Events
June 2, 2025
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…
NALAS has released the tenth edition of its flagship publication, Fiscal Decentralization Indicators for South-East Europe, marking 15 years of rigorous data collection, comparative analysis, and policy advocacy for stronger local government finance systems in the region. Titled "Fiscal Decentralization in South-East Europe: A Decade…
May 28, 2025
From November 2022 to May 2025, the regional project “Social participation of people on the move and local population in host regions of the Western Balkans” commissioned by German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and implemented by GIZ in partnership with NALAS…
Regional Report on collaboration and communication in the provision of water and sanitation services
May 13, 2025
Municipalities and public utility companies in the Western Balkans face significant challenges in delivering sustainable water and sanitation services while complying with EU regulations. Effective cooperation between local self-governments (LSGs) and public utility companies (PUCs) is crucial, yet communication gaps, bureaucratic obstacles, and differing priorities…
May 9, 2025
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…
May 2, 2025
Informed decision-making, sound public policy, effective service delivery, and efficient resource management all depend on access to high-quality, reliable data. Yet across South-East Europe (SEE), such data on local government finance is often scarce, fragmented, or difficult to access. To address this critical gap, the…
