The fourth edition of the Regional Best Practices Award
After the success of the last three editions of the Regional Best Practices Award, organised by the United Regions Organization (ORU Fogar) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the organisers are pleased to announce the launch of the IV Regional Good Practices Award, the competition awarding the best practices implemented by regional governments that have had positive effects in their public management.
Diputació de Barcelona receives the status of Biosphere Gold Destination
The Barcelona Provincial Council (Diputació de Barcelona) has achieved the Biosphere Gold destination recognition. The "Biosphere Destination" mark already accredited the tourism sustainability ...
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is holding a major enquiry on the future of the region
Three years after the creation of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region, the Regional Council has launched a major enquiry among its inhabitants, with the aim of reflecting on the region of 2030.
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Chile, unitary but decentralized
Decentralization has been a matter of concern in Chile since the 1960s and has undergone several improvements expressed in modifications to the relevant legislation or in the administrative creation of new decentralized instruments of public investment, but all these modifications are superficial. Today there is consensus that the excessive political, administrative and economic centralization in Chile, which has been widely documented by various actors in academia, civil society and state institutions, an example of which we quote in the document "Making decentralization work in Chile" (2017).
