The kick-off meeting of the project was held on 25-26 February 2019, in Bolzano/Bozen, Italy.

During the 2nd Danube Hub Benchmarking Conference, a Partnership Agreement has been signed by four utilities and their municipalities - Subotica, Bijeljina, Novi Sad and Szeged.

The report assesses the involvement of local governments and local government issues in the MAP/RIRA and makes recommendations for the better inclusion of local governments’ concerns.

The annual NALAS Knowledge Management Meeting took place from 13 to 15 February 2019, in Belgrade, Serbia.

This is the seventh edition of the Report, providing reliable comparative data on municipal finances in SEE.

The team at NALAS wishes you peace, joy and prosperity throughout the coming year. Thank you for your continued support and partnership. We look forward to working with you in the years to come.

The second working meeting of the Regional Working Group on Solid Waste Management “Business cases development for improved waste collection and valorisation” took place in Skopje, Macedonia, on 6 December 2018.

As part of the capacity development measures aimed to strengthen the partner LGAs and APUCs of RCDN, a training in Monitoring and Evaluation was organised in Bijeljina, on 4 and 5 December 2018.

NALAS presented its online platform for learning, the NALAS E- Academy, as well as the course in Introduction to Gender Mainstreaming at local level.

The fourth workshop on NALAS’ Regional Decentralisation Observatory (RDO) was opened today in Skopje, Macedonia. This workshop is finalising the methodology for the RDO and is testing it among the 12 NALAS countries.