Abidjan

McAvan: “We often underestimate the importance of local government in economic development”

“Local government is close to people. It can make real change at low cost and quickly,” said DEV...
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Bonaccini: “In Africa and Europe, the future is local – ignoring it is a dramatic mistake”

“As African and European Heads of state and government have concluded their 5th African Union ...
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Leaders of local and regional governments of Africa and Europe send a strong message to the 5th AU-EU Summit in Abidjan

150 leaders of local and regional governments from African and European Union met in Abidjan, Côte ...
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“An AU-EU Summit without local governments? Never again!”

A hundred of local and regional elected leaders from Africa and Europe took part in the first ever A...
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Abidjan hosts the 1st Africa-Europe Forum of Local and Regional Governments

The Forum will discuss key issues such as economic development and employment, investment in youth, ...
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1st Africa-Europe Local Government forum

The partnership between Europe and Africa is key to answer the challenges of the 21st century. There...
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Sub-Saharan African cities are invited to join the CoM SSA initiative

On 12 September, Sub-Saharan African cities appealed to their peers to join the voluntary initiative...
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Europe and Africa: a common local future

“The future of Europe is the future of Africa. The future of Africa is the future of Europe. If we...
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