National Alliance for Local Economic Development

The National Alliance for Local Economic Development (Serbian Cyrillic: Национална алијанса за локални економски развој, romanized: Nacionalna alijansa za lokalni ekonomski razvoj), commonly referred to by the abbreviation NALED, is the largest public-private association in Serbia, whose membership gathers over 300 companies, local self-governments and non-governmental organizations that work together to create better conditions for life and work in Serbia.

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.

[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.

NALED key partners involve the Delegation of the European Union to Serbia, Open Society Foundations, GIZ and USAID.

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