“Barcelona Agenda" approved to help coordination between local authorities and EU
Dods EU Alert/Spanish presidency February 24: The European Summit of Local Governments has approved the “Barcelona Agenda", a set of policies to improve coordination between local authorities and to encourage them to participate in building Europe.
This is combined in the objective of setting up a chamber of local governments within the Committee of the Regions of the EU in order to strengthen communication between EU institutions and local authorities. The Agenda calls for local governments to promote social, economic and regional cohesion by providing good quality public services that will improve people ' s lives, and also demands greater cooperation between all levels of government, local, regional and national, both at European level and within the member states. Read more» 