ALDA supports other stakeholders – local and regional authorities, civil society organizations, educational institutions – by providing a wide range of services such as training and capacity building activities, technical assistance, and ad hoc consultancy on different topics, including: project development and implementation, project financial management and audit, EU institutions, EU funds and programmes, citizens participation (methods and techniques), non formal youth education.
These services are provided with a tailor-made approach, thus target the specific needs of the partners involved.
The European Association for Local Democracy is a non-governmental organisation dedicated to the promotion of good governance and citizen participation at the local level. ALDA focuses on activities that facilitate cooperation between local authorities and civil society.
Established at the initiative of the Council of Europe's Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, since 1999 ALDA operates in the European Union and in its Neighborhood.
On November 27th, 2019 the Rural Women National Association of Rucar, Romania organised a local event to discuss innovative financial instruments at the local level.The event took place in municipal conference hall in Rucar.
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Every year the Council of Mallorca invites the institutions and entities of Mediterranean countries, where it supports development cooperation and humanitarian aid projects through the Fons Mallorquí de Solidaritat i Cooperació, to carry out an activity aimed at raising awareness about the conservation of historical heritage and the powerlessness of refugees in the Mediterranean region. Our LDA Tunisia is a partner of the Fund and carried out a lovely message of hope.
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The 3rd international event within the RECOV project took place in Lisbon, Portugal from October 21st to 23rd, 2019. The conference was entitled “Innovative and sustainable financial instruments for local governments”, with a special focus on EU rules and mechanisms and on new sustainable financial instruments for PAs in response to the economic crisis.
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On January 13th-14th 2020, the European Hub for Civic Engagement (EHCE) organised and held in Berlin a meet-up and conference on "Open Spaces! How tech can empower civil society". ALDA Sofia Corsi had the opportunity to participate to the two-day event, while also taking it as a key occasion to discuss a potential new project.
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As the year 2020 marks ALDA’s 20th anniversary, its growth isn’t just a matter of age but also a matter of size: in the past few years, in fact, ALDA has considerably increased in very physical ways, including the number of its staff members, offices, width of geographical areas covered… and, most recently, our office in Vicenza changed, too! An official launch will take place in three moments on January 30th and 31st, 2020.
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The ALDA Talks series successfully saw the light on December 17th, 2019 with its first episode on “Participatory Processes at the Local Level” presented by our very own experts. The second episode, “Environmental Governance: Main Challenges and Best Practices” will take place on January 23rd and will be presented by experts from the Municipality of Lousada (Portugal), an ALDA member that recently received the "Transformative Action Award".
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