committee (EC), 15 organisations from 8 different countries were selected.

These organizations will implement different strategies at local level targeting different vulnerable groups in areas such as: education, health, climate action, gender equality among others.

Click here to discover the 15 beneficiaries of the regranting programme!

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

Public-private-partnership for Social and Solidarity Economy (3P4SSE) – this is the project’s title – aims at filling Central Europe regional gaps in addressing weak economic sectors (with low added value) and disadvantaged people, by promoting the territorial clusterisation of Social and Solidarity Economies, creating a multilevel networks scheme at European and regional scales, based on Public-Private Partnership and a strategic EU cooperation.

Lasting 36 months, the project involves 11 partners from central Europe, led by the Autonomous Province of Trento, namely ALDA+, the National Foundation for Civil Society Development (Croatia), the Regional Development Agency ARLEG (Poland), Prizma Foundation (Slovenia), FAB – Vocational Support Association (Austria), Pannon Business Network Association (Hungary), Links Foundation (Italija), Regional Development Agency for Podravje – Maribor (Slovenia), Trentino Federation of Cooperation (Italija), Lower Silesian Centre for Social Policy (Poland) and Split – Dalmatia County (Croatia).

Increasing citizen participation and the democratic level in different local Western Balkans realities is the key point at the basis of the partnership between ALDA and CEI, that are currently cooperating and joining forces to give concrete support to the building of a strong local good governance expertise. 

3P4SSE aims at filling Central Europe regional gaps in addressing weak economic sectors and disadvantaged people, by promoting the territorial clusterisation of Social and Solidarity Economies

The Kick-off meeting took place over two days dedicated to deepening the mutual knowledge of project partners, setting-up an action plan for the following months and discovering Solidarity Economy experiences in the Region of Trento.

Indeed, the first day a field visit was organised at the Centre for Solidarity Economy, in Trento (Italy) where project partners could discover this interesting and inspiring reality and have an introduction of the Trentino Solidarity Economy System. The following day was mainly focused on getting organised for the months to come, defining an action plan for future activities and discussing some key technical elements of the project.

In the following weeks and months the first project’s activities will start locally and all social media and information channels, included the project’s website, will be fully available.

Stay tuned!

After more than 3 years of hard work, the partners of EPIC will finally have the opportunity to gather together for the Final events of the project, which will take place on the 6th and 7th June in Brussels. 

On the 6th of June, there will be the International networking path, which wants to be an opportunity to bring together public and private representatives to exchange in an interactive way on migrants’ integration, starting by looking at the project’s results and through different thematics (education, employment, legal and administrative support, housing, health, narrative, civic engagement and policy making). Marketplace space i focus groups on the above mentioned topics will be organised, to build synergies with other participating organisations. In this context, we do believe that your contribution will bring interesting and fruitful insights to the knowledge and experience exchange and stimulate the networking, given your expertise on the topics.

The focus is to discuss and reflect on the challenges around the reception and integration of people with migration background

The following day, the final conference, named “Challenges of the integration of migrants: get inspired from the experiences of Cities and NGOs”, will take place from 10.00 a.m. to 7.00 p.m. in Bruxelles, organised in the framework of the European project EPIC of which ALDA is coordinator, The event wants to be an opportunity to bring together public and private representatives to discuss and reflect on the challenges around the reception and integration of people with migration background, starting from the sharing of the project results.

The events are part of ALDA festivala i Generalne skupštine 2023, named Local Democracy will Save Democracy! The festival will include participants from the EU countries and the neighbourhood, where colleagues, members and partners of ALDA will come together for fruitful exchanges on key EU priorities, sharing knowledge and best practices on themes such as migration, inclusion, gender equality, environmental protection, sustainable development and human rights

Here you can find the agenda of the events!

If you wish to attend, please register at the following link.

Within the framework of the project “Milan Sport United”, PlayMore! – leader of the initiative –  together with ALDA, are glad to announce the open call for participation in the “SPORT FOR ALL” event which will take place from 8 to 10 June 2023 in Milan, Italy.

The purpose of the project is to use sport as a medium to encourage integration i social inclusion.

⛹🏽The project consortium is looking for:

• An NGO committed to issues of inclusion through sport, practising training and tournaments in a multicultural environment.
• EU Member 

⛹🏽The project consortium is inviting:

 An amateur multi-sports team that can travel to Italy consisting of:

• at least 50 % asylum seekers, refugees and holders of international protection;
• volunteers i local athletes;
• 1-2 instructors/educators  as accompanying persons.

(ideal composition: 1 instructor, 1 educator, 4 local athletes, 4 refugees; mixed genders)

Invited players can choose which sport activity to join among; running, futsal, soccer, basketball and beach volley. It is possible to choose multiple options.

The event “Sport for All” is thought for you!

Through different sport activities refugees, together with citizens and local stakeholders will set up more inclusive communities. 

⛹🏽Kada i gdje?

Događaj će se održati od Thursday 8 June until Saturday 10 June 2023 at the PlayMore! Sport centre, in Via della Moscova, 26 – Milan, Italy.  

⛹🏽How to participate:

If you are interested fill the form accessible ovdje gđe. 26 May 2023!

Učešće in the event is FREE.

Dana 15. maja 2023., ALDA-e i Centralnoevropske inicijative (CEI) sastali su se u Trstu (🇮🇹kako bi identifikovali dalje mogućnosti saradnje na osnovu Memoranduma o razumijevanju potpisanog 2022. godine kako bi se formalizovao okvir partnerstva koji povezuje rad na Zapadnom Balkanu. Potpisivanje Memoranduma o razumijevanju predstavljalo je zvaničan i ključni trenutak institucionalne veze između ALDA-e i CEI, jer je rezultat dugogodišnjeg odnosa koji kombinuje stalnu posvećenost dvije asocijacije u ovoj oblasti. 

ALDA Governing Board Member and Representative of the Autonomous Region Friuli Venezia Giulia, Mr. Alessandro Perelli, ALDA Secretary General, Mrs. Antonella Valmorbida together with the Director of Programmes and Corporate Strategy, Mr. Marco Boaria, met with CEI Secretary General, Mr. Roberto Antonione, and CEI Senior Officer, Mr. Ugo Poli, to discuss the next steps to undertake and strengthen the cooperation. 

Increasing citizen participation and the democratic level in different local Western Balkans realities is the key point at the basis of the partnership between ALDA and CEI, that are currently cooperating and joining forces to give concrete support to the building of a strong local good governance expertise. 

Povećanje učešća građana i demokratskog nivoa u različitim lokalnim realnostima Zapadnog Balkana je ključna tačka u osnovi partnerstva između ALDA i CEI

The plan foresees a key event in Skopje (North Macedonia) together with ALDA Skopje in 2023 and the presentation of the flagship initiative in Ukraine: the aim is to continue to expand LDAs range of action and strengthen their work. ALDA represents CEI’s key partner for its work in the Western Balkans: CEI Moldova representatives will also take part in ALDA Festival and General Assembly 2023 as an opportunity to further enhance this collaboration. 

These events will be marked by a festive atmosphere as 2023 is the 30th Anniversary of the establishment of the first Local Democracy Agency Subotica in the Balkans: we look forward to celebrating the everyday activity of the LDAs and their delegates, the achievements of ALDA and the LDAs through the years, with the collaboration of our closest partners.

Izbor Trsta, regionalnog glavnog grada Autonomne regije “Friuli Venezia Giulia”🇮🇹) za domaćina sastanka je simboličan jer označava formalizaciju ove dugotrajne saradnje između regije, ALDA i CEI.

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Da li ste lokalna vlast, omladinska organizacija civilnog društva ili udruženje koje je osjetljivo na održivu proizvodnju i obrasce potrošnje hrane i želi raditi s mladima? Imate priliku da svoju aktivnost finansirate iz projekta Food Wave!

Koji je glavni cilj poziva za podnošenje prijedloga?

Kada i gdje se projekat može implementirati?

Faza implementacije će biti između 1. jula 2023. i 30. oktobra 2023. Aktivnosti se moraju odvijati u jednoj od sljedećih država članica EU: Belgija, Bugarska, Hrvatska, Francuska, Grčka, Mađarska, Italija, Holandija, Poljska, Portugal, Rumunija, Slovenija, Španija, Švedska, Velika Britanija.

Ko se može prijaviti?

Prijedlozi projekata mogu biti predstavljeni od strane partnerstva od najmanje 2 lokalne vlasti, omladinske organizacije civilnog društva ili udruženja koja će zajedno raditi na izradi zajedničkog prijedloga. Mala mreža će izabrati „vođu projekta“ koji će poslati aplikaciju.

Kako se prijaviti?

Pročitajte cijeli poziv za podnošenje prijedloga kako biste imali sve informacije o pozivu i načinu prijave!

Poziv će biti otvoren od 13. maja do 16. juna.

Izbori za Međunarodnu komisiju za evaluaciju će biti održani od 16. do 29. juna.

Ovo je linka za slanje vaše prijave..

Aplikanti će dobiti podršku tima Food Wavea tokom procesa pisanja prijedloga. Sva pitanja vezana za ovaj poziv za podnošenje prijedloga projekata i modaliteta učešća moraju biti upućena na sljedeću e-mail adresu: catchthewave@alda-europe.eu

Any questions? Click ovdje to watch the info session on the Call for Proposals of the Food Wave project!

Pratite Food Wave Facebooku i Instagram stranice da budete u toku!

#CatchTheWave i predvodi promjenu!

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