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NALAS Newsletter February 2014

This week, October 29-31, 2013, in Strasbourg during the 25th session of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe, the Delegation of the Congress of Local Authorities from Moldova is organizing a first round of public manifestations in European countries. Apart from the official address to the Congress on the gravity of the situation soliciting simultaneously a post-monitoring mission for Moldova, apart from the official meetings and declaration at the Plenary session of the Congress, a Delegation of twenty Moldovan mayors representing the leadership of the Congress of Local Authorities from Moldova – will be organizing an information flash mob action in support of the public administration and democracy reforms in Moldova and a press conference with the European media.

On October 11, 2013 in Chisinau over 300 mayors took part in the local democracy and local government support demonstration to say decisive “NO” to the degradation of public administration system and decisive “YES” to local and national democracy in Moldova.

During June 20 – 23, 2013, Mamaia, Romania representatives of CALM Women Mayors Network participated at the first session of the League of Women Mayors of Communes of Romania established by ACoR. The event brought together over 50 participants from both Associations.

Friday, June 21, 2013, in Chisinau under the auspices of the Congress of Local Authorities of Moldova (CALM) was held the meeting with representatives of the Association of Local Authorities from Lithuania. The event that was attended by about 30 representatives of local governments from Moldova and Lithuania aimed at sharing the experience of Lithuania in the process of decentralization and strengthening of local autonomy and the establishment of partnerships between representatives of the Association of Local Authorities from Lithuania and Moldova.

On June 20, 2013 Congress of Local Authorities from Moldova (CALM) in partnership with the Network of Associations of Local Authorities of South-East Europe (NALAS) organized the NEXPO National Promotional Event within the project Establishment of a Matchmaking Platform for local governments and the business sector supported by GIZ/ORF.

(Română) Rețeaua Asociațiilor Autorităților Locale din Europa de Sud-Est (NALAS), în parteneriat cu Asociația Orașelor din Croația, Asociația Municipiilor din Croația și orașele Rijeka si Opatija, organizează cel de-al doilea Târg Internațional al Municipalităților NEXPO, care va avea loc în Rijeka și Opatija, Croația, la 25-27 septembrie 2013.

NALAS is a network of associations of local authorities of South East Europe. The Network brings together 16 Associations which represent roughly 9000 local authorities, directly elected by more than 80 million citizens of this region. The NALAS Secretariat, based in Skopje, is responsible for the overall coordination and the implementation of the activities.

The event was attended by guests of honour, Ms Svetlana ROGOV, Head of International Relations and Investments Department at the Ministry of Regional Development and Construction, Mr Kent Larson, Country Director USAID / Moldova and Mr Tudor Meșina, Director of Agency for Regional Development for Moldovas central region. Guests of honour underlined in their welcome speeches the importance of organizing such workshops for APL in Moldova.

During April 17 – 18, 2013 representatives of the Congress of Local Authorities from Moldova participated at a 2-day workshop on Public Procurement. The workshop was led by Steen Jensen international expert from Denmark, and Catherine Grib, local expert. The objective was to familiarize LPA representatives from Moldova with the best practices in public procurement, sharing the experiences and capacity building of LPA employees to better manage the process of such an important area as public procurement.