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Decentralized cooperation
The mechanism of decentralized cooperation can provide an important complement to the cooperation activities undertaken by national central authorities and can promote the development of alliances and long-lasting partnerships among local authorities from developed and developing countries. In some cases, it can also provide poorer countries with interesting sustainable mountain development models that have been applied in Europe, and that have contributed to economic and social progress in European mountain areas, through the promotion of self-governance, decentralization and empowerment of local authorities.
There is growing interest amongst Mountain Partnership members for information about these models of development and indeed there is great potential to develop alliances between local authorities in the developed and developing world within the framework of the Mountain Partnership.
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The potential of decentralized cooperation and the role of local authorities in promoting sustainable mountain development around the globe was the theme of a workshop on 18 October 2006, jointly organized by the Mountain Partnership Secretariat, in association with the Project for Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development in Mountain Regions (SARD-M Project), FAO Decentralized Cooperation Programme, the European Association of Elected Representatives from Mountain Areas (AEM), Unione Nazionale Comuni Comunità Enti Montani (UNCEM) and EUROMONTANA.
Read the report English - Italian
View the presentations:
- What is decentralized cooperation? (FAO)
- Strengthening Local Governance and its impact on Sustainable Mountain Development’ (Drew McFarlane-Slack, Euromontana)
