Tomislav Nikolic, leader of the nationalist Serbian Progress Party won the presidential election held on Sunday 20th May in Serbia. Many concerns have been raised about the future prospects for democratic reforms and EU integration of Serbia that has only recently been granted the candidate status.

In the frame of the “THINK.EU” project, last 7th – 11th May ALDA held a training course in Pula, Croatia, on “Project cycle management”, addressed to around 30 participants, representing CSOs, business community, LAs.

Tourism development is a common topic in the cooperation of French Municipalities with North Macedonia. This is what emerged from the third meeting of municipalities and communities from the Region Lower Normandy cooperating with municipalities from North Macedonia

Strengthening citizens’ and local authorities’ role in the good local governance of all the European and neighbouring countries and facilitate cooperation between local authorities and civil society.

On the 9th of May 1950, Robert Schuman presented his proposal on the creation of an organised Europe, indispensable to the maintenance of peaceful relations.

A public debate on “Common heritage and Policy”, organised by the Veneto regional branch of the European Federalist Movement, in collaboration with ALDA, will take place Sunday, May 6 in Vicenza.

Mrs. Antonella Valmorbida, ALDA Director and Coordinator of the Sub Group on Local Government and Public Administration Reform of the Civil Society Forum for Eastern Partnership, was one of the speakers at the meeting on “Public Administration reform in Eastern Partnership countries: how far, how deep?”.

More than 30 young people coming from 4 different European countries celebrated the “Earth Day” in Peja/Pec (Kosovo) with interactive actions in the main square of the City.

In the period of 25 and 26 April 2012, in Caen, the capital of the French Region Lower Normandy, the Coalition of youth organisations – SEGA and the House of Europe in Caen, will organise Study visit on the topic “Volunteerism as a factor for social cohesion”.

A meeting of municipalities and communities from the Region of Lower Normandy who cooperate with the Macedonian municipalities will take place on April 25 in Caen.

The Union of Towns and Cities of Slovakia, in co-operation with ALDA and City Bratislava, organises InfoDay Europe for Citizens that take place in Bratislava, on the 21th of April, 2012, within the ALDA Project TIC-TAC

On Saturday 14th April 2012 the first training session for young volunteers who want to become EU promoters in their community took place in the premises of the Local Democracy Agency in Osijek.

The partner meeting of LDA Georgia will take place in Strasbourg on 19th of April 2012. The meeting will be held by the Municipality of Strasbourg, lead partner of the LDA.

A group of five young people from Georgia, was not allowed to enter Kosovo for a Youth Exchange promoted by ALDA and Tavolo Trentino per il Kosovo, for unjustified reasons.

The elections for the new Governing Board of ALDA will take place on 7th of June during the morning session of the ALDA General Assembly in Udine (I).

On April 2, 2012 in the municipality of Veles (MK) the Macedonian partners of the Decentralised cooperation between Lower Normandy and Macedonia, met during Intermediate Steering Committee.

Within the cooperation project between the Municipalities of Thiene (I) and Ijevan (AM), a study visit of a delegation of the Armenian City will be held in Thiene (10-13 April 2012).

On April 4-5 the partners of LDA Armenia held meeting at the Region of Rhone Alpes in Lyon. They met to discuss how to organise the future work of the LDA and its strategic and action plan.