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GLASILO noemvri, 2008
NALAS - Mre`a na asocijacii na lokalni vlasti od Jugoisto~na Evropa
Fiskalnata decentralizacija, ekonomskiot i
urban razvoj - aktuelni zaedni~ki aktivnosti na
asocijaciite na lokalni vlasti od regionot
ZELS e ~lenka na NALAS-Mre`a na Asocijacii na
lokalni vlasti od Jugoisto~na Evropa, od samoto nejzino
osnovawe. Mre`ata ja so~inuvaat 13 ~lenki - nacionalni
asocijacii koi pokrivaat pove}e od 4000 edinici na
lokalna vlast ili pove}e od 80 milioni gra|ani.
Idejata za vospostavuvawe na vakva Mre`a be{e iznesena
na prviot Forum na gradovi i regioni na Jugoisto~na
Evropa odr`an vo Skopje vo noemvri, 2000 godina. Ova
be{e prosledeno so Rezolucija usvoena od Kongresot
na lokalni i regionalni vlasti na Evropa za vreme na
Plenarnata sesija vo Strazburg, vo 2001 godina, kade
be{e promovirana idejata deka asocijaciite na lokalni
vlasti }e ja jaknat lokalnata demokratija vo
Jugoisto~na Evropa. Poddr{kata i vrskata
me|u Kongresot i NALAS se oddr`uva do
denes, koga ve}e NALAS zastanuva na sopstveni
noze so formiraweto na Sekretarijat na
NALS, ~ij izvr{en direktor e g-din Kelmend
Zajazi, koj zaedno so nekolkute mladi profesionalci
vo Sekretarijatot se na postojana
usluga na barawata na ~lenkite na NALAS.
Sedi{teto na Sekretarijatot e smesteno vo
Skopje, tokmu vo prostoriite na ZELS vo
,,Ku}ata na op{tinite”.
Mre`ata na asocijaciite e podr`ana od
[vajcarskata agencija za razvoj i sorabotka
(SDC), od Germanskata agencija za tehni~ka
sorabotka (GTZ) i Inicijativata za lokalna
demokratija na Institutot otvoreno op{testvo (LGI).
NALAS odneodamna mnogu blisku sorabotuva i so razni
va`ni ~initeli involvirani vo lokalnata demokratija
na Jugoisto~na Evropa, kako {to e Sovetot na Evropski
op{tini i regioni (CEMER), Asocijacijata na agencii za
lokalna demokratija (ALDA), Centarot za ekspertizi za
lokalni reformi pri Sovetot na Evropa i Asocijacijata
na metropoli i gradovi na Avstrija.
Uspe{noto funkcionirawe na Mre`ata, me|u drugoto e
i rezultat na sli~nite problemi so koi se soo~uvaat
nejzinite ~lenki vo gradeweto na sistemot na lokalna
vlast, vo ramkite na sekoja dr`ava poedine~no.
^lenki na NALAS
Asocijacija na op{tini na Albanija; Asocijacija na gradona~alnici
i lokalni zaednici od Moldavija; Asocijacija na gradovi
i op{tini na Republika Srpska; Asocijacija na op{tini
i gradovi na Federacijata Bosna i Hercegovina; Asocijacija
na op{tini i gradovi od Slovenija; Asocijacija na op{tini od
Kosovo; Nacionalna asocijacija na op{tinite od Republika Bugarija;
Nacionalna liga na asocijaciii na gradona~alnici od
Moldavija;Romanska federacija na lokalni avtoriteti; Stalna
konferencija na gradovi i op{tini na Srbija; Unija na op{tini
od regionot Marmara-Turcija; Unija na Op{tini od Crna Gora i
zaednicata na edinicite na lokalna samouprava na Republika
Makedonija. Vo mre`ata ~lenuvaat i nekolku pridru`ni ~lenki.
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NALAS - Network of National Associations of the Local Authorities in Southeast Europe
Fiscal Decentralization, Economic and Urban
Development – Current Common Activities of the
Associations of Local Authorities in the Region
ZELS is a member of NALAS, the Network of National
Associations of the Local Authorities in Southeast Europe,
ever since its foundation. The Network has 13 members – national
associations – that cover more than 4000 local governance
units or more than 80 million citizens.
The idea to establish such a Network was presented at the
first Forum of Towns and Regions of Southeast Europe which
was held in Skopje in November 2000. This was followed by
a Resolution that was adopted at the Congress of Local and
Regional Authorities of Europe during the Plenary Session in
Strasbourg in 2001, where the idea was promoted that the associations
of local authorities would promote local democracy
in Southeast Europe. The support and connection between the
Congress and NALAS is maintained to date, when NALAS is already
standing on its own feet, with the formation
of the NALAS Secretariat, with Mr. Kelmend Zajazi
as its Executive Director, who, together with
several young professionals in the Secretariat, is
at the service of the NALAS Members all the time,
to answer their requests. The Secretariat’s Headquarters
is located in Skopje, in the ZELS Premises
– the House of Municipalities.
The Associations’ Network is supported by the
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
(SDC), the German Agency for Technical Cooperation
(GTZ) and the Initiative for Local Democracy
of the Open Society Institute (LGI). As of recently,
NALAS has also started cooperating very
closely with various important factors involved in
the local democracy of Southeast Europe, such as the Council
of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMER), the Association
of Local Democracy Agencies (ALDA), the Centre for
Expertise on Local Reforms at the Council of Europe, and the
Association of Cities and Towns of Austria.
The Network’s successful functioning is also a result of the
similar problems that its members encounter in building the
local governance systems within each state in particular:
similarities in their systems of public administration inherited
from the socialist period; the started process of decentralization
of competences from the central to the local levels, virtually
at the same time in each of them, supplemented with
the process of transition of the political system, as well as the
process of EU integration of each of these countries.
NALAS Members
Association of the Municipalities of Albania; Association of the Mayors
and Local Communities of Moldavia; Association of Towns and
Municipalities of Republika Srpska; Association of Municipalities and
Towns of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina; Association of
Municipalities and Towns of Slovenia; Association of the Municipalities
of Kosovo; National Association of the Municipalities of the Republic
of Bulgaria; National League of the Associations of Mayors of
Moldavia; Romanian Federation of Local Authorities; Standing Conference
of Towns and Municipalities of Serbia; Union of Municipalities
of Marmara Region, Turkey; Union of Municipalities of Montenegro
and Association of the Units of Local Self-Government of the Republic
of Macedonia. The Network also has several associate members.