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Future of EU development policy: CEMR calls for explicite reference to local government in EU rural and urban ...
CEMR stresses in its response to the Commission's consultation the importance of the role of local government in combating poverty, and of good governance as a development tool. It thus underlines the importance of an explicit reference to local government beside other non-state actors in land use planning including rural and urban development.
Furthermore, CEMR believes that funding development aid should include specific aid modalities on twinning between EU municipalities and their beneficiary partners. By this way, the local government sector will be able to play its role as part of a coherent and consistent EU policy for development.
CEMR welcomes the ...
EU Constitution - 21.06.2004
CEMR welcomes new European Constitution
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