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Actions in support to grassroot
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NALAS General Assembly, Tirana 23/24

November 2009

Stanka Parac Damjanovic,

LDA-s partnership support manager
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former war torn Yugoslavia (city of
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Council of Europe
Building bridges of confidence in times
of conflicts
Restoring the democratic potential at
grassroot level
Developing a public space for good
local governance – space for civil
society introducing participatory
democracy and local partnerships
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•LDA established in Georgia 2006
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•LDA was established established in
Albania, September 2008.
•International decentralised
partnership co-operation in synergy
with the local context
•From humanitarian aid, conflict
prevention to local development
•From cross-sectoral partnerships to
good local governance and EU
integration
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ALDA – promoting local democracy
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•Confidence building measures in post-
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• Consolidation of peace and democratic
stability for the region
•Fostering cross-border cooperation
programmes
•Promoting Eureopean values and
standards in good local governance
•Enhancing citizen participation in
decision making at local level
 Practical initiative for getting EU
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•EU local authorities’ active
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involvement in developing the co-
operation programmes in support to
better local governance in the region
•EU Active Citizenship Programme
•Awareness raising on implementation
of Acqui at local level
•LDA-s as catalysts of civil dialogue at
local level
 Local needs based priorities

• Capacity building for

better local
government
• Intercultural
understanding and
dialogue
• Youth empowerment
• Local economic
development
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LDA partnership networks:
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partnership with the host city
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•Partnership with other
local/regional actors
•Effective partnership networks for
co-ordination and sustainability
• Lead partners as visionary
strategists – getting new partners on
board and for LDA-s effective
responses to local population’s
needs
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Trainings for local civil society

and local authorities: diversity
management and intercultural
governance
 Methodology
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practice
•Awareness raising, campaigns, training
toolkits
•LDA offices as Information points – on EU
integration related issues
•Learning by doing approach
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•Resources: human resources, NGO
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partners,
•Planning the communication with local
actors involved in the actions
•Prioritize the actions
•Project ideas development, co-ordination,
management
•Team building
•Synergy, allies and legitimacy: different
resources used simultaneously
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3. Project development and regional/local
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4. Local authorities involved in NGO
cooperation programmes
5. LDA –s represented in local self-
government institutions
6. ALDA interaction and dialogue with
relevant stakeholders responsible for
regional and cross-border co-operation,
7. Associations of local authorities
8. NGO- regional networks, research
scientific institutions, think-tanks,
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Host cities:
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Zavidovici
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3. LDAs in Serbia: Subotica, Nis
4. LDAs in Croatia: Verteneglio, Sisak,
Osijek
5. LDA Montenegro – Niksic
6. LDA Kosovo – Gjilan
7. LDA Georgia – Tbilisi
8. LDA Albania - Shkodra
LDA-s co-operation
• Intercultural dialogue and
cross-border co-peration
programme
• Mostar, Sisak, Osijek,
Subotica
• Youth in action program
Subotica, Osijek, Sisak,
Nis, Gjilan, Shkodra
• Environment protection,
local economic
development: Nis , Niksic,
Zavidovici, Verteneglio
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Thank you for your attention

Stanka.parac@aldaintranet.org