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« Edremit » takes part in the European Local Democracy Week - a paneuropean event coordinated by the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe - as « Partner city »

Establishment of Local Democracy Agency in Edremit- creating a platform with local CSOs

Edremit Municipality
14/09/2021
In the frame of European Local Democracy Week activities and the principles fostered by the Congress, Edremit Municipality will host a meeting with representative of several local civil society organisations in order to create the formal platform for the establishment of LDA-Edremit. The meeting will be joined by two representatives of ALDA, ALDA General Secretary Antonella Valmorbida, Mayor of Edremit, Director of Human resources and education of Edremit Municipality, employees of Foreign Relations office of Edremit Municipality, President of Citizens' Council of Edremit Municipality, representatives of local CSOs in Edremit.
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On 14th September 2021, Edremit Municipality in the frame of European Local Democracy Week 2021, organised an international meeting with ALDA Coordinator for Middle East and Africa and representatives of local CSOs, in order to discusse and work together on the establishment of the first Local Democracy Agency in Turkey: LDA Edremit (Local Democracy Agency Edremit in Turkey). The meeting represented one of the several steps Edremit Municipality is implementing together with ALDA in order to coordinate the local civil associations of Edremit for the establishment of our LDA. Together with several international partners, Local Democracy Agency Edremit in Turkey is going to be founded by local association of Edremit and the Municipality of Edremit itself. During the meeting representatives of local civil associations of Edremit asked several questions regarding the mechanisms and functions of Local Democracy Agencies in Europe, explaining their comments, visions and potential positive effects of Local Democracy Agency in Edremit. They presented their associations and fields of actions underlining their objectives, needs and constrains. Several associations expressed their will to be founder members of LDA Edremit and together with them a draft Statute of LDA Edremit will be discussed and prepared in the next days. According to the discussions held during the meeting, the priority fields of the LDA Edremit in Turkey will be as follow: environment and climate change, rights of disabled people, women rights and gender equality, cultural democracy and participatory citizenship.
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