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European Committee on Local and Regional
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for Local Government Reform

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and Good Governance
Reform

Programmes for Democratic Stability

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Programmes for Democratic Stability

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

First regional workshop on Inter-municipal Co-operation
(Peccioli, Italy, 10-13 June 2008)
 



Poster for the Peccioli Regional workshop
June 2008



 


 

 

 The first event in the IMC series took place from 10-13 June 2008, in Peccioli, Italy, for the countries with relevant experiences and the political will to implement inter-municipal co-operation (IMC). These included Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania, Serbia and “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”. The workshop helped participants and organisers:

 Develop a better understanding of IMC shortcomings and what can be done to improve collaboration between communities in SEE countries;
 Raise awareness on practical issues at stake in SEE countries;
 Encourage country initiatives;
 Discuss the preparation and implementation of a toolkit for capacity building in SEE countries based on existing documents.

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.

Presentations

Conceptual framework

 Pawel Swianiewicz – Why IMC is needed and why it happens so rarely
Robert Hertzog – Inter-municipal Forms of Co-operation (Slides)
Robert Hertzog - Methodology for Choosing an IMC Model (Handout)
 Ken Davey – IMC Forms of Funding
 Hachemi Bahloul – IMC in Western and Eastern Europe – Lessons Learned by UNDP
 Severina Spassova and Sylvia Ivanova – Capacity Building Needs

Case studies of IMC in various countries

 Paolo Rossi – Presentation of Consorzio Alta Valdera
 Renzo Macelloni – Presentation of Belvedere SpA - From an environmental emergency model to a model of economic development
 Ilmaisan Dauti - IMC in "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia"

Presentations of the Municipality of Florence:
Carlo Paolini, General Manager Welcome and introduction - Mission and organization of the Municipality of Florence
 Sonia Ceccherini, Organization Development Department e-Government: organization models to carry out multichannel on-line services - Some examples
 Sabrina Baccei, Municipal Holdings Department - The local public services and the co-shared companies towards new territorial and industrial dimensions - The Florentine experience
 Lorenzo Marchionni, The Florence Territorial Service Center - Linea Comune - The Florence Territorial Service Center
Massimo Cappuccini, Information System Department - The Multiportal, Multichannel Services Center for the Florentine Metropolitan Area
 Angela Miola, Communication Department – Communication and multi-channel in the Municipality of Florence
 Nicola Gentini – Presentation of the Region of Tuscany - Associated public services in 2007

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?

Partners

The success of the workshop in Peccioli 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 Consortium Alta Valdera - http://www.altavaldera.it/sezione.php?id_sezione=21&id_unita=235/ [in Italian only]

 Belvedere S.p.A. - http://www.belvedere.peccioli.net/ [in Italian only]

 CROGEF - http://www.crogef.it/

The municipality of Florence - http://www.comune.fi.it/home.htm/ [in Italian only]

 The region of Tuscany - http://www.regione.toscana.it/ [in Italian only]