Belgium

LALRG Seminar | Cooperation for secure municipalities

On 27 September, the Association of Local Governments of Latvia (LALRG), in partnership with the Lat...
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VVSG’s Sustainable Municipality Week goes international

Since 2018, the Association of Flemish Cities & Municipalities (VVSG) has organised the “S...
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Inspiration to integrate international solidarity and cooperation in policy preparation

Local elections in Belgium are planned for October 2024. In many municipalities, there is limited bu...
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The SDGs as a starting point for new municipal partnerships

The Association of Flemish Cities and Municipalities (VVSG) will start a new project in 2024: the SD...
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Videos | Inspiring SDG trajectories of Flemish municipalities

In 2022 and 2023, the Association of Flemish Cities and Municipalities (VVSG) made short videos abou...
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We were at the Climate Chance Europe 2024 Wallonia Summit

PLATFORMA and CEMR were represented at the Climate Chance Europe 2024 Wallonia Summit, organised by ...
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Watch ‘Niekhe Kilintii – Together’ now

Follow Julien Milquet, the Alderman of Anderlecht (Belgium) in charge of international solidarity, t...
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Anderlecht-Marsassoum partnership under the spotlights

On Monday 16 October, the “Espace 16 Arts” in Anderlecht (Belgium) hosted the preview of the doc...
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Lessons learned on city-to-city partnerships

The Flemish municipalities of Brasschaat, Edegem and Herent went through a process, from 2019 to the...
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Flemish cities & municipalities are showing the way

Flemish cities and municipalities are pioneers in translating the SDGs locally. In doing so, they no...
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Municipalities push for regional cooperation by signing the SDG declaration

The province of Gelderland and the municipality of Winterswijk in the Netherlands organised a SDG Da...
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Interview | The municipalities of Anderlecht and Marsassoum rewarded at the PLATFORMAwards

This interview was originally published by Brulocalis in French and Dutch in the January-February 20...
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Week of the Sustainable Municipality | VVSG wants to inspire local government associations!

The ‘Week of the Sustainable Municipality’ is an annual public campaign aimed firstly at...
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[Expired] We are looking for a film producer!

PLATFORMA is looking for a service provider to produce and help disseminate a film to promote the An...
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City-to-city cooperation addresses economic and social needs, mayors say

This article was published by By Silvia Ellena on EURACTIV.com Local municipalities in the EU and t...
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Anderlecht & Marsassoum receive the first prize for their partnership

Anderlecht (Belgium) and Marsassoum (Senegal) received the first prize of the PLATFORMAwards 2022 fo...
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Berchem-Sainte-Agathe (Belgium)-Grand Dakar (Senegal) | Working together to strengthen the development capacities of the local actors and cooperating for a better quality of life for inhabitants

For the third time, the PLATFORMAwards will put under the spotlights the best practices in city-to-c...
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Anderlecht (Belgium)-Marsassoum (Senegal) | Federal Programme for Municipal International Cooperation

[Update: on 6 December 2022, Anderlecht and Marsassoum received the 1st prize at the PLATFORMAwards]...
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The municipality of Oostkamp wants to embark on an international partnership

The municipality of Oostkamp (Belgium) is looking for a long-term collaboration with a local governm...
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The Belgian city of Kortrijk wants to exchange on environment & climate with an African partner municipality

The city of Kortrijk in Belgium is looking for a partner to start up its new international cooperati...
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