Gender and youth
Based on all available data and reports, NALAS finds it essential to design activities and
measures towards enhanced inclusion of young people and women in local government
affairs in South East Europe. The strategy for addressing these issues at NALAS includes:
• Promote exchange of experience and successful projects among members;
• Scaling up national projects;
• Sign and become an Ambassador of the European Charter for Equality of Women and
Men in Local Life;
• Engage in promotion of participation of young people and women at local elections;
• Strive for greater youth and gender balance in NALAS governing bodies;
• Develop publication policies for balanced representation of female and young issues;
• Include stories on women and young people in LG in NALAS communication materials:
newsletter, digest, website;
• Include a section of gender and youth in NALAS Knowledge Tree;
• Establish a Focal point on Gender and Youth in each NALAS member and through
them a gender and youth network.
Latest Books
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Inclusive social approaches: good practices of South-East Europe municipalities
This booklet presents 12 good practices on provision of social services to the left behind communities piloted by local governments throughout the region.
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Guide on including gender in solid waste services
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.
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Compendium of Gender Responsive Budgeting: Best Practices for Practitioners on Local Level in South East Europe
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
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Open Call: GENiYOUTH Municipal Initiatives Awards 03.11.2014
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