Dear readers,

this is the last issue of our newsletter prepared and publicized with the financial support

from “European Partnership for Local Green Agendas” and we would like to take the op-

portunity to express our gratitude to all of you who have been following our project

through the lines of this newsletter and who have been so gentle to send us useful comments

to improve each issue.

During these two years there have been different communities, institutions, organizations

and individuals involved in the project both as participants, targets and beneficiaries whom

we would like to thank for their seriousness and time invested in the success of this initia-

tive.

Under this effort, an important thank you goes to the project management team who has

been committed in working in the frame of local activism, of democracy and transparency

and have reached project goals demonstrating so that these principles are possible.

Within this issue we would like to present you three important outputs of these nearly three

years experience which will ensure the sustainability and expansion of the action and its

principles.

Also within this issue we would like to invite all of you interested in applying GA method-

ology in your commune, municipality or region to contact us without hesitation for any kind

of support you may need.

Thank you again,

e-Newsletter working team

This newsletter was produced under the IPA project “European Partnership for Local Green Agendas” which is founded by European Union. The contents of

this document are the sole responsibility of MILIEUKONTAKT International and the partner organizations KOCKA, EDEN and OZON and can under no

circumstances be regarded as reflecting the position of the European Union

Inside this issue:

The Green Agenda Methodology now accessible to everyone through the

GA webpage The Green Agenda methodology is a unique

methodology which brings community, local government and other local stakeholders in

working together for developing and implementing local sustainable development strategies and plans. The method is special in

at least 3 main aspects:

it starts out by identifying local values

rather than problems;

participation in the process is not limited to

experts or certain stakeholder groups but is

wide and open to all; and

as a result, the process and its outcomes

are genuinely owned by the local people.

This methodology has been developed by

Milieukontak International and over the years has been successfully implemented in several countries like Romania, Croatia, Moldova,

Russia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Albania,

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Kosovo. It consists of 17 steps which are divided over 5 phases.

With the enthusiasm to share with the wide public all over the world those valuable

experiences from all countries we created the Green Agenda website within “European Partnership for local Green Agendas” project.

The website contains detailed information on the GA methodology, the manual and the GA

implementation steps; latest news from “European Partnership for Local Green Agendas”; the development of the iGA

Network; information on partners and other interesting documents and materials. The webpage is available in English language but

also in Albanian, Macedonian and Montenegrin. The visitors have the possibility to post comments and feedbacks and can contact us

for further information.

We invite you to visit www.greenagenda.mk and we will be glad to receive your e-mails in

the contact addresses per country you may find in the webpage!

If you are a local activist, a LGU leader or staff

or simply an NGO activist and would like to start a green agenda initiative in your commu-nity our team of Balkan GA trainers would be

very willing to facilitate your work.

More for organizations: Milieukontakt International: www.milieukontakt.net; EDEN center: www.eden-al.org; KOCKA: www.kocka.mk; OZON: http://ozonniksic.wordpress.com

the project management team. It uses experiences of our targeted

municipalities and aims in assisting the new initiatives for

development of Green Agendas and new municipalities and CSOs

that would like to use these tools in order to bring the municipal

activities closer to citizens.

The manual is prepared on four languages – English, Macedonian,

Montenegrin and Albanian, since it is aiming the municipalities and

CSOs in the targeted countries and also is a result of the joint

efforts of the four partner organization and our partner

municipalities.

You may find it online in the Green Agenda webpage, in each

partner organization webpage in local language and you can

contact national coordinators at merita.mansaku@eden-al.org,

Albania, andjelijak@t-com.me Montenegro, igor@mkoe.org.mk

Macedonia, to provide you with hard copies of the manual based

upon interest shown.

A guide through principles of Good Governance with the “Good

Governance” Manual The “Good Governance” Manual is part of

the Good Governance Toolkit which includes

three main parts: 1) Green Agenda online tool,

2 ) Manual for municipalities and CSOs, and 3)

Best Practices - factsheets of the implemented

pilot projects in each of the targeted municipali-

ties within this project.

The manual is a practical tool which includes

supporting topics necessary for efficient practic-

ing of the good governance by the municipalities

and the public participation in the decision

making process. It is developed by our Interna-

tional team of trainers with the strong support of

This project is financially supported by the IPA 2008 Programme – Civil Society Facility: Support to Partnership Actions "Environment, Energy Efficiency, and Health and Safety at Work"

European Partnership for Local Green Agendas Volume 8

The Green Agenda Methodology now accessible to everyone through the GA webpage

A guide through principles of a Good Governance with the “Good Governance ” Manual

GA Network – concrete actions during the Regional Conference in Podgorica

This project is funded by

European Union

An important part of the Conference was the for-

malization of the iGA Network. For the moment

the network is represented by 11 CSOs from the

Balkans who have signed a Memorandum of Un-

derstanding as proof of commitment to the net-

work. During the conference participants visual-

ized iGA Network next steps and clearly defining

its action plan.

For more information please visit

http://greenagenda.mk.

During the Conference participants discussed the

progresses of the project; positive results of its

implementation in the selected municipalities;

development of the iGA network and future

steps. Participants had the opportunity to share

their experiences, knowledge and best practices

related with all the aspects of good governance

and sustainable development at local level. It

was very valuable the presence of representa-

tives from Municipality of Radovish, Macedonia.

They have implemented the GA methodology

based on their own request and Municipality

budget and are the first example of the exten-

sion of the process.

GA Network – concrete actions during the Regional Conference in Podgorica On 17-18 December 2011, in Podgorica

was held the regional conference “Sustainable

Development and Good Governance on Local

Level in the Western Balkans”. The conference

represents the closing event of the “European

Partnership for Local Green Agendas” project.

24 participants from three countries Albania,

Macedonia, Montenegro representing the civil

society organizations and local governance, very

much involved in the last two years in imple-

menting the European Partnership for Local

Green Agendas, were present in the activity.

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