National Alliance for Local Economic Development

NALED was founded in June 2006 as part of the USAID Municipal Economic Development Project (MEGA) as part of the vision of project director and local economic development and public administration reform expert Steven Rosenberg to launch an innovative platform for public-private dialogue in Serbia. The patrons and signatories of the Founding Declaration were the President of Serbia and the United States Ambassador to Serbia.[1]

Since it was founded in 2006, NALED has become one of the leading authorities in the field of monitoring the regulatory activity and measuring the public administration performance.[2][3] In cooperation with the state institutions and with the support of international organizations, NALED has realized more than 40 projects for economic development: Business Friendly Certification, Regulatory Index of Serbia (RIS), Grey Book, campaign Ask WHEN, By-Law Barometer, Calculator of local business expenses and many others. NALED key partners involve the Delegation of the European Union to Serbia, Open Society Foundations, GIZ and USAID. NALED's mission is to improve the business environment in Serbia through institutional reforms with active participation and cooperation of businesses, local governments and the citizens. NALED's main goals are the following: - Improving the regulatory framework for doing business - Municipal capacity building for economic development - Promotion of dialogue between private and public sector