Local and Regional Democracy and Good Governance

General

European Committee on Local and Regional
Democracy

Centre of Expertise
for Local Government Reform

Strategy for Innovation
and Good Governance
Reform

Programmes for Democratic Stability

Resources in Local and Regional Democracy

 

Programmes for Democratic Stability

INTER-MUNICIPAL CO-OPERATION
Ad-hoc projects or permanent institutional structures?

Second regional workshop on Inter-municipal Co-operation
(Bratislava, Slovak Republic, 28-30 October 2008)
 




Poster for the Bratislava Regional workshop
October 2008

 




The second regional workshop took place from 28-30 October 2008 in Bratislava (Slovak Republic). Participants from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina (both the Federation of BiH and Republika Srpska), Moldova, Montenegro and Kosovo* as well as other countries from outside South-Eastern Europe (Turkey, Armenia) were invited.

 

Workshop resources

Please click here for the List of Participants.

Please click here for the Agenda.

Please click here for the Synthesis of Replies to the Questionnaire on Progress in the Implementation of IMC initiatives.

The Press Release is available in English and Slovakian.

Country presentations

 Presentation of Albania
  Presentation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Federation of BiH; Republika Srpska)
 Presentation of Montenegro
  Presentation of Moldova
  Presentation of Turkey

Special guests

  Presentation of Armenia
  Presentation of Kosovo*

Experts presentations

Conceptual framework
  Pawel Swianiewicz – Why IMC is needed and why it happens so rarely?
  Robert Hertzog – Inter-municipal Forms of Co-operation
 Ken Davey – IMC Forms of Funding (Handout; Slides)
  Hachemi Bahloul – IMC in Western and Eastern Europe - Lessons Learned by UNDP

Case studies of IMC in various countries
  Jan Bucek – IMC in the Slovak Republic
  Massimo Balducci – IMC in Italy - A Brief Outline
  Paolo Rossi – Presentation of Consorzio Alta Valdera (Handout; Slides)

Capacity building and preparation of a Toolkit for IMC
  John Jackson – Capacity Building for IMC

Working Group Exercices

 Working Group Exercise No. 1 – Challenges and Support to IMC in your countries
  Working Group Exercice No. 2 – What will you do to encourage IMC in your country?
  Working Group Exercise No. 3 – Do you need a toolkit or manual for IMC?

Partners

The success of the workshop in Bratislava depended to a great extent on good co-operation with all the partners:
  UNDP Bratislava Regional Centre (BRC) - http://europeandcis.undp.org/
  Open Society Institute/Local Government and Public Service Reform Initiative (OSI/ LGI) - http://lgi.osi.hu/
 


The Council of Europe would like to thank in particular the following organisations for their valued contribution:

 The Ministry of the Interior of the Slovak Republic - http://www.minv.sk/ [in Slovakian only]

  The Municipality of Bratislava - http://visit.bratislava.sk/en/

  Association of Towns and Communities of Slovakia (ZMOS) - http://www.zmos.sk/ [in Slovakian only]

 

    

* All reference to Kosovo, whether to the territory, institutions or population, in this text should be understood in full compliance with United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 and without prejudice to the status of Kosovo.