Go Local for Coherence
Implementing Entity:
Instituto Marquês de Valle Flôr
Location:
Portugal, Spain - region of Andalusia and Bulgaria
Duration:
36 months
June 2011 - May 2014
Beneficiaries:
Direct: 225 officers and decision makers of 15 Portuguese, 20 Andalusian and 10 Bulgarian Local Authorities - from a total of 702 Local Authorities informed.
Other: 180 local civil society stakeholders - schools, universities, organisations, private sector, public institutions, individual citizens - and European public opinion, targeted through national/local media and web 2.0 communities as strategic dissemination groups.
Objectives:
Global Objective: to promove coherent development policies at glocal level and to mobilise active participation in MDG's achievement and poverty reduction.
Specific Objective: to enhance Local Authorities as a key actor in sustainable development and decentralized cooperation for development.
Results and Activities:
R1: 'Goals to Glocal Towns' campaign promoted jointly with 225 officers and decision-makers of LA and local civil society, as advocacy tool for coherent glocal development.
- Workstream 0: Management and Evaluation (Constitution of a Steering Committee, Secretary Office, Transnational Advisory Council, LA Focal Point and Local Steering Groups, monitoring 5 Goals implementation);
- Workstream 1: Glocal Advocacy and Visibility: production of materials and tools; glocal advocacy campaign.
R2: Officers and LA decision-makers informed, mobilized, trained and committed to act glocal development.
- Workstream 2: Training and Monitoring: goals implementation monitoring; training and mobilizing.
R3: Local, European and Global partnerships strengthened, enhancing sustainable development and decentralized cooperation for development, as means of achieving MDG and poverty reduction.
- Workstream 3: Networking and partnership building: national events and international conferences; best practices exchange; networking and partnership building.
Partners:
Fondo Andaluz de Municipios para la Solidaridad Internacional (FAMSI);
IDEAS (Iniciativas de Economía Alternativa y Solidaria);
National Association of Municipalities in the Republic of Bulgaria (NAMRB)
Co-funding:
European Commission
