Newsletter 56 - November 2018

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Regions from 23 countries participated in the Rabat Forum

Regions from Africa, Europe and America took part in the ORU Fogar XI Forum of the Regions held in Rabat on 22 and 23 October. Beyond the notable presence of the Moroccan regions and the Association of Moroccan Regions, the event was attended by regions from Senegal, Ivory Coast, Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso, Kenya and Northern Sudan. Regions from Spain, France, Belgium and Italy were also present at the meeting organised by the Council of Rabat Salé Kénitra. Representatives of states, provinces and regions from Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Colombia, Venezuela and Mexico arrived in Rabat from America.

Colombian and Ecuadorian regions tackle the SDGs through cross-border cooperation

During the month of September, the Colombian-Ecuadorian border hosted several forums organised by the Association of European Border Regions (AEBR) in collaboration with various ...

The III Regional Best Practices Award goes to Colombia, Italy and Catalonia

During the closing of the annual meeting of ORU Fogar, last October 23rd, in Rabat, the five good regional practices winners of the third edition of this award were made public. The UNDP and ORU Fogar organize this award annually.

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Why the EU cannot ignore the regions?

The European Committee of the Regions agrees with ORU-FOGAR that decentralisation is a driving force for development. It champions this idea in all international forums, whether it be at the United Nations on climate issues, vis-à-vis the EU’s neighbourhood with the Euro-Mediterranean Regional and Local Assembly (ARLEM) or with the Conference of Regional and Local Authorities for the Eastern Partnership (CORLEAP), and of course, primarily within the EU itself, to ensure greater ...