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ALDA NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 2013

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	Presentation of ALDA strategy at the Council of Europe Strasbourg ALDA presented its strategy at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg on 19 November. The Director and senior staff of the association gave an overview of the mission and activities of ALDA. A more in-depth look on the projects of the association was presented by international partners, including Sasa Marinkov, leading the Local Democracy Agency (LDA) of Central and South Serbia, Tatiana Poshevalova, Programme Director of the International Consortium EuroBelarus, and Moncef Ben Slimane, President of the Tunisian association Lam Echaml, local partner for the foundation of LDA Tunisia. Read more

	Kick off event for DECIDE in Reggio Emilia – Participating is my responsibility On 8 – 9 November the kick off event of the project DECIDE, funded by the Europe for Citizens programme, was held in Reggio Emilia, at the Loris Malaguzzi Centre. DECIDE aims at developing, through the establishment of a thematic network of towns and by adopting a bottom-up approach, a democratic compact, namely a set of measures that are needed in Europe to increase the quality of democracy and citizen participation. ALDA leads the project, involving 24 partners from 14 countries. The municipality of Reggio Emilia plays a relevant role. Read more

	LDA Dnipropetrovsk (Ukraine) partner meeting in Strasbourg Strasbourg, 31 October 2013 In an effort to support the development of local communities, local democracy and citizen participation in Ukraine, ALDA, in cooperation with local and regional authorities and Civil Society Organizations around Europe is working at the establishment of a Local Democracy Agency (LDA) in Dnipropetrovsk. Read more

	ALDA Director at the Lisbon Forum 2013 – Valuing civil society as actor of governance. Perspectives for the South Mediterranean The 2013 Lisbon Forum was held in the Ismaili Centre in Lisbon on 6 and 7 November, within the framework of the Joint EU/CoE Programme “Strengthening democratic reform in the southern Neighbourhood”. It was organised in cooperation with the Anna Lindh Foundation, the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) and the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN). Read more

	Oriano Otocan and an ALDA delegation at the Assises of Decentralised Cooperation in Tirana The Second edition of the French Balkan Assises of decentralised cooperation took place in Tirana on 24th and 25th October 2013. Co-organised by the French Embassy in Albania, the Delegation for External Action of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the AFCCRE – the French member of the CEMR, the Assises was an excellent opportunity for broadening ALDA’s cooperation network in the Balkans as well as a presentation of its activities. Read more

	ALDA Governing Board in Tirana ALDA Governing Board meeting took place in Tirana, on 25-26 October. It was organised on the occasion of the French Assises on Decentralised Cooperation, where ALDA President, Mr. Oriano Otočan, and the Head of ALDA office in Skopje, Ms Ivana Dimitrovska, appeared within the speakers. Read more

	Second international event of the project REACTION Marghita, Romania On 14 – 15 October, the second international event of the project REACTION, funded by the Europe for Citizens programme, took place in Marghita, Romania. The topic of the three – day event, “Citizens as a resource for the development of local communities” was aimed to reflect on the concept that citizens, through their active commitment, can represent a resource for the development of their communities. Read more

	Plenary Session of the European Year of Citizens Alliance 2013 The programme of the European Year of Citizens 2013 is almost at the end and the recommendations should be soon delivered to the European Commission, to be integrated in the official documents for the final presentation in Vilnius, on 12th and 13th December 2013. The Plenary session of the EYCA 2013 had the goad to reach a final agreement on the activities of the Working Groups and the compilation of the final document. More than 60 European networks took part in the elaboration of the document. Read more

	NEWS FROM THE LDAs

	The Local Democracy Agency Armenia – Gyumri at the Assisses of Decentralised Cooperation France Armenia The Assises of Decentralised Cooperation France – Armenia took place on 16th and 17th October, in Valence. The event was organised with the contribution of the Region Rhones Alpes, which is also the leader of the LDA Armenia based in Gyumri. The gathering focused on the achievements of the numerous cooperations between French and Armenian Municipalities and the path for further development. The LDA Armenia is supported since 2011 by Rhones Alpes. In the framework of this active cooperation, the Delegate, Lusine Alexandryan, attended the Assises and actively participated in the workshop on Sustainable Development. Read more

	Regional workshop on the European social model in Sisak Sisak, Croatia The Centre for non-profit organisations’ development (CERANEO) from Zagreb, in cooperation with four Croatian partner organisations – Local Democracy Agency Sisak, Gradska radionica Pula, Croatian Institute for local self-government Osijek and Association SRMA Sinj – is implementing the project “ESM2: Strengthening local capacities for the implementation of the European social model and access to European social networks“, funded by the Croatian National Foundation for Civil Society Development. Read more

	Meeting in Tivat for the project "Cooperazione Montenegro" On Tuesday 22 October, a meeting was held in Tivat, Montenegro, between the Management team of the clinic and a delegation of the Region Friuli Venezia Giulia, composed of Alessio Gratton, President of the Second Commission of the Regional Council, and Omar Greco, Deputy Mayor of Monfalcone. Alessandro Perelli, Vice President of ALDA, and Lucio Gregoretti, member of the Governing Board of the association, were also present. Read more

	Fliers for the project "Improvement of local government services" The Local Democracy Agency Mostar within the project "Improvement of local government services," produced and distributed flyers that clearly indicate competence of the Administration of the City of Mostar (5 departments with associated services). A total of 17.500 flyers were produced, of which 8.000 were distributed in the first round. Flyers were distributed in six regional offices plus Info point in the center, 6 registry offices and 40 local communities in the city of Mostar. Read more

	A Huge Response to Regional Networking Events between Croatia and Serbia – From Coffee House Events to Common Cross Border projects We organised and attended four "Coffee House Events" in the municipality of Stari Jankovci, Bač, Vukovar and Ruma in Croatia and Serbia in order to discuss the already implemented but also ongoing cross-border projects in these municipalities. In a follow-up the municipalities of Drenovci, Apatin, Stara Pazova, Beli Manastir, Inđija, Nijemci, Beočin and Erdut will host us for the next „coffee“. Read more

	CALL FOR PARTNERS

	We kindly invite those who are interested in one or more of the following calls, to contact us as soon as possible to the email addresses provided in the calls description Programme: Otto per Mille Chiesa Evangelica Valdese Deadline of the call – 30/11/2013 Location – MED, EAP Programme: IPA 2011 Civil Society Facility Montenegro Deadline of the call – 06/12/2013 Location – Montenegro Programme: PROGRESS – Call for proposals for social policy experimentations supporting social investments. Deadline of the call – 16/12/2013 Location – The project ha to be carried out in one single Country, but different projects designs are possible, e.g. two or more parallel identical social policy experimentations in different PROGRESS Countries or partnerships with stakeholders from other PROGRESS Countries (EU28, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey, Serbia). Programme: EURED – EU support to Regional Economic Development Deadline of the call – 19/12/2013 Location – Kosovo Programme: UNDEF Deadline of the call – 31/12/2013 Location – MED, EAP