Launching Conference: Local authorities and civil society: a partnership for development

LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND CIVIL SOCIETY, TOGETHER, AGENTS FOR DEVELOPMENT IN EUROPE AND NEIGHBOURHOOD COUNTRIES. THE LAUNCH OF A NEW EUROPEAN ALLIANCE TO FOSTER A SHARED AND BOTTOM-UP APPROACH TO DEVELOPMENT. Brussels, 28 March 2012

The increased involvement of Local Authorities (LAs) and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in EU development policy generates the need for the establishment of a new alliance among them in order to capitalize and improve their experiences and methods of actions.
During the last two decades, LAs gained a significant expertise in terms of conflict prevention, decentralization and confidence building in development, revealing themselves as real catalysts for change. In strong cooperation with CSOs, LAs confirmed decentralized cooperation methodology as one of the most relevant tools to promote a shared and bottom-up approach to development, inside and outside Europe.
ALDA, which has been one of the first European actors promoting this practice through the network of Local Democracy Agencies, is launching a new alliance between LAs and CSOs interested in having a voice heard in Europe as for policy making about development cooperation.

On 28th of March 2012, in the Committee of the Regions premises in Brussels, will be launch WTD – Working Together for Development with the International Conference ”Local authorities and civil society: a partnership for development”. The Conferencewill gather the main European stakeholders in the field of development and aims at debating on the opportunities LAs have to work together with CSOs to foster a bottom up approach to development and to plan a join strategy to make their efforts more efficient.

We will be pleased to involve your institution or organization in this new challenging European endeavor, thus the president of ALDA is honored to invite you all in Brussels.
To participate please fill and submit the registration form clicking here.

More about the Alliance
WTD, Working Together for Development, is a multi-annual development alliance granted within the framework of the European Commission NSA & LA Programme in the Objective III.
It has been designed conceived by ALDA in cooperation with 21 international partners and associates coming from 16 different countries from enlarged the wider Europe.
It involves both Associations of Local Authorities and NGO networks, and aims at improving their capacities to act as development agents inside and outside Europe, in partnership with EU and national institutions. WTD adopts a multi-stakeholder approach and focuses on creating strong partnerships between Local Authorities and NGOs. It has a special particular focus on Eastern and South Eastern Europe.
For more information please click here or contact Mr Alfonso Aliberti, Project Manager of ALDA, at alfonso.aliberti@aldaintranet.org