RCDN connects local governments, public water utilities and their associations to work together on developing capacities in the water and sanitation service sector.

The SoRi SFF coordination team, together with project partners from Kosovo*, met yesterday with the chair of the Council of Sustainable Development of the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo, Ms. Fatmire Mulhaxha Kollcaku, to brief her on the activities implemented within the frame of the project and on potential support to the work of the Council.

“Citizens' trust in the reforms must be deserved, they must feel that the quality of life improves. Local governments must keep transforming public services and infrastructure and EU's support here is key”.

NALAS organized a web seminar on 6 July 2021, focusing on the concept of MINORITY COMMISSIONER and its impact on individual, local and central level, while highlighting good examples from the region for positive changes for improved participation and access to services for minorities.

This project will foster the development potential of municipalities and improve the socio-economic and environmental conditions of local communities in Albania.

Representing NALAS at the Conference on the Future of Europe, Mr. Raičević highlighted that NALAS has been committed since its creation in 2001 to the promotion of local democracy under the auspices of the Stability Pact and the Council of Europe, to contribute to the reconciliation and stabilization process in the region and henceforth subscribes to the process of the European integration of the whole region in a bottom-up approach.

Mr. Beočanin was invited to speak during the session dedicated to “Sustainable Recovery from the Covid-19 Crisis together with Regional and Local authorities in Serbia” where he referred amongst other to the findings of NALAS survey dedicated to “THE COVID-19 SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY AT THE LOCAL LEVEL IN SOUTH-EAST EUROPE”.

“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.