Some 130 participants, mayors of municipalities and the respective Chairs of municipal councils, gathered in Tirana on 28 September at the Seminar “Strengthening the capacities and the cooperation of local elected representatives in Albania”, organized by NALAS and the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe.

SARAJEVO, 24 October 2011 – Regulation of informal settlements was the topic of a conference on urban planning in South East Europe, which took place today at the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) Secretariat in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

NALAS and the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe are organizing jointly a seminar "Strengthening the capacities and cooperation of local elected representatives in Albania” in Tirana, on 28 September 2011.

The NALAS Secretariat issues a Call for Applications for Hosting NEXPO 2013, open to NALAS members in cooperation with candidate host cities.

International conference on IMPACT OF THE ECONOMIC CRISIS ON LOCAL GOVERNMENTS - CHALLENGES AND RESPONSES was held on 7-8 July in Borovetz, in the framework of the General Assembly of the National Association of Municipalities of Republic of Bulgaria.

THIS CALL IS NOW CLOSED.

Almost 200 mayors from South East Europe used the occasion of NEXPO 2011 to discuss common challenges, present innovative approaches and agree together upon a joint Declaration on Local Governments Facing the Future: Good Governance, Social Inclusion and European Integration.

Two vacancies for short term consultants are available for the ongoing implementation of the The Comparative Legal Analysis project.

In March 2011, local governments from all over South Eastern Europe will gather in Sarajevo to present, share, discuss and network in the frame of the NALAS “NEXPO”, first of this kind in the region.

CEMR celebrates its 60th anniversary and underlines the need for reinforced partnership in Europe