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The LADP Program strengthening local governance in Iraq
IRAQ – The Local Area Development Programme (LADP) identifies key obstacles to local-level planning and service delivery in Iraq. Funded by the European Union (EU) and implemented by UNDP in partnership with UN-Habitat, the Ministries of Planning (MOP) of the Federal and Kurdistan Region governments respectively, and the Governorates, LADP-EU supports development of local planning frameworks linking investment expenditures...
AGRUPAR PROJECT wins the Silver Award in "Future Policy Award 2018"
QUITO (ECUADOR): This Friday, October 12, 2018, the names of the winning experiences of the Future Policy Award 2018 were announced. The “100% organic state” Sikkim, in India, is this year’s winner of the “Oscar for best policies”, beating 51 nominated policies from 25 countries. Policies from Brazil, Denmark and Quito (Ecuador) take home Silver Awards. This year’s award is co-organised by the...
Brief history of LEDAs in Colombia
RED ADELCO (Colombia): The Local Economic Development Agencies - implemented since the first years of this century - are the best examples of how the communities can change their territories. Cauca, Boyacá, Santander, Nariño and Antioquia are some of the successful cases. In June 2017 the inhabitants of northern Boyacá and southern Santander received a news they had been waiting for a long time. After more than...
Master in Inclusion and Social Innovation by Italian Universities
From 9 September to 02 October the application to "Master in Inclusion and Social Innovation" is open. The Master is organized by University Ca' Foscari of Venice, IUAV Venice, University of Padova, and University of Verona.
ISTAT Report 2015 on Italian Local System
ISTAT (the Italian Institute of Statistics) published an analysis of Italian local systems in its 2015 annual report, applying statistical analysis methodologies to functional geography.
First Argentinian Congress on Territorial Development
"The transformations in the Argentinean and Latin American context and the redefinition of public policies challenge us to create spaces of meeting, exchange of experiences, research and proposals and questions that problematize local and regional development from an interdisciplinary perspective".