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.

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.

NALAS Forum of Women Mayors in South East Europe provides sets of recommendations for central governments, peer mayors and NALAS on promotion of Gender Responsive Budgeting.

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.