“The Commission’s Directorate-General for International Partnerships (former DG DEVCO) is responsible for formulating the EU’s international partnership and development policy, with the ultimate goal to reduce poverty, ensure sustainable development, and promote democracy, human rights, and the rule of law across the world. The role of the DG for International Partnerships (DG INTPA) is to:
work together with partner countries across the world to achieve sustainable development design the EU’s international partnership and development policy DG INTPA accompanies partner countries on their path towards sustainable development, continuously adapting their support to the country’s evolving needs and transitioning from bilateral assistance towards more targeted support as the situation improves.”
That’s why, considering that ALDA has been working since the very beginning in the Enlarged Europe, with a decentralized cooperation approach involving Local Authorities and the Organized Civil Society, DG DEVCO first and DG INTPA now are among our major stakeholders when it comes to the implementation of decentralized cooperation processes supporting inclusive, participatory, resilient and sustainable communities all around the world.

The European Partnership for Democracy (EPD) is a non-profit organisation supporting democracy worldwide. It comprises fourteen European civil and political society organisations from eleven EU Member States present in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Latin America. Located at the heart of the EU district in Brussels, EPD has established itself as a key player on EU democracy support, both vis-à-vis the EU Institutions and the member states, as well as the wider democracy support community. Since 2016 ALDA is actively cooperating with EPD boosting Democracy in Europe and all over the world, with a more active role since 2017 when the Secretary General of ALDA, Ms. Antonella Valmorbida, has been elected as president of EPD.