Are you a local authority (public employee, collaborator, city manager, director,  local administrator, policy maker etc.)? Are you from Slovenia, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Romania, and Croatia? Do you want to gain new skills and knowledge in order to increase citizens participation in your region? 

Then, you should participate in this call!

ALDA, the European Association for Local Democracy, invites you to participate in the Local Academy Training. Local practitioners, officials and managers will learn how to better construct an active and fruitful dialogue with citizens and communities when developing local policies. 

The training offers an intensive and strategic learning environment through three modules: 

1. Good democratic governance with a particular focus on the 12 principles of good democratic governance outlined by the CoE;

2. Participatory instruments (i.e. participative budget, committees of citizens etc.) 

3. Local context related to specific needs identified by the participants

The training especially targets participants coming from countries with the lowest participation rate in the European elections, namely, Slovenia, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Romania, and Croatia, with a particular focus on peri-urban and rural areas. Nevertheless, anyone interested in the training is very welcome to participate!

Questions? Contact Anita Lugli anita[at]aldaintranet.org.