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The digitalization report within the BACID III project is an important milestone to show the current developments, best practices but also gaps where the countries in the Western Balkan and Moldova still lack resources, political will, or knowledge. It’s the first report of its kind in South-East Europe and will help local and central governments to gain an overview of the digitalisation efforts in the region and identify good practices.

The KDZ Newsletter informs you about current KDZ projects, topics and activities of interest to the public sector. The KDZ Newsletter is published ten times a year.

Austria has a complex system of transfers to compose local budgets. But how do other countries organise the funding of the local level? Thomas Prorok and Sofia Calzola recently analysed the structure of local revenues by comparing Italy and Austria.

NALAS and KDZ are working together to provide high-quality data on local government finance in South-East Europe (SEE) to assist policymakers, practitioners, and researchers.

OECD-SIGMA Programme and European Commission have published the 2023 edition of the Principles of Public Administration with a focus on digitalization, environmental sustainability and multi-level governance.

Discover the future of digitalisation in the Western Balkans and Moldova! The blog post by Verena Weixlbraun and Thomas Prorok takes an in-depth look at the digitalisation report "Empowering Progress with Digital Transition in Western Balkan and Moldova Local Governments". Find out how the region is taking a holistic approach to understanding citizens' needs and delivering innovative digital services.

Eu-LISA has been awarded the European quality management certificate "CAF Effective User". The CAF-Label guarantees high quality and service orientation as well as an efficient administrative organisation torwards the interest groups (citizens, customers, suppliers, etc. ).

Last week, the Digitalization Working Group embarked on a visit to Linz and Vienna as part of the BACID III project.

Under the BACID Program, funded by the Austrian Development Cooperation and executed by AACT and KDZ, in collaboration with NALAS, a Smart City parking management system will be developed for Sombor, Serbia. We are inviting all interested companies to apply for realization of this initiative for Smart City project in the City of Sombor.

The Agency for Peaceful Settlement of Labour Disputes of Serbia is the second institution in the Western Balkans and the first in Serbia to receive the "Effective CAF User" certificate.

KDZ Managing Director Thomas Prorok and NALAS Local Finance Expert Elton Stafa presented the findings of the "Fiscal Decentralisation Report in South East Europe" during the meeting of of the Local Finance Experts Group of CEMR (Councils of European Municipalities and Regions) in Brussels on 29/30. January 2024.

Conference organised by the Government Office of the Slovak Republic with a presentation by Philip Parzer, Head of the CAF Centre at the KDZ.

Explore opportunities to support NALAS' mission of digitally transforming Local Governments in the Western Balkans and Moldova.

Embark on your journey to mastering EU Project Management! The new online Certified Program "EU Project Management" starts on 17th of March 2025. Find out how you can successfully win EU funding for your ideas and effectively manage ongoing EU projects.

Together with experts from Croatia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and the United Kingdom, KDZ Managing Director Thomas Prorok participated 2023 in consultations with local partners in Hungary on intergovernmental financial relations, data access and use, capacity building and the structure of the local government system.

With the communication "Enhancing the European Administrative Space (ComPAct)" in October 2023, the European Commission initiated significant steps for administrative and structural reforms in the EU member states. What steps can cities and municipalities take to benefit from these opportunities and actively participate in the developments?