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Newsletter – n°29 – January 2015

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From actors for development to strategic partners - local and regional governments and the European Commission sign a Strategic Partnership

PLATFORMA-CEMR, AIMF, CLGF, UCLG and UCLG Africa have entered into the first ever Strategic Partnership with the European Commission Directorate for International Development and Cooperation (DG DEVCO-EuropeAid), representing the culmination of a long journey...

The Latvian Presidency of the European Council: priorities in the field of international cooperation

On January 1^st Latvia began its six-month Presidency of the European Council which, in light of the global importance of the year 2015, and guided by the principles of involvement, growth and sustainability, will place particular attention on reinforcing the role of the European Union...

News from partners

SKL International empowering local and regional governments in Ukraine

SKL International is implementing a three-year project for the “Support to Decentralisation in Ukraine” to further strengthen, capacitate and expand the powers of Ukrainian local and regional governments...

Euskal Fondoa to launch two new projects

Euskal Fondoa, the Association of local authorities from the Basque country for international cooperation, is launching a project, together with the Basque Agency for development cooperation, to support the community of the town of Suchitoto (El Salvador)...

Initiative worth following

The European Year for Development – the road towards an engaged and active citizenship

The year 2015 will comprise many high-level events whose conclusions will prove decisive for the sustainable future, namely the adoption of the new sustainable development agenda and the Paris Climate Conference, and has most fittingly been designated as the European Year for Development...

In other news

Conclusions of the Council of the European Union on the post-2015 agenda

At a meeting of the General Affairs Council, the Council of the European Union adopted the Conclusions relative to the post-2015 development framework...

Calendar

Coming soon

26 February (Budapest, Hungary): Crossing the borders Forum “best practices of cross-border cooperation within the Danube Region”,organised by the AEBR and the CESCI, consult the event webpage

18 - 20 March (Bilbao, Spain): Culture and Sustainable Cities Summit, organised by UCLG; consult the event webpage

24 March (Brussels, Belgium): 10 Years of Shared Agenda between Latin American and European Local Governments, organised by DIBA and the Committee of the Regions.

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2015: turning small steps into giant leaps

2015: a symbolic and meaningful year, a troubled and difficult period in Europe and even more so in too many countries around the world. The decisions that our leaders will take in the coming months will determine the road ahead for the next 15 to 30 years and without a doubt, the present year will be one for the books. Certainly, for PLATFORMA, 2015 already represents an emblematic year: the signing of the Strategic Partnership with the European Commission – the first partnership of its kind, signed together with DG-DEVCO-EuropeAid – is an important step for the network and for all the organisations involved, a list which now amounts to 34 and where first and foremost is the Council of European Municipalities and Regions. In this interwoven world we are all part of a global movement of peoples and associations committed to the pursuit of democracy, human dignity, equality and justice. As members of this tight-knit circle, this movement may seem to us so ubiquitous, but is in reality much less so: the year 2015 will above all be about ensuring that this limited circle of engaged individuals expands to ensure that citizens, in their vast numbers, also seize the moment and take charge of the future of this planet.