LADDER will present a Workshop at the upcoming EDD 2016, on the 15th of June at 16:00 CET time. The Workshop entitled “Localising the Sustainable Development Goals: Owning the global development agenda” will be presented in the framework of the session “Localizing SDGs – cross-sectoral & multi-stakeholder engagement for sustainable cities”. Registrations to the EDDs [...]
ALDA and the LADDER consortium are supporting the SDGs implementation, contributing to the collective effort of turning them from objectives on paper to reality. LADDER supports especially the localization of the SDGs as major and integral part of the effort to reach the global objective of poverty eradication, where all actors, countries and citizens have their [...]
This report was elaborated on the basis of surveys filled in by participants at the occasion of 3 European Seminars on DEAR organized in 2015 in Ireland, Croatia and Greece, within the LADDER project. More than 110 „multipliers“ (representatives of Local Authorities and CSOs coming from the 35 countries of the enlarged Europe covered [...]
Cultural diversity is considered as one of Europe’s most valuable assets. The process of building a common identity based on pluralism and interculturalism needs to be accompanied by ensuring adequate levels of social integration. Migrants in Europe often face various obstacles to participation and social inclusion that need to be removed. ALDA – The European [...]
From 2-5 March, a field visit took place on the island of Chios in Greece. With a total of 53.000 inhabitants and having received more than 120.000 refugees since January 2015, Chios belongs to the islands of the Aegean sea affected by the refugee crisis. A delegation of representatives of ALDA, the Council of Mallorca [...]
The new Eurobarometer on Development 2015 has been published, including data on the European Year for Development 2015 with important & considerable results! The Eurobarometer shows not only an increase of the public awareness on development and cooperation matters, but also that European citizens hold a posititive attitude towards development (put here the % of [...]
Perspectives from the event “The role of Municipalities in Promotion of Development Education and Research” Municipalities have a key role leading the initiatives for the improvement of the life conditions of their inhabitants. Currently, Development Education and Research can be an important approach and tool to address some of the most challenging issues, as it can enhance the knowledge and promote involvement [...]
The Joint Declaration of LADDER & PLATFORMA on the ENP has been just published. It includes policy recommendations, further to the open consultation process and the publication of the updated framework for the ENP by the EU. PLATFORMA & the LADDER consortium strongly believe that the role of the Local and Regional governments should be [...]
The slogan competition of the LADDER project is over! Congratulations to all participating countries and participants for their inventive, creative and meaning-full proposals! It has been a huge success with more than 750 proposals submitted across participating countries! A multiple team formed from project partners carefully analyzed the submitted proposals, following a multiple level [...]
“We call on the EU and each of its Member States to develop an overarching Sustainable Development Strategy with a timeline of 2030 and a concrete implementation plan which coordinates the achievement of the 17 goals, 169 targets and their indicators.” See the full letter sent to Commissioner Timmermans on the 9th of February 2016 [...]
