Author and list of respondents

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Publisher

PLATFORMA and the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR).

Author

Eva Baños de Guisasola, PLATFORMA Adviser on Sustainable Development Goals, Global Agendas and Climate.

Research

Vincent Furlan, Adviser on Research and Studies at CEMR, with the invaluable help of Eliot Mercereau, PLATFORMA Intern, and Reine-Désirée Nguefack, CEMR Intern.

Managing Editor

Fabrizio Rossi, CEMR Secretary General.

Editing

Marlène Siméon, PLATFORMA Director and CEMR Director of Operations; Durmish Guri, CEMR Director of External Resources and Knowledge Strategy; Boris Tonhauser, PLATFORMA Executive Adviser.

Editing and Liaison with the Graphic Design Team

Hervé Devavry, PLATFORMA Communication Officer.

Design

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Copy Editing

Penny Yim-Barbieri

Information current as of March 2023

Respondents

41 responses to the survey from members of CEMR and partners of PLATFORMA representing 29 countries (26 Associations of LRGs from the EU and 15 from non-EU Member States):


Albania: Association for Local Autonomy of Albania (AAM); Austria: Austrian Association of Cities and Towns (AACT); Belgium: Association of the City and the Municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region (Brulocalis); Association of Flemish Cities and Municipalities (VVSG); Union of Cities and Municipalities of Wallonia (UVCW); Bulgaria: National Association of Municipalities in the Republic of Bulgaria (NAMRB); Czech Republic: Union of Towns and Municipalities of the Czech Republic (SMOČR); Estonia: Association of Estonian Cities and Municipalities (AECM); Finland: Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities (AFLRA); France: French Association of the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (AFCCRE); Cités Unies France (CUF); Georgia: National Association of Local Authorities of Georgia (NALAG); Germany: Association of German Cities (DST); German County Association (Deutscher Landkreistag – DLT); Iceland: Association of Local Authorities in Iceland (SAMBAND); Israel: Federation of Local Authorities in Israel (Masham); Kosovo: Association of Kosovo Municipalities (AKM); Latvia: Latvian Association of Local and Regional Governments (LALRG); Lithuania: Association of Local Authorities in Lithuania (LSA); Luxembourg: Association of Luxembourg Cities and Municipalities (SYVICOL); Moldova: Congress of Local Authorities of Moldova (CALM); Montenegro: Union of Municipalities of Montenegro (UOM); The Netherlands: Association of Netherlands Municipalities (VNG), National Town-Twinning Council Netherlands-Nicaragua (LBSNN); North Macedonia: Network of Associations of Local Authorities of South-East Europe (NALAS); Association of the Units of Local Self-Government of the Republic of North Macedonia (ZELS); Norway: Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities (KS); Romania: Association of Communes of Romania (ACOR); Serbia: Standing Conference of Towns and Municipalities (SKGO); Slovenia: Association of Urban Municipalities of Slovenia (ZMOS-SI); Spain: eLankidetza-Basque Government Agency for Development Cooperation and Euskal Fondoa/Basque Local Authorities Cooperation Fund (EUSKADI); Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces (FEMP); Association of Basque Municipalities (EUDEL); Andalusian Municipal Fund for International Solidarity (FAMSI); Majorcan Fund for Solidarity and Cooperation; Barcelona Provincial Council (DIBA); Sweden: Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions (SALAR); Turkey: Marmara Municipalities Union (MMU); Ukraine: Association of Ukrainian Cities (AUC); United Kingdom: Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA); Northern Ireland Local Government Association (NILGA).

Disclaimer

The analyses, results and recommendations set out in this study are those of CEMR and PLATFORMA and do not necessarily reflect the official position of any local or regional government, their associations or the multilateral institutions whose case studies are presented herein. This publication was produced with the financial support of the European Union. Its contents are the sole responsibility of CEMR and PLATFORMA and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Union.

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The Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR) is the oldest and broadest European association of local and regional governments. It is the only organisation that brings together the national associations of local and regional governments from 40 European countries and represents, through them, all levels of territories – local, intermediate and regional. Since its creation in 1951, CEMR promote the construction of a united, peaceful and democratic Europe founded on local self-government, respect for the principle of subsidiarity and the participation of citizens. CEMR is also the European Section of the world organisation, United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), through which it represents European local and regional governments on the international stage.

PLATFORMA is the pan-European coalition of towns and regions and their associations active in city-to-city and region-to-region development cooperation at the national, European and global levels. All of them are key players in international cooperation for sustainable development. PLATFORMA acts as a hub of expertise for European local and regional governments’ international actions and works to boost European local and regional governments’ contributions to EU development cooperation policies and international frameworks. PLATFORMA is an externally funded action (by the Directorate General DG INTPA of the European Commission) led by CEMR. A new framework partnership agreement was signed in 2022 between CEMR and DG INTPA.