ORU Fogar Assembly and Seminar on Digitization Sponsored by AIRF and the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region
On November 30, the ORU Fogar Annual General Assembly will take place virtually. It was to be held in Lyon but will continue to be sponsored by the Regional Council of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and the International Association of French-speaking Regions (AIRF).
According to the Regional Presidents of Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire, Decentralization is Essential
During the "Positive Conversation" on November 5, Yéboué Kouamé Pascal, President of the region of Bélier, Côte d’Ivoire, and Adama Diouf, President of the Association of Departments of Senegal, agreed that ...
Webinars on Funding Opportunities for African and Latin American Regions
On last October 27 and 29 ORU-Fogar organized two webinars with their African and Latin American members, to speak about the possibilities of funding projects, with the involvement of the General Direction of International Cooperation and Development (DEVCO) of the European Commission.
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Paradiplomacy, technological change and the global leadership of regions
The involvement of non-central governments in international relations is often called "paradiplomacy." This neologism is subject to different interpretations that are not always convergent, although they find their common thread in reflecting the contacts, projects, agreements and demarches that sub-state authorities carry out beyond the borders of the nation state of which they are part. With no intention of getting into a semantic discussion about the term, given that in some geographies it may have a negative connotation, it can be said that paradiplomacy is a phenomenon that acquires multiple formats according to the type of government, the competences in charge, the economic, political and social interests, geographical location, available resources, among other factors that determine ...
