DLDP Coordinating Committee meeting in Rubik

On February 4th, 2011, Decentralization and Local Development Programme (dldp) held the meeting of the Coordination Committee at the premises of the cultural center of Rubik municipality. Representatives from 28 local government units, Councils of Lezha and Shkodra qarks and local elected associations (Association of Albanian Municipalities and Association of Albanian Communes) participated in this event.

The Coordination Committee is one of the dldp management mechanisms. Coordinating committee members are the Mayors/ Deputy Mayors as well as one person from the technical staff from those LGUs selected to cooperate more closely with dldp in one of the four predefined dldp working areas. Coordinating Committee serves not only as an exchange platform between dldp and partner LGUs, but also as an instrument for participatory management of the program.
Coordinating Committee meetings, depending on the volume of activities take place on a rotation basis in partner LGUs periodically once every three-four months.
The meeting held in Rubik, signed another important step in the progress and consolidation of dldp activities. 
Discussions on dldp line activities for the period September-December emphasizing the selection of potential 12-15 LGUs candidates to be closely supported in each action line, the introduction of challenges of the national plan on waste and findings of baseline survey organized with local government units of Shkodra and Lezha qarks, announcement of the 11 winning projects of dldp grant fund, discussion of the recommendations of the evaluators’ group for the above mentioned project and the schedule of the following steps, planned actions of local associations to influence further in the decentralization process were topics which stimulated more interest.
Next dldp CoordinationCommittee meeting is planned for early April and will be hosted by the Council of Lezha qark.