2015 is coming to an end after an intensive activity for the consortium of the LADDER project. After having benefited from EU-level trainings on DEAR (Development Education and Awareness Raising) – more than 150 representatives of local authorities, networks of LAs and civil society organizations (CSOs) attended 3 training sessions held in Ireland, Croatia and [...]
Monday 30 November, a roundtable on the refugee crisis & migration was held in Belgrade (Serbia). During the event, different stakeholders reflected on the challenges and consequences of this sudden flow of refugees coming mainly from Northern Africa and the Middle East. Relevant speakers coming from different Serbian ministries attended the event, such as Mr. [...]
From 1st to 4th December 2015, the second Special Initiative of LADDER project with focus on the Eastern Partnership, was held in Georgia. The event was organised by NALAG in cooperation with ALDA and UBBSLA, and it was structured in 3 phases. In the first phase all partners and other participants met in Tbilisi for [...]
Paris Climate Conference , better known as COP 21, started past 30th November of 2015. This UN Conference is trying to gather different stakeholders to fight against the most important challenge of the Anthropocene : Climate Change. Our Resilient, Sustainable Development Path (WP5) has a say. We are aware of the importance of having active [...]
ALDA (The European Association for Local Democracy) in collaboration with SOS Malta and with the support of EU Europeaid Funds and the EEA Grants organized a conference in the framework of the LADDER project entitled “Migration and Development: EYD 2015- The year for local action for global solutions”, which took place on 11th to 13th [...]
Mr. Karvounis from the Ministry of Interior and Administrative Reconstruction, Mr. Duros member of the Steering Committee of EGTC Amphictyony and Ms Anne-Laure Joedicke from ALDA, opened the 3rd EU Level training on DEAR of the LADDER project, introducing the agenda & referring to the role of multipliers of Local Authorities & CSOs on development education. [...]
This European Commission’ event took place in Brussels (Belgium) on the 21 & 22 of October of 2015 in the framework of the European Year of Development 2015. It succeeded in gathering together around 180 participants from all 28 EU Member States. Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development, Neven Mimica, gave a keynote speech and [...]
In the framework of Shining Stars of Europe, a contest organised under the umbrella of EYD 2015 – the European Year for Development, ALDA finalised a video presenting its project LADDER – Local Authorities as drivers for Development Education and Raising Awareness. The videos submitted to the competition, coming from all over the world, aim [...]
In the framework of Shining Stars of Europe, a contest organised under the umbrella of EYD 2015 – the European Year for Development, ALDA finalised a video presenting its project LADDER – Local Authorities as drivers for Development Education and Raising Awareness. The videos submitted to the competition, coming from all over the world, aim [...]
LADDER Workshop Local Governments as Drivers for Change – Localizing the SDGs implementation through the LED approach – The Eastern Partnership (EaP) experience The workshop, organized under the LADDER project and coordinated by ALDA - European Association for Local Democracy- took place on the 15th of October in the charming city of Torino, Italy. Different experts [...]
