Welcome in the DESIRE website: find out more on the declaration of Schuman
Febbraio 16, 2022The project DESIRE is happy to share with you its new website! Thanks to this new website, everyone can find information about the project and the 10 partners involved in the project.
Euroscepticism at the gates of Europe – Conference in Trieste
Febbraio 15, 2022“Euroscepticism at the gates of Europe”: the international event organised within the “EUScepticOBS: analyzing Euroscepticism, informing citizens and encouraging debates” project. The latter, funded by the Europe for Citizens program, is aimed at fostering European citizenship, while imporoving the conditions for civic and democratic participation at Union level.
Capacity Building Workshop Greece & Final Conference of BRIGHT
Febbraio 14, 2022Greece welcomed the fifth and last Capacity Building Workshop (CBW) on the 7th and 8th of February. During the two day online event, participants listened enthusiastically to the Greek approach to safeguard the rights of mobile women, illustrated by Vasiliki Tsekoura, on behalf of CYCLISIS.
Advocacy at the local level in Shirak: updates from LDA Armenia
Febbraio 14, 2022Two months of interesting and challenging work were dedicated to the implementation of the project “Advocacy at the local level-Shirak”, within the framework of “Local Democracy School”.
Final phase of the Conference on the Future of Europe: time to reflect on citizens’ contributions
Febbraio 14, 2022It was 9 months ago when one of the most interesting and most relevant initiatives of the European Union has kicked off. What could be called an unprecedented event, the Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE) is running, collecting thousands of precious inputs in the dedicated Platform.
SHERPA started the new year 2022 with two big events!
Febbraio 11, 2022On 31 January and 1 February 2022, the SHERPA project organized the second edition of the Annual Conference. This online conference was the occasion to present the work done during the past year, especially the work undertaken by the 20 SHERPA Multi-Actor Platforms (MAPs).
ALDA at Forum des Mondes Méditerranéens: several engagements for common goals
Febbraio 11, 2022ALDA’s Middle East and Africa Department core team attended this week [February 7-8 2022] in Marseille the Forum des Mondes Méditerranéens (Mediterranean Worlds Forum), organized by initiative of the French President to follow up the engagements of the Sommet des Deux Rives in 2019.
Imereti Regional Hub: sharing information, experience and opportunities
Febbraio 10, 2022The works of Imereti Regional Hub are run by Local Democracy Agency Georgia (LDA Georgia) within the framework of the European Union (EU) and Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) funded project “Civil Society STAR initiative: CSOs as Sustainable, Transparent, Accountable and Resilient Development Actors in Georgia” (2021-2025).
ALDA confirmed beneficiary of the CERV operating grant 2022
Gennaio 25, 2022We are thrilled to announce that, again this year, ALDA has been confirmed beneficiary of the operating grant of the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV) of the European Union!
ALDA recognised in the Framework Partnership of the CERV Programme 2022-2025
Gennaio 24, 2022ALDA – The European Association for Local Democracy, is proud to be recognised by the European Commission as one of the 59 most active organisations that work to protect and promote Union values.
Shades of Democracy, the new ALDA Podcast
Gennaio 24, 2022The Association, as well as its network and friends, is engaged in concrete and tangible actions. Willing to promote positive change and democracy, through dialogue and interaction, ALDA has launched this new multimedia project: Shades of Democracy, the ALDA podcast!
Project AVATAR: updates on the digital transition in the Alto Vicentino territory
Gennaio 21, 2022The AVATAR project – Alto Vicentino Territorial Alliance for Networked Actions, which aims to spread digital literacy in a territory involving some 155,000 inhabitants, has concluded its third semester. During these months, the focus of activities has been on digital literacy to promote the use of public services such as SPID and PA portals, but also to show useful tools in everyday life.
PIECE by PIECE: here is the cornerstone of our project building!
Gennaio 17, 2022The research paper, aimed at analyzing the needs of communities and community workers in Europe, has been released by the PIECE project’s partners.
More activities in 2022 to fight climate of change
Gennaio 17, 2022Last November, ALDA in cooperation with the European Environmental Bureau welcomed the circus show MadgaClan in Brussels for the final dates of the Pan-European Street Action Tour. The tour was scheduled during the EU debate finals to allow students to participate in the activity.
Capacity Building Workshops for a BRIGHTer future!
Gennaio 17, 2022Two more Capacity Building Workshops (CBW) to go before the Final Conference of BRIGHT project!
As the one taking place in mid November in Calabria, a southern region of Italy, Spain and Greece will host the fourth and fifth CBWs respectively.
SMELT project: free workshops by Center for Democracy Foundation
Gennaio 15, 2022As part of the SMELT project, the Center for Democracy Foundation organized free workshops in order to strengthen the capacity and increase the knowledge of participants as far as their labor rights concern, while encouraging them to actively participate in the labor market.
ALDA and its Members: a strong priority and new initiatives for 2022
Gennaio 14, 2022Despite the big challenge the whole world is still facing, 2021 marked a great year for ALDA: spreading democracy, supporting local initiatives are at the heart of the Association’s activities. Yet, much of this has turned into real thanks to, and in collaboration with, members and friends of ALDA.
