Newsletter – n°18 – January 2013

News from partners

The Moroccan Centre for Research and Development, in partnership with the Barcelona Province and the Strategic Cities Network, organised a meeting on local economic promotion.

The Spanish delegation, composed of an expert of the diputació and of two representatives of the cities of Sabadell and Castelldefels, presented their concrete experiences in terms of local economic development.

The meeting gathered elected representatives and territorial agents from many cities in Morocco, as well as representatives of institutions such as the PNUD Art Gold and the General Confederation of Moroccan Businesses.

The meeting was followed by a reflection workshop in order to identify the technical assistance needs of the difference cities members of Local Med, decentralised cooperation platform between cities of the Mediterranean.

The contributions made at the meeting are available on the Local Med website.