About ALDA’s seminar:
Multilateral Decentralised Cooperation. Towards a territorial approach to development cooperation in the European neighbourhood
The methodology of multilateral decentralised cooperation has been recognised as an effective tool to promote a shared and bottom-up approach to development. The Local Democracy Agencies (LDAs) are one of the best examples of the application of this methodology.
Today, there are 13 active LDAs based in Western Balkans and South Caucasus, while new LDAs are in the process of being established in Tunisia, Morocco and Ukraine. The agencies act as promoters of democracy and local self-government by being platforms for debate, capacity building and shared cooperation between civil society and local authorities.
The cooperation and partnership between local and international partners, and between local authorities and NGOs which participate in the process of designing projects and implementing activities with the LDAs, is a learning process that benefits everyone involved and serves as a practical example of how a democratic participatory planning process can create results.
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