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.

NALAS requests proposals from interested organizations/companies to technically develop an e-Learning Course on Introduction to Asset Management in the water sector.

From 18-20 November 2015, in Skopje, Macedonia, NALAS is organising a capacity building workshop for LGAs on the implementation of the World Bank’s analytical tool Municipal Finance Self Assessment (MFSA).

The second specific Training of Trainers on “Preparations for infrastructure investment projects” takes place from 16 to 20 November 2015 in Bijeljina.