The Network of Associations of Local Authorities in South-East Europe (NALAS) is designing a matchmaking platform for SEE municipalities and businesses, that should bring them together, help exchange strategies and concrete project ideas, and result with partnerships and investments

The Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) invited NALAS to contribute to developing the South East Europe 2020 Strategy. This presents an opportunity for local governments from SEE and their associations to have a more prominent role in the design and implementation of the 2020 strategy.

Website to promote gender equality on local level

Over 300 local elected women and partners from around the world including NALAS, gathered on 30 January-1 February 2013 in Paris at the Global Conference of Local Elected Women: Gender Equality, a Priority for Global Development.

For the NEXPO 2013 International Municipal Fair, to be held from 25-27 September 2013 in the Cities of Rijeka and Opatija, the Republic of Croatia, NALAS requests proposals for solutions for the spatial arrangements, interior design, esthetical coherence and branding of the venues, including their production, transport, set-up and disassembling

NALAS requests proposals from interested consultants for the provision of professional services to elaborate a Needs Assessment Study of the municipalities and the private sector in a selected number of countries which will serve as a base for development of the Matchmaking Platform to be utilized for the second International Municipal Fair NEXPO 2013, scheduled to take place in Rijeka and Opatija, the Republic of Croatia, between 25 and 27 September 2013

Mayors' Dialogue, January 23-25, 2013, is organized as part of the WB-Austria Urban Partnership Program aimed to assist and support cities and local governments in South East Europe (SEE) in a process of modernization and reform, in order to promote local development for inclusive and sustainable growth, and enhanced urban governance

Request for Proposal Information and Communication Technology Services

From 10-12 December 2012, in Brussels, NALAS co-organized a Study Tour on Conservation of Cultural Heritage on Local Level. This was the first NALAS activity implemented in cooperation with the Local Administration Facility (LAF), the Technical Assistance and Information Exchange (TAIEX) instrument managed by the Directorate-General Enlargement of the European Commission and the Committee of the Regions.

To further support the process of fiscal decentralization, NALAS, in partnership with the Ministry of Finance of Montenegro and the Union of Municipalities of Montenegro organizes an International Conference: The Future of Fiscal Decentralization in South-East Europe, from 1-2 November 2012, in Hotel Splendid, Budva, Montenegro.