The implementation of the Capacity Development Program continues today and tomorrow in Strumica with the municipal councillors of Valandovo and Strumica. The training that will be conducted for the councillors from these municipalities will fokus on “The budgeting process in the local self-government units”, and in the coming weeks it will be implemented for the councillors from the municipalities of Sveti Nikole, Veles, Cair and Ohrid.
In addition to this, the program also includes trainings on other topics in public financial management, spatial and urban planning, as well as topics related to inter-municipal cooperation and gender equality at the local level.
The goal of the program is to strengthen the role of municipal councillors in local democracy through trainings on a total of 11 topics arising from their legal competencies.
The trainings are part of the “Empowering Municipal Councils” Project of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation with a total value of CHF 3.4 million implemented by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in cooperation with national and local partners.
In the next two years, this project will include additional 18 municipalities that will be selected through public calls.
In addition to the training for counsellors, a total of CHF 1.2 million is reserved for small grants intended for the realization of priority initiatives in all 24 municipalities that will participate in the project.
