Xavier Cadoret: “Decentralisation provides the foundation for national stability and sustainable development”

South-med 28 November 2017 Rabat, Morocco

“We firmly believe that the vertical separation of powers between the national, regional and local tiers, through decentralisation, helps to build the foundations for national stability and the basis for sustainable development,” said Xavier Cadoret (France, SOC), Vice-President of the Congress,...

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Leendert VERBEEK : “ The European Charter can serve as a source of inspiration for local self-government in Morocco”

south-med 28 November 2017 Rabat, Morocco

« The Charter of Local Self-Government, which is ratified today by all the 47 member States of the Council of Europe, has the binding force of a treaty and is a key European convention and a major reference tool for local democracy,” underlined Leendert VERBEEK (Netherlands, SOC), Chair of the...

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Jean-Philippe BOZOULS: “A longstanding tradition of co-operation with Morocco”

south-med 28 November 2017 Rabat, Morocco

In his address at the parliamentary colloquy in Rabat on 28 November 2017, Jean-Philippe BOZOULS, Director of the Congress, underlined the longstanding tradition of co-operation between the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe and the Kingdom of Morocco. The joint...

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Congress of Local and Regional Authorities

Dmitri MARCHENKOV
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