Some fifteen urban planners and urban development experts from SEE gathered in Ljubljana, Slovenia, from 10-11 March 2016 to discuss contemporary urban development challenges in SEE and explore citizens' participation in the urban planning process.

The Second Dialogue Platform organized within the project “Solid Waste Management in cross-border rural and coastal areas of South Eastern European region”, takes place in Dubrovnik, Croatia, on 9 and 10 March 2016.

Six NALAS member LGAs from Montenegro, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia and Kosovo presented their achievements that improved the energy efficiency in a number of municipalities in each country.

How to construct a law on local finance that will ensure adequate resources for competent and efficient local government for the benefit of the citizens of Albania is the topic of a regional workshop organised by NALAS and USAID on 9 and 10 February 2016 in Tirana, Albania.

The third call for proposals under the BACID Fund has been launched. It will be open till 7 March 2016. The priority topic of this Call is Inclusive City.

As part of the eight workshops organised in all the planning regions in Macedonia within the project “Promoting Energy Efficiency in Macedonian Municipalities”, NALAS presented its e-learning course in energy efficiency.

From 18 to 22 January 2016, in Zagreb, Croatia, NALAS implemented the fourth in the series of specific Training of Trainers, focused on implementation of infrastructure investment projects.

NALAS, the USAID-funded Planning and Local Governance Project and the Association of Municipalities of Albania will organize a peer learning workshop on “Best Practices in Local Government Finance Legislation: the SEE Experience and the Challenges Facing Albania“, on 9-10 February 2016, in Tirana.

The pool of experienced trainers in water and waste water management issues in South-East Europe is getting its shape. From 7-11 December 2015 in Zagreb, Croatia we organised the fourth specific ToT, on Development of Infrastructure Investment Projects.

From 31 November until 1 December 2015, NALAS Task Force on Energy Efficiency gathered in Prishtina, the City of the Host of the Task Force – the Association of Kosovo Municipalities.