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Organizations relating to Local
Standing Committee Euro-Mediterranean Partnership of the Local and Regional Authorities / Palermo, Italy / Est. 2000
Union of Socialist Local and Regional Representatives in Europe / Anthisnes, Belgium / Est. 1979
European Greenways Association / Madrid, Spain / Est. 1998
International Trade Union Alliance of Public Utilities, Local Industry and Services Workers / Moscow, Russia
Agence pour la coopération internationale et le développement local en Méditerranée / Est. 2005
European Confederation of Local Intermediate Authorities / Brussels, Belgium / Est. 2008
Asian Local Search and Media Association / Est. 1997
European Institute for Local Development / Est. 2009
Local Agenda 21 / Bonn, Germany
European Network of Training Organizations for Local and Regional Authorities / Strasbourg, France / Est. 1994
International Centre for Local Credit / Paris La Défense, France / Est. 1958
Global Partnership on Local and Subnational Action for Biodiversity / Montréal QC, Canada / Est. 2008
Assemblée Régionale et Locale Euro-Méditerranéenne / Brussels, Belgium
Service d'appui aux initiatives locales de développement / Yaoundé, Cameroon / Est. 1988
Counterpart International / Arlington VA, USA / Est. 1965
Clean Up the World / Darlinghurst NSW, Australia / Est. 1993
European Sustainable Cities and Towns Campaign / Est. 1994
Global Network on Local Governance / Delhi, India
The Butterfly Effect / Montréal QC, Canada / Est. 2010
Réseau maghrebin d'associations de développement local en milieu rural / Médenine, Tunisia / Est. 2008
Peace Direct / London, UK / Est. 2004
Learning Initiative on Citizen Participation and Local Governance / Sao Paulo, Brazil / Est. 2001
Centre international d'études pour le développement local / Lyon, France / Est. 1990
Seva Foundation / Berkeley CA, USA / Est. 1978
Groupe Initiatives / Nogent-sur-Marne, France / Est. 1983
Association Belgique - Bolivie - Amérique latine / Brussels, Belgium / Est. 1959
Istituto di Studi sul Mediterraneo / Naples, Italy / Est. 1981
Globus et Locus / Milan, Italy / Est. 1997
Earthcorps / Seattle WA, USA / Est. 1993
Mediterranean Institute for Nature and Anthropos / Athens, Greece / Est. 2003
Swedish International Centre for Local Democracy / Visby, Sweden / Est. 2009
World Partners / Virginia Beach VA, USA
Global Partnership for Local Action / Vienna, Austria
ygap / Richmond VIC, Australia
International Council for Local Development / Est. 1965
European Association of Christian Democratic Local Administrators / Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg / Est. 1993
European Confederation for Independent and Local Radios and Televisions / Est. 2001
Special Health Fund for Africa / Geneva, Switzerland / Est. 1990
Association of Regional and Sub-regional Development Finance Institutions in West Africa / Lomé, Togo / Est. 1981
LIFE Network / Ober-Ramstadt, Germany / Est. 2000
Mediterranean Integrated Studies at Regional And Local Scales / Est. 2008
nitidae / Lyon, France / Est. 2017
Planet Society / Paris, France / Est. 1993
UNESCAP Pacific Operations Centre / Suva, Fiji / Est. 1984
Community Learning Centres / Bangkok, Thailand / Est. 1993
International Ministries of Diaconie Locale / Clabecq, Belgium
Builders Exchange Network / Kanata ON, Canada / Est. 1948
World Reach / Birmingham AL, USA
Reach Out WorldWide / Burbank CA, USA
Conference of Chief Executives of ECA-Sponsored Regional and Sub-Regional Institutions / Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
View all profiles (201 total) in the Yearbook of International Organizations
World Problems relating to Local
From the Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human PotentialStagnated development of agricultural production
Inadequate transportation facilities for rural communities
Undeveloped channels for commercial initiative
Unstructured local government in small communities
Underutilization of potential in local communities
Lack of channels for obtaining available local funding
Exchange rate volatility
Excessive dependence of local communities on outside services
Inflexible social care structures
Ineffective techniques for achieving consensus
Local traditions of cultural isolation
Decline in local community spirit
Action Strategies relating to Local
From the Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human PotentialLocalizing
Reducing loss of common open spaces
Strengthening local organizations responsible for land management
Providing open universities
Conserving nature communally
Establishing local recycling centres
Expanding use of local construction technologies
Creating coherent local infrastructure solutions
Ensuring local participation in coastal zone management
Linking local and global commons
Managing wild renewable resources through local communities
Improving coordination among public, NGOs, indigenous people and local communities
Strengthening efforts to ensure communities get adequate benefits from the use of local resources
Strengthening national and local capacity for managing rapidly growing cities
Strengthening local understanding and sustainable use of marine living resources
Reviving interest in sub-regional and regional cooperation
Ensuring participation with local communities
Strengthening community-based land resource protection
Developing local health plans
Strengthening local capacity to adapt appropriate technologies
Implementing sustainable strategies through local planning
Introducing locally adaptable conservation technologies
Promoting small-scale human society
Developing Local Agenda 21
Focusing capacity building on local communities
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