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IDEF – THE 1ST BEST PRACTICE FORUM

The first Best Practice Forum has
been successfully organized in 1st and
2nd of July, 2022 in Darkhan-Uul Prov-
ince.
The Best Practice Forum has been
highly successful, with fair representa-
tion from the EU within the leadership of
NALAS. NALAS Secretary General Mr.
Kelmend Zajazi led the delegation; he
was accompanied by high-level mayoral
delegations and other secretariat team
members from NALAS. The high-level Tripartite MoU signed by the DUPM,
SAB MULS, and NALAS.
mayoral delegation included Marko Fili-
pović, the mayor of Rijeka; Tadej Beoč-
anin, the mayor of Ajdovscina; Jasmina
Vidmar, Association of Municipalities,
and towns of Slovenia (SOS); Dušan
Raičević, the mayor of Bar. The delega-
tion member also includes international
experts and members of IDEF commit-
tees, Kamlesh Kumar Pathak, Green-
Works Consulting, and Mehmet Onur
Partal, Director of Finance Office of Pres-
idency of Turkey. The First Best Practice
The Best Practice Forum has seen Forum meeting
a highly motivating presence from SMEs,
associations, and non-profits represent- an delegation the scope and judge the potential
ing women, youth, and indigenous com- match-making opportunities between the EU
munities from Darkhan. The forum has and Darkhan.
provided an opportunity for engagement The Governor’s office of Darkhan-Uul
on the National Government Plan for de- Province, SAB-MULS, and NALAS have signed
centralization and regional development, an MoU for cooperation to capacity building for
various policy landscapes covering the civil servants through establishing the E-Acad-
local economic development, the sectors emy in Darkhan-Uul Province during the Best
of sustainable tourism, agriculture, and Practice Forum.
manufacturing with a focus on leather, The FRIENDSHIP project’s second Best
textile, food, and beverages; and other Practice Forum will be held in Europe between
SMEs product value chain remained the Oct-30-2022 to Nov-9-2022.
topic of attention. In addition, the Best
Practices Forum has offered the Europe-

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