Under the auspices of the 17th NALAS General Assembly, the Water conference on the role of municipalities in providing quality water and sanitation services was organised in Belgrade on 13 May 2022.

Over 70 mayors from around South-East Europe are part of the 17th General Assembly of the Network of Associations of Local Authorities of South-East Europe (NALAS) that is being organised on 12 and 13 May 2022, in Hotel Crown Plaza in Belgrade, Serbia, in partnership with the Standing Conference of Towns and Municipalities of Serbia (SCTM).

In this newsletter you will be reading about the important topics our Network is tackling – from provision of high-quality local services, social inclusion, gender equality, to capacity development, advocating for the role of local governments, and much more.

The ‘EU for Municipalities’ Project has opened the second call for applications for grants. All Albanian municipalities can apply until 10 June 2022.

NALAS e-Academy has been enriched with a new e-learning course on Capital infrastructure investment projects in the water and sanitation sector.

The Regional Networking Meeting: How to establish and manage an impactful training centre?, organised by NALAS within RCDN took place on 1 April 2022.

A strong network relies on the capacities of its members. Rising together, from 23-25 March 2022, in Durres, Albania, NALAS organised training in Training Management Cycle, strengthening training centres of LGAs and APUCs within RCDN.

"Bringing together the expertise of our Network and Uul Darkhan, we will jointly create a new vision, develop new solutions for the common development challenges and create bridges for future partnerships beyond this project".

On 24 February 2022, NALAS within the Regional Capacity Development Network for water and sanitation services (RCDN) organised a Training on EU Funding Sources. 30 participants had the opportunity to learn about funding opportunities from different EU programmes and instruments.

The webinar supported RCDN partner associations in the implementation their Advocacy Strategies.