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Southern neighbourhood, COVID-19

Southern neighbourhood, COVID-19

Human Rights must remain a fundamental pillar of the response to COVID-19

22 septiembre 2020

PLATFORMA and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM) organised on 18 September 2020 a...

Asistencia humanitaria, Eastern Partnership, COVID-19

Asistencia humanitaria, Eastern Partnership, COVID-19

Everything was closed during lockdown? Not really. Check what was said during our webinars!

How things have changed over the last three months! Citizens, local and regional governments – and...

Eastern Partnership

Eastern Partnership

Future of the Eastern Partnership: keep the success story alive

Two days before the Eastern Partnership leaders' video conference between the EU and Eastern Partner...

Time to discover the PLATFORMAwards’ 12 shortlisted projects!

Members of the jury of the PLATFORMAwards will meet by the end of April to select the three best pro...

Commissioner hearing: will international partnerships modernise development cooperation?

Jutta Urpilainen, Finnish Commissioner-designate for the newly named portfolio “International Part...

Nine local and regional elected officials will represent PLATFORMA at UN SDG & Climate Summits

20 septiembre 2019

A PLATFORMA-CEMR joint delegation of local and regional elected officials is attending the United Na...

Desarrollo Urbano

Desarrollo Urbano

McAvan: “keeping the promises we all signed up to”

“The challenge for the new European Parliament […] is to make sure that the EU and our global pa...

Democracia local

Democracia local

How local-friendly is new Commission President Ursula von der Leyen?

The time for backroom whispers and speculation is over. The European Commission has a new President...

Democracia local

Democracia local

Head of DEVE and AFET committees: many new faces and two former active members

Member of the European Parliament (MEPs) from the Committees on Development (DEVE) and on Foreign Af...

Towns and regions need access to EU funding for development cooperation!

PLATFORMA is concerned that local and regional governments will face significant challenges to acces...

Towns and regions applaud European Parliament’s support in the future development cooperation financing instrument

Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have renewed their full support to local and governments i...

Local governments: the forgotten stakeholders of the new Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument

The European Commission released yesterday [2 May] its proposal for the next Multi-Annual Financial ...

¿Es “menos” realmente “más” en el nuevo consenso europeo sobre desarrollo?

“La política europea debe priorizar la democracia, la inclusión y la sostenibilidad. Para conseg...

Nuevo Consenso europeo sobre el desarrollo: consecución de los ODS depende de los gobiernos locales y regionales

El nuevo Consenso europeo sobre el desarrollo reconoce el papel de los gobiernos locales y regionale...

EU financial rules for development should be on local governments’ side

23 febrero 2017

On 6th February PLATFORMA brought the voice of local and regional governments to the European Parlia...

“Dialogue with citizens is the best strategy to deliver transparent and ethical governance”

In December 2016, local and regional government associations from Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine, disc...

Democracia local

Democracia local

The EU should “harness” the potential of decentralised cooperation

17 noviembre 2016

The European Parliament Committee on Development (DEVE) recently adopted a report on improving the e...

Commissioner Mimica insists on local governments but forgets decentralised cooperation

28 septiembre 2016

Neven Mimica, EU Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development, met yesterday (27/09) w...

MEPs want a solid multi-stakeholder framework for the future of EU-ACP relations

MEPs from the European Parliament Committee on Development (DEVE) debate and vote today (31st Augus...