Today, our associate member, the Austrian Association of Cities and Towns (AACT) celebrates big time: 100 years of contribution to the local government development in Austria and Europe.

Within the project "Local Leaders in Southeast Europe: Lead for Change", NALAS organizes the first of the series of Training of Trainers that will create a pool of qualified trainers in the water sector in four SEE countries.

In partnership with its member LGAs, NALAS offers superb online courses for local governments in Macedonian and Albanian languages. Three courses start in October 2015: Sustainable Land Use Planning; Street Addressing and Management of Cities; and Tool for Rapid Assessment of City Energy.

A kick-off meeting of the project was organised in Shkoder, Albania in the period 24-26 August 2015, by the Albanian Association of Communes (AAC), NALAS Secretariat, SWG and GIZ.

Inspired by the success of the last year's event, from 24 until 28 August 2015, in Ohrid, Macedonia, NALAS organized the second Summer School on Local Governance and Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations.

The Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) Secretariat is looking for consulting services on development of Comparative Study on Inception of Decentralization Observatory. Deadline: 28 September 2015

A new project in “Solid Waste Management in cross-border rural and coastal areas of SEE region” is being initiated by NALAS, SWG and GIZ.

You have been always wondering how to better manage your municipal assets? Check out the new NALAS publication: Municipal Asset Management Toolkit: Guidelines for Local Decision Makers.

Interested in improving your municipality's wellbeing? Asset Management can help you in this effort. Learn what Asset Management is about, find out how to do it and learn from the international and regional experiences. NALAS offers you three new Asset Management products.

Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia, one of the global top 100 sustainable destinations and European Green Capital for 2016 was the perfect place to host a meeting of NALAS Sustainable Tourism Task Force, from 17-18 June 2015.