The National Centre for Sustainable Development is the only non-governmental organization accredited by the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs with ECOSOC status, which is entitled to draft and implement in Romania local plans for socio-economic sustainable development under Local Agenda 21.

To that effect the NCSD provides:

- Consultancy for public administration to integrate the principles of sustainable development in local policies;

- Coordination and implementation of the conceptual framework for strategic planning;

- Preparation of the operational chapters of the final document, together with local expert teams;

- Monthly presence in the local community to coordinate the meetings and to offer technical assistance to the project;

- Information for the public authority staff on the socio-economic aspects of sustainable development;

- Training the public authority staff to write project proposals in order to access the EU Structural Funds and technical assistance for the submission of applications;

- Promotion of local projects and public-private partnerships;

- Editing the final version of the Local Plan for Sustainable Development.

Learn more:

• Implementation of Local Agenda 21 in Tulcea (RO)

http://www.primariatulcea.ro/21/

• Implementation of Local Agenda 21 in Slatina (RO)

http://www.primariaslatina.ro/al21/

• Implementation of Local Agenda 21 in Ploiesti (RO)

http://www.ploiesti.ro/al21.php

• Implementation of Local Agenda 21 in Baia Mare (RO)

http://www.primarie.multinet.ro/al21/index.htm

• Implementation of Local Agenda 21 in Rasnov (RO)

http://www.primariarasnov.ro/content/html/agenda_21.php

• Implementation of Local Agenda 21 in Vatra Dornei (RO)

http://www.vatra-dornei.ro/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=24