17/05/2013
On 12 April, the Committee of the Regions (CoR) approved a declaration on the situation of decentralisation and local and regional self-government in the EU, with the active participation of the Committee on Decentralisation and Local Self-Government in the prior discussion process. The document refers to the growing trend towards centralism recently observed in EU Member States due to the current ...
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17/05/2013
Last April, the 24th Session of the UN-HABITAT Governing Council was held and included the meeting of the United Nations Advisory Committee of Local Authorities (UNACLA). Participating in the event were representatives of United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), local governments and governmental organisations from around the world.In his contribution, Joan Clos, Executive Director of UN-HABITAT, ...
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17/05/2013
In its latest edition, the journal Gobernanza publishes the article ´La Transición Democrática en Túnez: Las Ciudades y la Nueva Gobernanza´ [Democratic transition in Tunisia: cities and new governance], which analyses the factors behind the Tunisian democratic revolution and the challenges facing the country in this transition process. It then goes on to highlight ...
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17/05/2013
The 3rd Forum of Local and Regional Authorities of the Mediterranean held in April in Marseilles concluded with the participation of 400 political representatives and a hundred young people invited to contribute to the debate on the current state of participative democracy and governance in the region.
The Forum, organised by the UCLG Mediterranean Commission, was marked by the difficult ...
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17/05/2013
With the aim of debating the current financial situation and the future prospects for investment in the regions and cities of Europe, the EU Committee of the Regions (CoR) together with the European Investment Bank (EIB) have organised a high-level conference in Brussels in May.
Bearing in mind that in Europe 65% of public investment comes from local bodies, now deeply affected by ...
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17/05/2013
The latest edition of Revista Democracia y Gobierno Local [Democracy and Local Governance Magazine] has been published by the Democracy and Local Governance Foundation, made up of 21 Spanish provincial and island councils. On this occasion, it was decided to dedicate volume 20 of the magazine to ´institutional integrity and good local government´, approaching the analysis of issues like ...
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17/05/2013
On 29 and 30 April, the headquarters of the United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) World Secretariat hosted the annual meeting of the organisation´s Committees and Working Groups, with the participation of the Committee on Decentralisation and Local Self-Government. The purpose of this meeting was to jointly discuss the organisation´s Global Agenda for the forthcoming years, as well ...
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17/05/2013
´Imagine Society, Build Democracy´ is the title of the 4th UCLG World Congress - World Summit of Local and Regional Leaders, to be held next October in Rabat, Morocco. The priority topics at this meeting include access to basic services, local governance, building diverse societies, gender equality in the political, economic and social contexts and strengthening culture in society. ...
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29/04/2013
Arco Latino, an association of Spanish provincial and island councils, Italian provinces and French Western Mediterranean departments which aims to form a polycentric European territory in the South of Europe from the Algarve to Sicily, has called for the framework of institutions and powers of European local governments to be respected.
The Policy Declaration of Arco Latino General Assembly, held ...
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29/04/2013
Published by URBACT Tribune, the article ‘More Jobs, Better Cities´ explores measures by which cities can boost employment and promote a sustainable economy. The publication is the result of the work carried out as parrot of the More jobs, better cities campaign in the European Union URBACT programme, which, through exchange and learning, attempts to promote sustainable urban development ...
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