“Local governments are such an incredibly important part of how we bring our democracy together, how we ensure that we are representing both women and men, meeting their needs and empowering them to seize their potentials and grow into leaders. But we must admit that we are not there yet”, said NALAS President, Mayor Goran Cvetanovic.

The women mayors from South East Europe provide a set of recommendations to central governments, peer mayors and NALAS, to promote Gender Responsive Budgeting at local level.

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The guide attempts to provide an answer to the question of how to mainstream gender in the waste management process in all its key phases. The methodology has been piloted in the City of Bijeljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The Compendium encompasses 17 best practices from 9 economies of the region: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Republic of Moldova, Turkey, Slovenia and Serbia. The practices are related to the following areas: gender participation, women’s economic empowerment, gender-based violence, sports, balancing work and life, and urban planning. The Best Practices are collected by NALAS gender associates and in cooperation with NALAS member associations of local authorities in the course of 2021

22 speakers, from 7 countries, 11 good practices, 7 municipalities and 6 organisations were part of the comprehensive program offered.

The Forum was organised in the frame of the Marmara Urban Forum - MARUF 2021.

“For me as well as for many of my colleagues, NALAS was the fundamental and the very first school of introduction into the basis of local autonomy and local democracy”, says Mrs. Badan.

NALAS Forum of Women Mayors in South East Europe provides sets of recommendations for central governments, peer mayors and NALAS on promotion of Gender Responsive Budgeting.

More than 200 participants joined us for the third, last day of the sixteenth NALAS General Assembly. The day encompassed two very inspiring events, focused on sustainable local economic development, by leaving no one behind.