Network of Associations of Local Authorities of South-East Europe

Western Balkan municipalities show that biodiversity-led planning can deliver true sustainable development

20/10/2011 13:33:32

Friday 14 October 2011 saw the successful closing of the two-day international conference ‘Biodiversity goes local’, held in Budva, Montenegro. The aim of the conference was to further enhance local biodiversity actions in Southeastern Europe, with a focus on the Western Balkan region. The conference brought together almost 100 participants from local communities of countries in the Dinaric Arc region, governments, international governmental and non-governmental organizations, and various experts, who engaged in lively discussions and exchange of views, experience and expertise. NALAS was represented at this conference by Ms Sanja Zivkovic

Read the press release here.

Energy Efficiency Task Force Meeting in Skopje, 12-13 May 2011

12/10/2011 12:50:26

NALAS Task Force on Energy Efficiency met in Skopje, Macedonia, on the 12-13th May 2011. The meeting was devoted to the Task Force on Energy Efficiency forthcoming projects and activities in regards with Supporting Structures for the Covenant of Mayors (CoM), and included review and update of the Task Force’s Action Plan in view of synergy and better collaboration with NALAS Knowledge Managers (KM) appointed at the LGAs. It gathered in total 29 participants, including a number of the members of the KM Group. The main topics for discussions of the meeting were the main activities of the CoM Supporters, the upcoming UNDP project Think Globally Develop Locally, and the TF EE and KM follow on steps.

Meeting materials (members only)

Energy Efficiency Task Force Meeting in Tirana, 23-24 November 2010

12/10/2011 12:48:35

NALAS Task Force on Energy Efficiency met in Tirana, Albania, on the 23-24th of November 2010. The meeting was devoted to the TF EE strategic planning based on the sum-ups of the Survey “Energy Efficiency Measures in South-East European Municipalities and the Role of National Associations and NALAS”. It gathered in total 14 participants. The main topics for discussions of the meeting were content and format of the Report, the project follow on steps, and TF EE evaluation process.

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Energy Efficiency Task Force Meeting in Budva, 27 April 2010

12/10/2011 12:42:33

The TF EE members gathered in Budva on 27th April 2010. At this meeting, the Final Draft of the Report on the Survey “Energy Efficiency Measures in South-East European Municipalities and the Role of National Associations and NALAS” was discussed. Final amendments to the document were agreed. The format and content of the Report is made comparable, indicative and concrete. An Executive Summary and a full volume report are to be disseminated to NALAS members, their member municipalities and other institutions after the conclusion of the project on the 20th May 2010. Several project ideas were generated with a view to make impact in EE sector in regards with the Survey’s findings.

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Energy Efficiency Task Force Meeting in Tirana, 6 March 2010

12/10/2011 12:39:30

NALAS Task Force on Energy Efficiency met in Tirana, Albania, on the 6 March 2010. The meeting was devoted to the TF EE strategic planning based on the sum-ups of the Survey “Energy Efficiency Measures in South-East European Municipalities and the Role of National Associations and NALAS”. The group achieved the meeting’s overall subjective to plan short-, mid- and long term. A project idea Think Globally Develop Locally for tackling climate change was presented to the TF EE by Ms. Clare Romanik of UNDP, the TF EE communicated the idea with the LGAs and CLO executive decision on its further implementation is expected.

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Energy Efficiency Task Force Meeting in Prishtina, 26 January 2010

12/10/2011 12:36:55

Project Survey “Energy Efficiency Measures in South-East European Municipalities and the Role of National Associations and NALAS” started on the 26th of January 2010. The Briefing meeting for the experts implementing the Survey was held on the 4-5th March in Prishtina. Instructions on implementing the Survey were given in order to provide best quality of the Project results.

Energy Efficiency Task Force Meeting in Skopje, 1 December 2009

12/10/2011 12:35:50

NALAS Task Force on Energy Efficiency met in the capital of the Republic of Macedonia Skopje on the 1st of December 2009. It was the third and the last for the year 2009 meeting and it gathered in total 12 participants, including one new member of the Task Force – the representative of the association of the Republic of Croatia. The main topic for discussions of the meeting was the proposed by the ORF-E Survey “Energy Efficiency Measures in South- East European Municipalities and the Role of National Associations and NALAS”. Meeting was about exchanging opinions and looking at the energy efficiency measures and planning processes in the NALAS member states from different perspectives. Central point of the discussions was involvement of the member associations in the proposed Survey.

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Energy Cities' opinion about the Energy Efficiency plan 2011

11/04/2011 07:37:05

Energy Cities, the European Association of "local authorities inventing their energy future", published today its opinion about the Energy Efficiency plan 2011, released by the European Commission on 8 March 2011.

According to Energy cities, after the Fukushima nuclear accident and the new increase of oil energy prices, time for postponing urgent decisions is definitively over. It’s really time to go towards a decentralised, democratic, responsible energy system that citizens can understand.

Such a system calls for greater involvement of local authorities in energy policy making and implementation so as to give a more significant place to decentralised policies based on energy efficiency, energy savings and the use of local renewable energy and heat recovery.

Energy Cities RendezVous

25/03/2011 04:06:32

On 6 - 8 April 2011 Energy Cities gathered political decision-makers, technical representatives, companies and academics for its Annual Rendezvous 2011. Energy Cities and the hosting City of Zagreb want to encourage European local authorities to “Do It Yourself…together”: each city has its own energy challenges and skills, but only by teaming up with others it will be well prepared for an unpredictable 21st Century.

Covenant of Mayors in the Western Balkans

31/01/2011 06:28:27

A very supportive letter was received by the Director General of the European Commission's DG Enlargement Michael Leigh supporting the proposed extension of the Covenant of Mayors to the Western Balkans. Series of meetings were held with the European Commission units in Brussels as actions to promote further the extension. Representatives of DG Energy, DG Enlargement, the Local Adminstration Facility Program of TAIEX were visited to support the initiative and to lobby for opening of Covenant of Mayors Office (CoMO) in the Western Balkans. With the support of Energy Cities, NALAS will become Supporting Sructure for the Covenant, as a step towards establishing of CoMO in SEE with IPA financial support.