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City Mayors’ local government events pages list and review conferences, conventions and seminars dealing with best practice local governance including relations between local, regional and central government.

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September 2010
Training course Local Service Delivery & MDGs
Event: This two week training event will address questions as: How can we ensure that basic services reach the poorest? How can financial management of services be organised in a transparent and democratic way? How can partnerships with NGOs and the private sector help local governments to operate more effectively? And, what are the particular challenges for delivering services in violent-prone situations?
Practical information: The course fee is 2.450 euros. This includes all training-related costs for ten days as well as drinks and lunches, training materials and travel during the training.The course language is English. Please look for more information at our website or contact our programme manager Emmely Benschop.
Date: 6 to 17 September 2010
Location: The Hague, Netherlands
Organiser: The Hague Academy for Local Governance
Contact: Emmely Benschop
Telephone: + 31 (0)70 373 80 83
Email: emmely.benschop@thehagueacademy.com
Internet: http://www.thehagueacademy.nl/

September / October 2010
Training Citizen Participation and Accountability
Event: During this 6-day innovative training course participants will learn how municipalities can increase accountability towards its citizens and how it can benefit by involving citizens and organisations in a smart way. Both these processes are essential for good governance.
Date: 26 Sept - 1 Oct. 2010
Location: The Hague, The Netherlands
Organiser: The Hague Academy for local governance
Contact: Suzanne Jansen
Telephone: +31 [0] 70 37 38 695
Email: info@thehagueacademy.com
Internet: www.thehagueacademy.com

October 2010
INTA34 World Urban Development Congress
Event: Regeneration of Pasaia, the fishing and commercial port of Gipuzkoa, and new infrastructure like the high-speed railway will give the city of Donostia-San Sebastian and its metropolitan area an entirely new image. Major challenges are at stake to manage successful integration of the redevelopment: how to balance rapid urban growth while retaining and enhancing the unique historic and cultural environment? Which new functions to develop on the territory? How to raise public awareness and efficiently integrate the population in the decision-making processes?
The 34th INTA Congress will explore different approaches on how development and renewal are reconciled with preservation of a vibrant cultural setting.
Keynote speakers, on site workshops, skills development for professionals, master classes, guided visits, social events, cultural and culinary experiences are all part of INTA34 Congress.
Date: 24-28 October 2010
Location: Kurzaal, Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain
Organiser: INTA in partnership with Gipuzkoa Government
Contact: Line Algoed, Director Development, INTA
Telephone: +31 703244526
Email: intainfo@inta-net.org
Internet: www.inta-aivn.org

November 2010
2010 Global Mayors Forum
Event: The theme of the 2010 Global Mayors Forum is ‘High Growth Cities: Meeting the Challenges for Sustainability’. Some 1,000 distinguished guests from all over the world are expecting to attend the Forum. They are: 200 mayors, 500 top global investors, 200 top urban operators, 100 experts on urban development and dozens of officials from the UN.
The Global Mayors Forum aims at establishing powerful win-win cooperation, to enable the best of the Forum and enabling each part to get desirable benefits. The 2010 Forum will be divided into three major parts: Forum Conference, Commercial Activities and Peripheral Activities. The Forum Conference includes three sessions, which are Plenary Sessions, Parallel Forum and High- End Dialogue. Also there we prepare the commercial activities for the business action directly including ‘Roundtables One to One’, ‘Project Presentation’ and ‘Urban Promotion Display’, which provide a significant channel to meet mayors, government officials and city delegations and to explore the market and potential business opportunities. We will offer a unit of 36 square meters display booth for you to show the best image of your city and the preferential policy to attract tourism or investment. You may also launch your latest incredible projects during our Project Presentation sections with the present of Elites of global mainstream media. ‘Roundtables One to One’ is designed especially for the investors, project financing parties, importers and exporters. Before the Forum, we will spend time to match the enterprises or investors according to their individual needs and later during the Forum opportunity to have a meeting with them one-to-one. Besides, the name, logo and contact information of enterprises will be printed on the handbook, which will be delivered to each of the participants. As to ‘Project Presentation’, you can release your project in this great event, which attracts attention of all levels. Your company’s participation in the GMF will improve your company’s image, present you with innovative ideas for development, as well as provide you with greater business opportunities with Chinese partners or international ones. Therefore, the 2010 Global Mayors Forum will not only serve as a stage for high-end dialogues, but also as a platform for launching concrete projects.
During the Forum, the opportunity for mayors and other guests are:
• Listening to: the latest thinking of UN officials, Global Mayors and Commerce Leaders about urban development;
• Learning: the latest theories about urban sustainability and successful practices from global mayors;
• Approaching: potential buyers, business partners and investors with great economic strength and other potential co-operators;
• Understanding: the economic trend of the high growth of Chinese cities and the demand of international urban development;
• Witnessing: the communication and sparkling of global urban culture;
• Meeting: urban operators, commerce leaders, experts, scholars and mainstream media all over the 5 continentals;
• Displaying: urban appearance and enterprise image;
• Discussing: the approaches to promote urban sustainability and the ways to enhance effective urban management;
• Achieving: Inspiration of urban management and business opportunity of projects co-operation.
Date: 5 to 8 November 2010
Location: Hong Kong and Shenzhen City, China
Organiser: IMCC (international mayors communication center)
Contact: Jessica Liu
Telephone: +86-755-86100516 ext.821
Email: jessica@hk-imcc.com
Internet: www.hk-imcc.com, www.g-mf.com

14th International Anti-Corruption Conference
Event: The IACC is the world premier forum that brings together heads of state, civil society and the private and public sectors to tackle the increasingly sophisticated challenges posed by corruption. The IACC takes place every two years in a different region of the world, and attracts up to 1500 participants from over 135 countries. The Conference serves as the premier global forum for the networking and cross-fertilisation that are indispensable for effective advocacy and action, on a global and national level.
Date: 10 - 13 November 2010
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Organiser: IACC Council, Transparency International and the Thai National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC)
Contact: Kelly McCarthy
Telephone: +49 30 3438 2058
Email: kmccarthy@transparency.org
Internet: www.14iacc.org

November/December 2010
Training course `Peacebuilding and Local Governance´
Event: As the government level closest to the citizens and provider of basic services and security, local authorities play a crucial role in strengthening state legitimacy from the bottom-up. During the training course Peacebuilding and Local Governance, we will provide you with insights into how local governments in instable and violent-prone environments can be assisted to carry out their tasks and responsibilities in an effective and accountable manner. At the end of this course you will be equipped with the knowledge required to conceive, implement and engage with policies and programmes that are I line with international best practices.
Date: 22 November to 3 December 2010
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Organiser: The Hague Academy for Local Governance and the Barcelona International Peace Resource Centre
Contact: Dyana Kettenis
Telephone: +31 [0] 70 37 38 695
Email: info@thehagueacademy.com
Internet: http://www.thehagueacademy.nl

January 2011
Municipalika
Event: International Conference and Exhibition on Urban Development, Municipal Services and Built-Environment
Date: 27 to 29 January 2011
Location: Bangalore, India
Organiser: Good Governance India Foundation and Fairfest Media Limited
Contact: G Ibrahim
Telephone: 91-9867662781, 91-22-26372883, 91-11-26866874
Email: gibrahim@municipalika.com
Internet: www.municipalika.com

July 2011
2011 Asia Pacific Cities Summit
Event: The biennial Asia Pacific Cities Summit focuses on developing business growth, trade, investment and economic outcomes for participating delegates and sponsors. More than 1,000 delegates from over 100 global cities will meet in Brisbane to investigate and develop business opportunities with potential partners.
Date: 6-8 July 2011
Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Organiser: Brisbane City Council
Contact: Event Planners Australia
Telephone: +61 7 3858 5582
Email: info@apcsummit.org
Internet: www.apcsummit.org