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NALAS NEXPO Conference – Interview with Mr. Anatolie Sirbu

Posted on March 17, 2011 by Tobias Sommer 
 

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On the second day of the NEXPO Conference, Mr. Anatoli Sirbu, Mayor of Antonesti, Moldova, was interviewed by Celestine Kroesschell on the importance of strategic planning. Translation: Aurelia Ciornei.


NALAS NEXPO Conference – Interview with Kelmend Zajazi

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Tobias Sommer 
 

The Executive Director of NALAS, Kelmend Zajazi gave an interview at the first day of the NEXPO Conference on his hopes in terms of achievements of the NEXPO. He also briefly described how NALAS supports the local government associations (and indirectly the local governments) in the development of their municipalities.


Kelmend Zajazi on NALAS and its role in supporting local associations of municipalities:

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Kelmend Zajazi on his expectations towards the NEXPO Conference:

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Video reporter: Nara Weigel
 


Learning from the NALAS NEXPO – Some Reflections

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Tobias Sommer 
 

Preeta Lall, SDC India:

I am taking with me many documents prepared by NALAS members and I will be sharing them with the municipal associations in India.

 

Oksana Garnets, SDC Ukraine:

I have learned the importance of linking Ukrainian associations with the NALAS network. The association of small towns might benefit a lot from cooperation with NALAS.

 

Nathalie Nikiema, SDC Burkina Faso:

I have learned that we can apply in Burkina a similar approach as NALAS in the organization of such an event. It was important for me to come to share and talk about issues like e-governance, where I learned was that it is important to build capacities of authorities at local levels before we ask the national level to support them. Additionally, before we transform our local governments into e-governments, there is a need for working first on issues like education, internet access and also access to electricity.

 

Aurelia Ciornei, SDC Moldova

One of the things I learned from the NEXPO conferences was on the issue of energy efficiency and local governance. Municipalities are committing themselves to become energy efficient. There is the covenant of Mayors on this topic, where one mayor from a municipality in Moldova is participating. I have seen that there are different ways in which a municipality can be active in energy efficiency issues using local resources. Also, what was important for me as a new-comer is that I have learned what it really means to network beyond the theory. The dlgn F2F allowed me to build relationships with people from different countries and to exchange our experience and knowledge on the topics discussed by the learning projects.

 

Sohel Ali and Tirtha Sikder, SDC Bangladesh

We really enjoyed participating in the NALAS conference. We will be promoting the idea of having a network of municipalities in South Asia. We were able to gather many documents and publications which will help us in the implementation of our projects. Also, the conference on Benchmarking has been very interesting. This presentation helped us to move forward and gave us the ammunition to show evidence on the performance of our municipalities. Additionally, the conference on e-governance allowed us to be better informed about what it takes to have a digital municipality.
 

 

Impressions Friday

Posted on March 12, 2011 by Tobias Sommer 
 

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Video reporters: Ursula Läubli, Tobias Sommer
 
 

Impressions Thursday

Posted on March 11, 2011 by Tobias Sommer 
 

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On the fourth day of the DLGN f2f, we attended the NEXPO Conference organized by NALAS. After the bus trip to the Zetra Arena (stadium from the Olympic Winter Games of Sarajevo ’84) we did a tour of the exposition and then attended the opening conference where, among others, Kurt Kunz (Head of Eastern Cooperation, SDC), addressed the international audience. During the afternoon, various workshops on topics like good governance, energy efficiency and municipal benchmarking were offered.

Here are a few audiovisual impressions from the day!

Photos: Adrian Gnägi

Video reporter: Hynek Bures