On Friday 18th September, a meeting of the Bureau and public event of the Conference for regional and local authorities for Eastern Partnership (CORLEAP) took place in Yerevan, Armenia.
The meeting brought together representatives from EU and EaP countries and it was also the occasion to consider the conclusions of the Riga EaP Summit in May, which recognised the work of CORLEAP in promoting cooperation at the regional and municipal levels of government and approved CORLEAP’s Action Plan for 2016–2017, setting further priorities for the Assembly.
The meeting was then followed by a conference focusing on strategies to foster local democracy in EaP. Coordinator of the working table was Mrs. Antonella Valmorbida, Secretary General of ALDA – the European Association for Local Democracy. ALDA and CORLEAP have a long-standing cooperation, which is a crucial element for developing their strategies in the EaP. In the past, both organisations worked together in several important occasions, such as for the post monitoring events on local democracy in Armenia and Ukraine, after the report of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities.
Both ALDA and CORLEAP share the importance of decentralisation processes and trust the strengthening of public local institutions. The event took place in an important moment for the EaP strategy, already affirmed through the ENPI review.
Please see the Agenda of the Conference.
On Friday 18th September, a meeting of the Bureau and public event of the Conference for regional and local authorities for Eastern Partnership (CORLEAP) took place in Yerevan, Armenia.
The meeting brought together representatives from EU and EaP countries and it was also the occasion to consider the conclusions of the Riga EaP Summit in May, which recognised the work of CORLEAP in promoting cooperation at the regional and municipal levels of government and approved CORLEAP’s Action Plan for 2016–2017, setting further priorities for the Assembly.
The meeting was then followed by a conference focusing on strategies to foster local democracy in EaP. Coordinator of the working table was Mrs. Antonella Valmorbida, Secretary General of ALDA – the European Association for Local Democracy. ALDA and CORLEAP have a long-standing cooperation, which is a crucial element for developing their strategies in the EaP. In the past, both organisations worked together in several important occasions, such as for the post monitoring events on local democracy in Armenia and Ukraine, after the report of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities.
Both ALDA and CORLEAP share the importance of decentralisation processes and trust the strengthening of public local institutions. The event took place in an important moment for the EaP strategy, already affirmed through the ENPI review.
Please see the Agenda of the Conference.