PARTENALIA:

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• PARTENALIA
• Local Intermediate Authorities in Europe

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• What is Partenalia?
• Partenalia is a European Network
• of local intermediate public
• Administrations for
• inter-territorial cooperation.
• It was created in 1993 to strengthen
• the role played by local intermediate public
  administrations in the process of European
  construction, promoting and implementing EU
  policies at local level.

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• Who we are (I)
• 22 intermediate public administrations belonging
  to 6 European countries
• Intermediate public administrations?
• Between towns and regions
• Institutionalized Associations of towns
• The name changes depending on the country
  provincia (ES, BE IT), county (GB SW),
  département (FR), landkreis (DE)

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• Who we are (II)

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• Spain (10)
• Diputació de Barcelona (1996)
• Diputación Foral de Gipuzkoa (1996)
• Diputación de Alicante (1996)
• Diputación de Sevilla (2001)
• Diputación de Almería (2001)
• Diputación de Cádiz (2001)
• Diputación de Badajoz (2002)
• Diputació de Castelló (2003)
• Diputación de Ourense (2006)
• Diputación de Cáceres (2006)
• Italy (3)
• Provincia di Novara (1996)
• Provincia di Torino (1996)
• Provincia di Roma (1997)
• Portugal (1)
• Associaçao de Municipios da Regiao de Setúbal
  (2001)

• France (5)
• Conseil Général du Nord (1996)
• Conseil Général du Gard (2001)
• Conseil Général du Var (2003)
• CG Seine-Saint-Denis (2004)
• CG du Val de Marne (2006)
• Belgium (2)
• Bruxelles Région-Capitale (2004)
• Province de Hainaut (2004)
• Netherlands (1)
• Province of Gelderland (2006)
• Observers (4)
• CG du Haut-Rhin
• CG du Bas-Rhin
• Provincia di Terni
• Provinicia di Alessandria

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• Why Partenalia?
• Partenalia responds to the need and willingness
  of its members to cooperate at EU level
• To exchange know how and best practices.
• To develop transnational joint projects and
  actions.
• To defense common demands to EU institutions.
• To organize training seminars and conferences
  designed tailored for the members.
• Partenalia is a founding member of CEPLI/ECILA,
  the European Confederation of Local Intermediate
  Authorities.

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• What we offer (I)
• Thematic areas
• Joint projects
• Transnational Conferences
• Publications

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• What we offer (II)
• Thematic Areas a space for in-depth debate and
  for an exchange of experiences in local
  responsibility policy issues.

• Now operating
• Economy and Innovation enterprise and innovation
  in the framework of the Lisbon Strategy and local
  development agencies.
• Territorial Development Territorial Cohesion,
  Access to public services, renewable energies.
• - Social Affairs inclusive labour markets.
• Development, dissemination, advocacy and
  networking are action lines taken into account by
  each thematic area.

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• Partners

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Development of joint projects -
dissemination, conception and development of
European projects of transnational scope among
network members - updated information on
opened call for proposals - Consultation with
the European Commission.

• What we offer (III)

• One example
• New Europe New Twinnings. Co-financed under the
  Active European citizenship programme 04-06,
  seek to establish contacts between Partenalia
  members and local intermediate authorities from
  Eastern countries.

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• What we offer (IV)
• Transnational conferences organization of
  thematic conferences taking place in member
  territories with national and European experts

Recent conferences June 2009, Lille The future
Cohesion Policy April 2009, Turin Local
Intermediate Authorities and Territorial
Cohesion September 2007, Nîmes
Colloquium on European exchanges for a better
service to elderly February 2006, Brussels
Local authorities for Integration of Immigrants
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Publications editions that aim to highlight
subjects of special importance for local
intermediate administrations
What we offer (V)

• Publications
• Manual on EU programs 2007-13 from a local
  perspective
• Intermediate local administrations their
  contribution to the European Innovation and
  Knowledge Society
• Publication of the Conference Local Authorities
  for integration of immigrants. May 2006
• Conclusions of the colloquium on European
  exchanges for a better service to elderly
• Partenalia Newsletter.

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Political Council It is the sovereign body of
the Network, which fixes the annual political
priorities and take the most important decisions.
Among its members, there is a President and two
Vice-presidents who represent Partenalia towards
EU institutions. Steering Group all
technicians present and politicians are welcome.
Managing Board ensures the quality of all
network processes.Secretariat based in
Brussels, it gives a follow-up to the work of the
Managing Board.In order to support this
structure, every member pays a fee of 3.500 per
year.
How do we work


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