Financing

More than 4 million inhabitants in French-speaking cities will benefit from 10 projects financed by AIMF

The Bureau of the International Association of French-speaking Mayors (AIMF) voted on 28 April at Pa...
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“Official Development Assistance isn’t as generous as the figures might suggest”

By Marlène Siméon, Director of PLATFORMA $204 billion. This is the total amount of aid provided in...
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Local government leaders renew their partnerships with the EU to boost international development

The presidents of the five largest associations of local and regional governments met today (12 Sept...
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Local government leaders will meet with Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen

The Presidents of the five largest associations of local and regional governments will meet with Jut...
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Measuring policy coherence for development with the support of the Barcelona Provincial Council

The Barcelona Provincial Council provided support to the Sant Boi de Llobregat City Hall to design a...
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MEPs: “All actors should be involved from the beginning until the end of projects”

Local and regional government should be even better involved in the EU development policy, said in s...
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Fostering municipalities’ development potential in Albania

NALAS has completed the first phase of the evaluation of the grant applications from Albanian Munici...
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Implementing a systems approach for effective property taxation in Ghana

Ghanaian local governments – metropolitan, municipal, and district assemblies (MMDAs) – face sev...
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Spotlight on local and regional governments’ access to EU innovative development financing

The latest United Cities and Local Governments-PLATFORMA study outlines the main funding mechanisms...
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[EXPIRED] Apply before 23 April to EC call “Partnership for sustainable cities”

The deadline to apply to the European Commission 2021 Call for Proposals on Local Authorities: Partn...
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‘NDICI’, a landmark deal for decentralised cooperation

This is a major step forward. The consultation of towns, regions and their associations in the elabo...
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[EXPIRED] The European Commission 3rd call for proposals “Partnership for sustainable cities” is open!

The European Commission has just published its 2021 Call for Proposals on Local Authorities: Partner...
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EU dedicates €500 million for towns and regions under NDICI

The EU’s new financing instrument for international development includes mandatory consultations o...
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Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen: “We will support local action and actors”

“Multi-stakeholder partnerships are an essential part of our work with Civil Society Organisations...
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How towns, regions and their associations can contribute to the 2021-2027 EU Programming

The forthcoming new Neighbourhood, Development, International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI), still ...
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Have a look at the 2019 annual report of the Brussels development cooperation

Brussels International recently published the 2019 annual report of the Brussels development coopera...
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The state of local finances in southeast Europe

The Network of Associations of Local Authorities of South-East Europe (NALAS) has just published “...
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“Getting EU funds will be more difficult for town and regions under the new financial architecture”, blame mayors at CUF Rencontres

PLATFORMA was organising a workshop “European model – what reality for the action of local and r...
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Less than two weeks to go before 11th edition of the “Internationalisation of towns & regions” meeting by Cités Unies France

The 11th edition of the “Internationalisation of towns & regions” meeting organised by Cité...
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Register now to the online training course on Decentralised Cooperation by DIBA

The Observatory of Decentralised Cooperation has launched the third edition of its online training...
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