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Legal issues for city-to-city co-operation: a framework for local government international action

Winter workshop, Seville, Spain January 8 - 10th

10 Jan 2007 –

Workshop objectives:
- Identify common legal problems that local governments face while engaging international development initiatives.
- To examine actual available mechanisms to establish contracts between local authorities in different countries.
- To share solutions that local governments put into practice
- To examine contract law applicable and litigation mechanisms available
- To solve a series of case - studies in order to learning-by-doing

Contents: The tension between central and local governments in relation to foreign policy and responsibilities in the international sphere // International Local Government //
Partnerships between local authorities within the European Union context // The city and the world // International mechanisms for conflict resolution // National legal framework // Resolution of practical legal case-studies.

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