The Turin School of Local Regulation participates to the 24th NISPAcee Annual Conference that will take place in Zagreb, Croatia from May 19th to May 21st, 2016. During the coonference Franco Becchis, Scientific Director of the TSLR, will co-chair the working group on  "Local services and infrastructures: - Institutions, Regulation, Finance".
 
The working group intends to tackle a deep analysis of EAS, focussing on local services and infrastructures, with an analysis that takes into consideration the following:
- the role of local institutions,
- the absence or presence of a regulatory framework,
- the role of traditional and innovative financial institutions and tools at local level.

Paper: Local Administration in National Economic Development and Competitiveness Strategies - Searching for the Appropriate Institutional Framework for Private Infrastructure Development in Western Balkan Countries
Author/Presenter: Tatjana Jovanic, Belgrade University, Belgrade, Serbia 
 
Paper: Role of NGOs in Public Services Delivery at the Local Level - Case of Poland
Author/Presenter:Mariusz Sienkiewicz, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Lublin, Poland 
 
Paper: Management of Municipal Housing Stock in Bulgaria: Ten Years of Experience 2005 - 2015
Author/Presenter: Nadezhda Bobcheva, Municipal Council of Silistra, Silistra, Bulgaria

Paper: The Assignment of Responsibility and Manifestations of Climate Change Policy. The Climate Change Policy Mechanisms of Polish Local Governments
Author(s): Katarzyna Szmigiel-Rawska, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland, Jan Erling Klausen, Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research, Oslo, Norway
Presenter(s): Katarzyna Szmigiel-Rawska, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

Paper: The Mayoral Election Reform in Lithuania: Research of the Citizens’ and Mayors’ Attitudes
Author/Presenter: Arvydas Mikalauskas, Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania