Your voice matters !

Local elected representatives, local civil servants, and anyone working with local governments have until Thursday 15 November to answer the questionnaire set up by PLATFORMA. The online survey is launched in the context of the consultation organised by the network on the future EU policy of support to local and regional authorities in partner countries...

New Partnerships in Decentralised Cooperation, EDD High level panel

In the context of the European Development Days (EDD), the Barcelona provincial council is organising a High level panel on the public-private partnerships in decentralised cooperation. The event organised in collaboration with PLATFORMA, will take place Wednesday 17 October, from 16.00 to 17.30...

PLATFORMA organised two sessions at CEMR General Assembly

PLATFROMA organised two sessions in the framework of the CEMR General Assembly, which was held from 26 to 28 September in Cadiz (Spain)...

Save the date for CLGF 7th conference!

In May 2013 Kampala (Uganda) will host the 7^th Commonwealth Local Government Conference dubbed ‘Developmental local government: Putting local government at the heart of development’. The conference will bring together senior local and central government policy makers...

Dutch local authorities start major capacity building programme

After a few months of consultation with local governments and local government associations and their development partners in Benin, Burundi, Ghana, Rwanda, South Africa, South Sudan, Uganda, the Palestinian Territories and Nicaragua, VNG International and its partners will now start the Local Government Capacity Programme (LGCP 2012-2016)...

African and European local leaders discuss the future EU Communication

Gathered in Geneva by the International Association of Francophone Mayors last month, around fifty mayors and local elected representatives, mostly African and European, inaugurated the consultation series in preparation to the European Commission Communication on local authorities...

Coming soon

2-5 October 2012 (Jakarta, Indonesia) : 4th UCLG ASPAC Congress

3 October 2012 (Jakarta, Indonesia) : PLATFORMA consultation, with UCLG ASPAC, on the upcoming European Commission Communication on LRA in development

16-17 October 2012 (Brussels, Belgium) : European Development Days (EDD)