After the general Training of Trainers (ToT) organised in September 2015, today, in Skopje, Macedonia, we have started the first specific ToT, which focuses at Efficient organisation and effective management of communal services.

The Statement appeals that the national governments, the European Union, the donors and other relevant actors take urgent measures to address the immediate and long term priorities for dealing with the refugee crisis in SEE.

Within the project “Solid Waste Management in cross-border rural and coastal areas of South Eastern European region”, four assessment workshops will be organized in Albania, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia, from 19 October untill 30 October 2015.

At a kick-off meeting held on 14 October 2015 in Belgrade, Serbia, with participation of some forty Mayors, directors and staff of water utility companies, the importance of asset management was discussed and the business planning tool was presented.

NALAS Sustainable Tourism Task Force has a new product for all SEE local governments. The Toolkit "Green Destinations of South-East Europe" helps local authorities of South develop and manage sustainable tourism destinations.

SCTM appeals to its members-towns and municipalities in Serbia, as well as the international public, especially the SCTM partners, for urgent action to better manage the ongoing refugee, migrant and asylum crisis.

A quite exciting workshop, held on 5 and 6 October 2015, in Belgrade, Serbia, brought together experts from two important NALAS Task Forces: the Urban Planning Task Force and the Fiscal Decentralization Task Force.

Mayors and municipal staff from Kutina, Tovarnik, Zabok, Njemci (Croatia), Kanjiza, Subotica, Paraćin, Preševo (Serbia), Kahramanmaras and Istanbul (Turkey) reflected on their experiences and challenges dealing with the refugees influx thus far and discussed the necessary next steps.

NALAS Association Development Task Force met on 1 October 2015 in Zagreb, Croatia to discuss the perspective of Network's activities in the EU integration area.

"Challenges and impact of refugee crisis for Local Governments in South-East Europe", will be the focus of the panel discussion that will be organized on 2 October 2015 in Zagreb, Croatia.