“For me as well as for many of my colleagues, NALAS was the fundamental and the very first school of introduction into the basis of local autonomy and local democracy”, says Mrs. Badan.

The Second Regional Workshop on the Changing Urban Rural Interplay in South-East Europe within LoGov took place on 28 May 2021. This time the emphasis was on Local Government structures, intergovernmental relations and people’s participation in local decision making.

On Friday, 21 May 2021 NALAS organized a Regional Workshop on Local Government Functions and Finance in the Changing Urban Rural Interplay in South-East Europe within LoGov. The main focus of this workshop were local functions and finances.

The new NALAS project, “Learn to be resilient – L2BR” was officially kicked off on 20th May. The project aims to learn from recent experiences in earthquakes in South East Europe, while looking at new technologies and innovative approaches in preparedness and response to them.

Today, we were pleased to host an Online Peer Review and Exchange between the Association of Ukrainian Cities and peer Local Government Associations from our Network.

More than 200 participants joined us for the third, last day of the sixteenth NALAS General Assembly. The day encompassed two very inspiring events, focused on sustainable local economic development, by leaving no one behind.

NALAS has published the Decentralisation and Local Public Administration Reform in Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine: Learning from the past – preparing for the future and Status Reports on the Progress of Decentralisation Reform in in Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. The studies aim to consolidate lessons learned over three decades of reform and help the local government associations prepare for the reform next steps in their countries.

Over 220 participants took part in the Statutory Session of the 16th NALAS General Assembly, acknowledging the importance of the Network and its contribution to local democracy in SEE.

The day encompassed City to City Dialogue: Sharing experiences from the Urban Partnership Program and Peer Exchange of the Congress of Local Authorities from Moldova and partner Local Government Associations.

Journalists are invited to join the 16th NALAS General Assembly, from 12 to 14 April 2021, focused on local democracy, European integration of South-East Europe and sustainable local economic development as a cornerstone of the post COVID-19 recovery.