The implementation of the Capacity Development Program for Municipal Councillors continues today and tomorrow in Strumica and Veles. The trainings that will be conducted by a team of experts, will help the councillors from the municipalities of Valandovo and Strumica to improve their skills in managing the obligations, procurements and revenues in the local self-government, while the councillors from the municipalities of Veles and Sveti Nikole will have the opportunity to deepen their knowledge on the budgeting process in the local self-government units.
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.
