From risk to opportunity: Local governance in the southern Mediterranean

• Autores: Noha El-Mikawy
• Localización: Notes internacionals CIDOB, ISSN-e 2013-4428, Nº. 232, 2020, págs. 1-6
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • There are a number of emerging opportunities in the shift towards more decentralisation in the MENA region.

    Euro-Mediterranean cooperation has an important role to play in strengthening local governance by:

    • Developing urgent tools to fight against the criminalisation of civil society.

    • Supporting not only the reduction of poverty but also of inequality through distributive policies.

    • Deepening collaborative efforts to manage local governance in postconflict situations.

    • Resisting the predominant northern Mediterranean perception of refugees as a security threat and deepening its support of local government programmes for refugees and host communities.

    • Assisting governments in the region in improving their bleak record on data transparency.