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

 

Centre of Expertise for Local Government Reform


COUNTRY SPECIFIC PROGRAMMES FOR CAPACITY BUILDING
 

GERMANY

 

Activity in 2011

  Colloquy on the theme "participative local democracy in Europe: tendencies and evolutions” to discuss the meaning and added value of citizen participation at local level in Europe and the challenges to local democracy at European level
  Presentation of ELOGE and the activities of the Centre in the field of citizen participation
  Cities of Offenburg and Freiburg renewed their involvement in the implementation of the activities of the Joint Programme on Strengthening local self-government in Serbia

Activity in 2010

German officials from Offenburg and Freiburg have participated in the activities organised in the framework on the Joint Programme on “Strengthening locals self-government in Serbia” Phase II (i.e. PM and HRM at local level). Contacts have been established with several German municipalities and the Kehl Euro-Institute and the School of Public Administration of Kehl (Hoschulle) with a view to them participating in the testing of the European Label for Innovation and Good Governance at local level.