In 2007, the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR) took the initiative of gathering a wide range of associations of territorial authorities—national, European, and global—within a new European Platform of Local and Regional Authorities for Development. PLATFORMA was officially launched in November 2008 during the European Development Days, in Strasbourg.
The strengthening of links between non state actors and local authorities is one of the objectives of PLATFORMA. In February 2010, TRIALOG invited Lucie Guillet to introduce the initiative at the 2nd TRIALOG Partnership Fair in Vienna. Soon after, on 12 March 2010, TRIALOG Capacity Building Officer Andra Tanase participated at the PLATFORMA Seminar "Development cooperation in the post-2004 EU member States: the role of local and regional authorities" in Bucharest. In her contribution, Andra touched upon the role of local and regional authorities in development education and how to effectively work with NGOs. Her intervention was much appreciated by the organisers particularly regarding the presented approach in development education and the work TRIALOG achieves. Future cooperation was envisaged. Ionut Sibian from Civil Society Development Foundation in Romania also highlighted the essential role of civil society in development cooperation. In general, the event was very promissing in terms of topics and also in terms of presence of national and international guests.
For further information, please contact Andra Tanase at a.tanase@trialog.or.at
For more information on PLATFORMA, please see:
http://www.ccre.org/champs_activites_detail_news_en.htm?ID=1470&idca=3129 and http://www.commed-cglu.org/spip.php?rubrique139
Find a list of PLATFORMA-members at: http://www.ccre.org/docs/list_partners_platform_for_development_en.pdf
Information provided by Anita Bister, TRIALOG
The strengthening of links between non state actors and local authorities is one of the objectives of PLATFORMA. In February 2010, TRIALOG invited Lucie Guillet to introduce the initiative at the 2nd TRIALOG Partnership Fair in Vienna. Soon after, on 12 March 2010, TRIALOG Capacity Building Officer Andra Tanase participated at the PLATFORMA Seminar "Development cooperation in the post-2004 EU member States: the role of local and regional authorities" in Bucharest. In her contribution, Andra touched upon the role of local and regional authorities in development education and how to effectively work with NGOs. Her intervention was much appreciated by the organisers particularly regarding the presented approach in development education and the work TRIALOG achieves. Future cooperation was envisaged. Ionut Sibian from Civil Society Development Foundation in Romania also highlighted the essential role of civil society in development cooperation. In general, the event was very promissing in terms of topics and also in terms of presence of national and international guests.
For further information, please contact Andra Tanase at a.tanase@trialog.or.at
For more information on PLATFORMA, please see:
http://www.ccre.org/champs_activites_detail_news_en.htm?ID=1470&idca=3129 and http://www.commed-cglu.org/spip.php?rubrique139
Find a list of PLATFORMA-members at: http://www.ccre.org/docs/list_partners_platform_for_development_en.pdf
Information provided by Anita Bister, TRIALOG
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