Last week in Brussels, NALAS President, Mayor Dubravko Bilic and NALAS team contributed to the Enlargement Days 2025, hosted at the European Committee of the Regions, focused on decentralisation and local climate action as pillars of the EU enlargement process. During the first session, we…

With an introductory webinar, 40 local government professionals from South-East Europe embarked a new, six weeks long learning journey with NALAS e-Academy. The e-course “Introduction to Asset Management in the Water Sector” was launched this week in Serbian language, offering a comprehensive, facilitated programme of…

On 24 April 2025 in Skopje, the Community of Practice on deliberative democracy in South-East Europe held its third meeting. Co-ordinated by NALAS, the event brought together representatives from 18 municipalities and seven local government associations to share experiences, explore new democratic practices, and promote the…

The Statutory Session of the 20th NALAS General Assembly was opened by NALAS President, Mayor Dusan Raicevic, Ms. Jelena Drenjanin, Chair of Governance Committee, Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe and Mr. Josko Klisovic, President of City Assembly of Zagreb,…

The 20th NALAS General Assembly commenced today in Varazdin, Croatia, with the Regional Conference “The role of local governments in evidence-based policymaking for social Inclusion and advancing the EU integration process”, jointly organised by NALAS and the Association of Cities from the Republic of Croatia,…

NALAS’ Working Group on Water Management, as part of the Task Force in Solid Waste and Water Management, convened in Belgrade, Serbia, on 10 and 11 March 2025, to review progress, discuss key challenges and improvements in the water supply and Sanitation sector, and set…