Solid Waste and Water Management
The NALAS Task Force on Solid Waste and Water Management is the first NALAS task force, with its roots as a task force on solid waste management, established in December 2005. The host association for this Task Force is the Standing Conference of Towns and Municipalities (SKGO).
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Energy Efficiency
The NALAS Task Force on Energy Efficiency addresses the increasing issues with energy in South East Europe. As energy efficiency is an interdisciplinary field, this task brings together energy experts, municipal energy managers, mayors and other professionals who contribute together in mitigating the energy problems by proposing changes in the legislation, collecting best practices, encouraging better use of the available energy and employing renewable sources of energy.
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Urban Planning
The NALAS Task Force on Urban Planning consists of regional urban planning experts representing member associations. It tackles urban planning issues common in the region, such us integration of informal settlements, inclusion of more stakeholders in the urban planning process and collection and analysis of the right parameters in what is known as "urban economics".
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Sustainable Tourism
The NALAS Task Force on Sustainable Tourism is an emerging task force aimed to encourage tourism development in South East Europe based on sustainability principles. The role of the Task Force is to promote tourism policy, governance and operations that respect and protect the environment and biodiversity and foster social inclusion, while creating employment and income earning opportunities and contributing to socio-economic growth. This Task Force is hosted by the Association of Municipalities and Cities of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Fiscal Decentralization
The NALAS Task Force on Fiscal Decentralization consists of regional experts in local and intergovernmental finances representing member associations. The host association for this Task Force is the National Association of Local Governments of Bulgaria (NAMRB).
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Knowledge and Promotion products developed within the “Business Cases for Improved Waste Collection and Valorisation” Project 20.01.2020
Read moreThe project supported local authorities and public utility companies to provide better and higher quality waste management services in South East Europe.
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Project: Business cases development for improved waste collection and valorisation 19.01.2020
Read moreThe “Business Cases for Improved Waste Collection and Valorization” is a project intended to support the local authorities and public utility companies to provide better and higher quality waste management services in Southeast Europe. In the course of the project duration, the project partners developed methodological approaches for the introduction/optimization of five business processes in the area of Solid Waste Management.
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NALAS Solid Waste and Water Management Task Force Initiates the Water Management Group 13.12.2019
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On 12-13 December 2019, the NALAS Solid Waste and Water Management Task Force met in Belgrade, Serbia to discuss and identify the priority objectives and recommendations necessary for policy dialogue and advocacy initiatives of the NALAS members related to the Sector of Water Supply and Sanitation. Discussions also included changes that could encourage enabling learning environment at local, national and regional level.
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Partnership Agreement between municipalities and their PUCs 01.03.2019
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During the 2nd Danube Hub Benchmarking Conference, a Partnership Agreement has been signed by four utilities and their municipalities - Subotica, Bijeljina, Novi Sad and Szeged.
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The Regional Working Group on Solid Waste Management discusses its progress and sustainability 10.12.2018
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The second working meeting of the Regional Working Group on Solid Waste Management “Business cases development for improved waste collection and valorisation” took place in Skopje, Macedonia, on 6 December 2018.
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Monitoring and Evaluation is not a burden, proves RCDN training 05.12.2018
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As part of the capacity development measures aimed to strengthen the partner LGAs and APUCs of RCDN, a training in Monitoring and Evaluation was organised in Bijeljina, on 4 and 5 December 2018.
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Where is decentralisation going? NALAS’ Regional Decentralisation Observatory might have the answer 14.11.2018
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The fourth workshop on NALAS’ Regional Decentralisation Observatory (RDO) was opened today in Skopje, Macedonia. This workshop is finalising the methodology for the RDO and is testing it among the 12 NALAS countries.
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RCDN Focal Points master Association Needs Assessment skills 01.11.2018
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The training in Association Needs Assessment was organised in Belgrade, Serbia on 1 and 2 November 2018, for the RCDN Focal Points in the partner LGAs and APUCs.
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Joint meeting on the progress in the business cases development for improved waste collection and valorisation 31.10.2018
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The meeting focused on presentation and exchange on the progress and challenges in the piloting process in 13 pilot municipalities from Macedonia, Serbia, Kosovo and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Addressing participants' needs, careful design and co-creation during the delivery are the bases for high quality training 04.10.2018
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19 participants, representing the partner Associations of the Regional Capacity Development Network (RCDN) for water and sanitation services, took part in the second Training Management Cycle (TMC) training that takes place from 2-5 October 2018 in Budva, Montenegro.

