Title: Local authorities : actors for development : communication from the Commission to the Council, the European parliament and the European economic and social committee and Committee of the regions

Place: Brussels

Publisher: Commission of the European communities

Year: 2008

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Subject: Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Keywords: eu, development assistance, local government

Abstract: EU Local Authorities (LA) allocate considerable financial resources to development (representing nearly 15% of national ODA in Spain for instance), and have developed specific instruments for aid delivery (programmes, co-financing instruments, city-to-city links, direct cooperation agreements).

URL: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2008:0626:FIN:EN:PDF

Document type: Portal