ALDA, the Association of Local Democracy Agencies, is a membership association created under the initiative of the Congress of the Council of Europe in 1999. ALDA comprises 150 members (municipalities, NGOs and grassroots associations) and works in the field of local democracy, good governance, EU integration and citizen participation. ALDA strives to promote human rights, democracy and active citizenship through the 11 Local Democracy Agencies acting in the Balkans and South Caucasus. The mixed membership (governmental, non governmental) and the wide international network make ALDA a unique organisation working on the following thematic fields: - Local Democracy - Good Governance - Active Citizenship - Participation - Decentralised cooperation - Town twinning - Volunteerism - EU integration - Local Development - Microcredit

External links

• ALDA Official website
• Council of Europe on ALDA