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Local democracy
Local democracy

Latvian Association of Local and Regional Governments shared best practice in Namibia

19 November 2024
On 6 and 7 November, local government representatives from Latvia participated in a study visit in N...
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Local democracy
Local democracy

PLATFORMA, NALAS & VNG International become members of Team Europe Democracy

6 July 2023
PLATFORMA, NALAS & VNG International attended the first TED Network annual meeting on 21 June in...
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Local democracy
Local democracy

Local governments across Europe mobilise to support Ukrainians

15 March 2022
700 mayors and local or regional leaders from across Europe have united around Ukraine by signing th...
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Local democracy
Local democracy

Myanmar: Service delivery and local governance in a crisis situation

28 January 2022
One year ago, a military coup happened in Myanmar and VNG International project activities came to a...
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Gender Equality, Local democracy, PLATFORMAwards
Gender Equality, Local democracy, PLATFORMAwards

Watch ¡Ojalá! and learn more about DIBA-IMADEL winning partnership!

15 July 2021
Follow the first steps of Michelle, a 25-year-old student from Barcelona (Spain), in Marrakesh (Moro...
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Eastern Partnership
Eastern Partnership

#DemocracyUnderPressure | Basque, Estonian, French, German, Italian, Norwegian and Polish municipalities join the campaign

25 March 2021
Municipalities from the Basque Country, Estonia, Norway and Poland have joined the pan-European move...
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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 September 2020
PLATFORMA and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM) organised on 18 September 2020 a...
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Southern neighbourhood
Southern neighbourhood

Register to our webinar EU Neighbourhood South – Safeguarding human rights in the post-COVID-19 context

14 September 2020
PLATFORMA and the Parliamentary assembly of the Mediterranean are jointly organising a webinar on &#...
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Eastern Partnership
Eastern Partnership

Statement: Europe’s towns and regions stand up for democracy in Belarus

28 August 2020
PLATFORMA condemns the violence against Belarusian protestors following allegedly fraudulent preside...
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Gender Equality, Local democracy, PLATFORMAwards
Gender Equality, Local democracy, PLATFORMAwards

Get inspired by the PLATFORMAwards laureates!

9 June 2020
Strengthening citizens’ participation and promoting gender equality at the local level are at the ...
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PLATFORMAwards
PLATFORMAwards

Video “No child without a birth certificate”

6 February 2019
Did you know that in the world, 230 million children “do not exist” because they donR...
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Local democracy
Local democracy

The 7th NALAS Fiscal Decentralization Report is out!

31 January 2019
The Network of Associations of Local Authorities of South East Europe (NALAS) has published the seve...
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Local democracy
Local democracy

PLATFORMA gets an observatory seat at the Eastern partnership Civil Society Forum

6 September 2018
On Monday 3 September, PLATFORMA was officialy selected to contribute to the Working group 1 of the ...
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Gender Equality
Gender Equality

The Province of Barcelona helps enhance the political participation of women in Morocco

6 March 2018
On Thursday 22 February, officers of the Development Cooperation Unit of the Barcelona Province met ...
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Financing
Financing

24 new international partnerships with Swedish municipalities to boost local democracy

22 January 2018
A total of 24 new projects part of activities pursued by ICLD, the Swedish International Centre for ...
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Local democracy
Local democracy

Local and regional governments join the global celebrations of International Democracy Day

15 September 2017
This article was initially published on UCLG website. The message of International Day of Democracy ...
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Migration & integration
Migration & integration

Mayor of Mechelen wins World Mayor Prize

16 February 2017
The mayor of Mechelen (Belgium), Bart Somers, has been awarded the 2016 World Mayor Prize, for his w...
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Migration & integration
Migration & integration

15 refugee-friendly mayors shortlisted for World Mayor Prize 2016

3 November 2016
The names of the 15 nominees shortlisted for the 2016 World Mayor Prize have now been made public. T...
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Migration & integration
Migration & integration

Nominate your candidate for the World Mayor Prize 2016!

20 September 2016
This year, the theme for the World Mayor Prize is migrants and refugees. The winner will be a mayor ...
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