Newsletter – n°26 – February 2014
Headlines
PLATFORMA consulted by the Parliament on the thematic programmes
Pierre Schapira called for coherence in the implementation of the development programmes of the European Commission (EC) and of the recent commitments made by the EU to local and regional authorities in development policy...
Local and regional governments for an Urban SDG
Speaking at a conference of the European Economic and Social Committee, Hubert Julien-Laferrière pleaded for local and regional governments to be a centre piece in the architecture of the post-2015 development framework...
2014 Year of Developmental Local Government
Une proposition clé de la Conférence de CLGF à Kampala en 2013 a été de désigner 2014 l'Année des gouvernements locaux acteurs du développement, de manière à mettre en évidence le rôle central joué par les autorités locales dans le développement économique et social, tel qu'énoncé...
News from partners
PACA Training in Cape Coast - Supporting Local Economic Development
The Cape Coast PACA training project was initiated by the German Association of Cities together with their partner in Ghana, the national association of local authorities (NALAG) NALAG...
Swedish municipalities get the green light for 25 international cooperation projects
Twenty-five new projects within the Municipal Partnership programme are to receive support for international cooperation at local level. The projects form part of Swedish overseas aid, funded by Sida and managed by the Swedish International Centre for Local Democracy (ICLD)...
Spirited training kicks off Champions' work
A two-day training at the head office of VNG International in The Hague signaled the start of the advocacy efforts to be undertaken by the UCLG Champions on Development Cooperation. It proved to be an inspirational couple of days for both trainers and trainees...
Initiative worth following
Local governments’ involvement in fair trade production
The city of Ghent (Flanders’ second largest city) is embarking upon an innovative process in its international policy. The idea is to strengthen the local governments’ role (and capacities) in fair trade production processes in the South...
In other news
Call for proposals: "SUDEP - Sustainable Urban Demonstration Energy Projects"
On February 26, the European Commission launched a Call for Proposals worth a total of €8.25 million for the regional programme "SUDEP - Sustainable Urban Demonstration Energy Projects”...
Calendar
Coming soon
12-14 March (Amsterdam, The Netherlands): World City Forum
20-21 March (Berlin, Germany): High-Level Symposium on “Accountable and effective development cooperation in a post-2015 era”
2-3 April (Brussels, Belgium): EU-Africa Summit:Investing in People, Prosperity and Peace
