Urb-Al info : newsletter of Urb-Al programme. No 23, first half 2006.
Date: 2006-10-04
Institutions: EuropeAid Co-operation Office
Subjects: Latin America, action programme, cooperation policy, economic development, local authority, serial publication, town

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NEWSLETTER OF URB-AL
PROGRAMME,
European Commission 
horizontal decentralised 
cooperation programme for
cities, urban centres and regions
of European Union 
and Latin America

EUROPEAN COMMISSION 
EuropeAid 
Cooperation office 
Latin America Directorate 

ISSN 1725-0420

No23

FIRST HALF 
2006

IN THIS ISSUE

After a decade of fruitful work in promoting cooperation between public bodies 
of the European Union and Latin America, the URB-AL Programme is slowly 
winding up its activities. However, it will soon be embarking on new ones under 
the forthcoming 2007-2013 programming period.

The networks’ last annual meetings were held early in the year. All the URB-AL
networks have carried out their contracts with the European Commission. However,
several networks have decided to pursue their area of activity with other sources of
financing and their own resources. Others will carry forward the accumulated
experiences of three years’ work in the network in the form of B-type projects. 

30 April was the deadline for the last call for proposals for URB-AL projects.
However, several projects continue to develop and others have just begun activities.
In this very edition, some coordinators share their experiences and progress. 

To help new project coordinators to get their activities off to a good start the URB-AL
Programme Document Centre (CDPU) organised an initial training course in
Malaga. The second course will take place in Valparaíso in October. The CDPU team 
is compiling all the useful documents produced since the beginning of the URB-AL
programme. The EU-AL Observatory for Decentralised Cooperation held its first
conference in Montevideo and has published its first conclusions. Feedback from
events will continue to come in. 

RICCARDO GAMBINI
EuropeAid Cooperation Office – Head of Unit B2

Pedro Marín (Ayuntamiento de Málaga), Fernando Cardesa (Director for Latin America in EuropeAid, the Cooperation Office of the European
Commission), Gustavo Paulsen (Municipalidad de Valparaíso) and Marc Rimez (Manager of the CDPU in EuropeAid) during the session of
closure of the training course of the CDPU.

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JOINT PROJECTS SELECTED

CALL FOR PROPOSALS 2005 – 31 OCTOBER (REFERENCE EUROPEAID/113113/C/G)

Coordination of joint projects 

Selected coordinator

Country

Project title

TYPE “A” JOINT PROJECTS

Comune di Udine

Municipalidad de Cotacachi

Prefeitura de São Bernardo do Campo

Ayuntamiento de L’Escala

Prefeitura do Recife

Provincia di Pescara

IT

ECU

BR

ES

BR

IT

Cómo construir un presupuesto participativo: transferencia de buenas 
prácticas en una perspectiva de intercambio recíproco

Impacto de los presupuestos participativos 
en ciudades multiétnicas y pluriculturales

Os pobres negligenciados pela pobreza: situações de abrigamento 
e desabrigamento de crianças e adolescentes

R10-A16-05

La prevención de la exclusión en jóvenes y adolescentes en contextos 
urbanos mediante la promoción de la salud y de los factores resilientes

R10-A18-05

Orçamento participativo como instrumento de fortalecimento 
das mulheres na tomada de decisão

R12-A8-05

La visión de género en la programación del gasto público

R12-A12-05

Project No

R9-A7-05

R9-A8-05

Intendencia Municipal de Colonia

URU

TECALE:Tecnología y ciencia aplicadas al desarrollo 
para gobiernos locales de América Latina y la Unión Europea

Ayuntamiento de L’Hospitalet 
de Llobregat

Municipalidad de San Joaquín

ES

CHI

Ciudades cívicas y seguras

Promoción de buenas prácticas de participación comunitaria 
en prevención del delito a nivel local

Selected coordinator

Country

Project title

TYPE “B” JOINT PROJECTS

Municipio del Distrito Metropolitano 
de Quito

Diputación de Barcelona

Stadt Bremen

ECU

ES

AL

Las mujeres transformamos las ciudades.
Servicios municipales de atención a mujeres

Centro de formación política MUJER Y CIUDAD

European and Latin American Examples of Distance 
Cross-Curricular Learning in Science (X-Cross)

R13-A12-05

R14-A10-05

R14-A12-05

Project No

R12-B2-05

R12-B3-05

R13-B1-05

International Cooperation Prize for a URB-AL project 

On 6 April the French Haut Conseil de la coopération internationale (HCCI) awarded prizes to six interna-

tional cooperation projects. 

The HCCI has two principal aims: promoting regular consultations between international development coop-
eration players and raising public awareness of the challenges of this cooperation. 

The Council awards an international cooperation prize to draw attention to and reward a number of exem-
plary projects. 

Pierre Samot, Mayor of Lamentin,
receive the Price of the International
Co-operation.

This year the mayor of Le Lamentin (Martinique, France), Pierre Samot, received the prize for raising public aware-
ness for the URB-AL Network 3 project “Democracy in towns: the participative budget applied to young peo-
ple, a tool for municipal policies”. The town of Le Lamentin will receive EUR 10 000 as well as the prize.

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NETWORK 13

FREIE HANSESTADT BREMEN

Towns and the information society

From 2 to 6 November Bremen hosted for the last time some 100 representatives of 50 towns in 18 countries 
at the second annual meeting of Network 13 “Towns and the information society”.

The coordinator of Network 13, Senator

Willi Lemke, opened the meeting and
emphasised the achievements of the three
years of implementation of Network 13. He
encouraged the participants to consolidate
relations between Latin American and Euro-
pean towns and to take advantage of the
meeting  to  prepare  proposals  for  joint 
projects for submission to the last call in
April 2006.

The European Commission was represented
by Miguel Romero, URB-AL Project Man-
ager in EuropeAid; he explained in detail
the procedures and requirements for sub-
mitting project proposals. 

After an exchange of views between the
main speakers and other participants on
various aspects of decentralised coopera-
tion, Professor Friedrich Lehmann (Deputy
Rector responsible for international rela-
tions at Bremen University of Applied Sci-
ences) described the university, emphasising
the international dimension of its activities
thanks to an increasing number of cooper-
ation agreements with universities all around
the world. 

Pedro Marín (coordinator of URB-AL Net-
work 6) outlined the work of the Docu-
mentation Centre of the URB-AL Programme
(CDPU), coordinated by the town of Málaga,
which has the role of supporting the joint
project coordinators in developing and man-
aging their projects. Louise Lassonde (coor-
dinator of the decentralised cooperation
programme of the United Nations Institute
for  Training  and  Research  –  UNITAR)
described the main features of the Decen-
tralised Cooperation Programme, which
provides training for local agents to enhance
their capacity to implement international
agreements and the Millennium Develop-
ment Goals.

Luis Lozano’s update of the basic document
– based on the replies of more than 40 mem-
bers to questionnaires - was also distributed

to all the participants. This new version
includes a clarification of the terminology
used and an updated picture of progress in
developing the information society in Latin
America and the EU. 

As in the previous annual meetings, there
were workshops in four subjects corre-
sponding  to  the  main  chapters  of  the
updated basic document: government, peo-
ple, enterprises and the urban environment. 

Thanks to contributions from all the partic-
ipants, six proposals emerged from these
workshops for submission to the European
Commission’s last call for proposals in April
2006. This annual meeting also offered
towns that wanted to draft a proposal for
a  joint  project  a  useful  opportunity  to
exchange experiences and opinions with
the coordinators of projects under way in
Network 13. Their vast experience of proj-
ect implementation was of help in improv-
ing the new proposals. 

During the plenary session on the first day,
the coordinators of the project proposals
selected in the April 2005 call, presented

their projects and outlined the activities fore-
seen for 2006. 

Within the framework of this annual Net-
work 13 gathering a meeting was also held
with the coordinators of other URB-AL net-
works (6, 8, 9, 12, 13 and 14). The princi-
pal aim of this meeting was to exchange
experiences and the results of work in the
networks, and also discuss the future of
decentralised cooperation between Latin
American and European towns given that
the second phase of the URB-AL programme
was coming to an end. 

The high level of participation and excellent
results of the evaluation carried out by the
Coordination Office once again demon-
strated the commitment of the Latin Amer-
ican and European towns to promoting
existing relations and stepping up decen-
tralised cooperation between the two con-
tinents. The bonds created within Network
13 will certainly last after the end of the
URB-AL programme. 

Network 13. Pedro Marín (Coordinator of Network 6), Louise Lassonde (Coordinator for UNITAR),Willi Lemke (Senator for Education 
and sciences in Freie Hansestadt Bremen), Miguel Romero (URB-AL Programme Manager, EC).

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NETWORK 14

MUNICIPALIDAD DE VALPARAÍSO

Second meeting to examine citizen safety 
in Latin America and Europe 

From 5 to 7 October 2005, the second

annual meeting of Network 14 “Citizen
Safety in Towns” took place in Valparaíso
with some 120 partners from towns in Latin
American and European countries such as
Argentina, Peru, Colombia, Brazil, Ecuador,
El Salvador, Guatemala, Uruguay, Spain,
France, Italy and Portugal. 

The aim of the meeting was to better inform
network members and so find joint solu-
tions to the problems of public safety within
their communities. It was also a valuable
opportunity  to  form  strategic  alliances
between partners facing similar circum-
stances; these partners could share their
experiences and jointly design alternative
ways of strengthening their urban commu-
nities. 

The network coordinator, Gustavo Paulsen,
told the meeting that “our network has
gained a place in the community of Latin
American municipalities and become an
essential reference point for citizens’ safety
issues at local level” referring to the occa-
sion when Santa Cruz (Bolivia) hosted a
meeting  of  800  mayors,  prefects  and
regional administrators (intendientes), and
Network 14 acted as coordinator of the
forum’s citizen safety commission. 

Gustavo Paulsen also introduced Network
14’s second publication, “Town and Citizen

Safety in Latin America” which was designed
to broaden the debate on some conceptual
issues concerning citizen safety and also
emphasised the leading role of local gov-
ernment in the prevention of delinquency
and violence. 

shop looked to produce proposals for proj-
ects on management tools and intervention
areas for local government in the field of
citizen safety. The fourth workshop discussed
“community  involvement  in  preventing
crime”. 

As noted in the opening addresses, the work
of  these  three  days  was  designed  to
strengthen institutions close to the ground
that have a better view of what is happen-
ing and are credible and flexible in imple-
menting their programmes and initiatives;
this support will ensure that the institutions
have access to greater resources and the
necessary powers to carry out their tasks
because "the only successful experiences in
reducing insecurity are those carried out in
urban environments and towns”. 

The work accomplished during these days
produced eleven profiles of joint projects,
one of which was submitted for the last call
for projects in April.

This second meeting opened with presen-
tations  by  the  Chilean  justice  minister,
Chilean parliamentarians and the Mayor of
Valparaíso, who described the Chilean expe-
rience and set out proposals for the next
government. The Director of Foreign Policy
and an EU representative also spoke. 

Another proposal made at the meeting was
to establish profiles of joint projects for sub-
mission to the European Commission’s April
2006 call for proposals. The URB-AL method-
ology for the preparation of joint projects
was used. 

There was time for participants to take part
in one of the four parallel workshops cov-
ering a variety of themes, including “urban
configuration,  public  space  and  citizen
safety”, a workshop that focused on urban
management and its links with citizens’
safety; “intersectoral public policies” exam-
ining proposals to generate joint citizen
safety projects linking up with other areas
of public policy such as education, health and
housing. Similarly, the “instruments and
scope for action on citizen safety” work-

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NETWORK 6

AYUNTAMIENTO DE MÁLAGA

Málaga hosts the last meeting of Network 6 

The Mayor of Málaga, the Secretary-General of the Environment Ministry and the Director of EuropeAid 
were unanimous on the need to continue efforts to achieve environmental quality.

During this meeting there was a presen-

tation of the Urban Environment Obser-
vatory (OMAU): “We must continue work
to draw up guidelines for respecting biodi-
versity and environmental standards”. With
these words the Mayor of Málaga, Fran-
cisco de la Torre, inaugurated the fifth and
last meeting of URB-AL Network 6. Once
again, Málaga hosted the urban environ-
ment network. On 10 and 11 March more
than 100 people from 54 European and
Latin American towns met up in Málaga.
Present at the opening were the Secretary-
General for the prevention of pollution and
climate change at the Spanish Environment
Ministry, Arturo Gonzalo Aizpiri, the Direc-
tor of EU cooperation with Latin America,
Fernando Cardesa, and the coordinator of
the URB-AL Programme’s Network 6, Pedro
Marín. 

Two papers stood out at the meeting. One
presented by the Catalan architect and town
planner, Manuel de Solà-Morales, dealt with
“the city as a turning point”, and another
delivered by the Director of Barcelona’s
Urban Ecology Agency discussed the “con-
cept of a new town planning that tackles the
challenges of society today”. Coordinators
also reported on the latest progress in imple-
menting Network 6 joint projects. 

In his opening remarks Francisco de la Torre
said that “Málaga is very happy to have
worked with Network 6 and to have opened
up avenues of cooperation that must con-
tinue because towns must respond to citi-
zens’ demands.” The mayor noted that in
the fight against pollution efforts had to be
focused on a common objective. “All of us,
the European Union, civil services, nations
and local authorities, including civil society,
have to make an effort that will leave a bet-
ter-cared for environment to future gener-
ations.” 

Arturo Gonzalo Aizpiri congratulated Málaga
for both its leadership in promoting urban
environment initiatives and the quality of
the air. According to Aizpiri, the way to get

Gonzalo Aizpiri also held up OMAU as a
model to be followed by other towns, while
Fernando Cardesa added that the Obser-
vatory was “yet another example of Málaga’s
capacity for initiative in using EU resources”.

Pedro Marín explained that OMAU aspired
to become “a centre for observation and
analysis of all aspects of urban develop-
ment” and that it would have a double func-
tion. On the one hand, it would have an
important role in monitoring urban indica-
tors of the environmental conditions of
Málaga and its surroundings, and of Euro-
pean and Latin American towns that were
members of the network. On the other, it
would be a headquarters for continuing
training in urban environment issues. 

towns to pay more respect to the environ-
ment was ensure a more sustainable mobil-
ity, that is, “achieve a proper use of means
of transport”. The Secretary-General said
that “efforts must be redoubled, beginning
with towns, if we want to ensure health
and long-term sustainability”. 

Fernando Cardesa was also satisfied with
Málaga’s participation in the URB-AL Pro-
gramme’s environmental initiative. 

Pedro Marín made a positive assessment of
Málaga’s leadership role in the urban envi-
ronment network and declared that Málaga
was ready to continue this type of activity
aimed at bringing about greater social cohe-
sion. 

Presentation of the Urban Environment
Observatory. This bioclimatic building com-
plying with the standards of sustainable
architecture is the culmination of six years’
work in URB-AL. The Mayor commented
that, once operational, the OMAU “will be
a very useful tool for sustainability” that will
enable “a continual monitoring of the envi-
ronmental quality of our towns”. 

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NETWORK 9

PREFEITURA DE PORTO ALEGRE

Local Financing and Participative Budgets

From 6 to 8 March 2006 the town of Porto Alegre organised the third and last seminar of Network 9,
hosting 153 participants from 16 countries.The 69 towns, 64 local authorities and 24 external partners 
represented were a balanced mix from Latin America and the European Union.

The last meeting of Network 9 “Local

Financing and Participative Budgets”
was opened by the Mayor of Porto Alegre,
Jose Fogaça, together with the coordina-
tors of Network 9, Clóvis Magalhães (Gen-
eral Coordinator), Cézar Busatto (Technical
Coordinator), and Maria José Costa da Silva
standing in for João Portella (Executive and
Financial Coordinator). 

They stressed the growing importance of
towns on the international scene and the
pacifist dimension to the decentralised coop-
eration to which the URB-AL Programme
contributes. Maria Cristina Araújo, the Euro-
pean Commission’s representative in Brazil,
underlined the programme’s positive con-
tribution and the responsibility incumbent
on those involved in the Programme. 

For  three  days  the  seminar  alternated
between theory and practice. Theory came
in the presentation of a study on participa-

tive budgets in Europe by Yves Sintomer,
Professor of Sociology at the University of
Paris VIII. This was followed by a debate that
was fruitful thanks to both the European
partners’ experiences of the old continent
and the vision of the Latin American part-
ners. 

André Herzog and William Reuben of the
World Bank then made a brief presentation
on what had been identified by the Net-
work 9 Adviser as one of the main chal-
lenges of participative budgets: sustainability.
Later,  Miguel  Romero  (Manager  of  the 
URB-AL Programme and Representative of
EuropeAid), and Yves Cabannes (Adviser to
Network 9) reported on the URB-AL pro-
gramme, pointing out its achievements,
specifically those of Network 9 in terms of
databases, new forms of cooperation and
its contribution to the international priori-
ties of democracy and inclusion in the con-
text of globalisation. The success of Network

9 is also reflected in the current number of
partners: 407 members shortly before the
official winding-up of its activities on 30
June (against 107 in April 2003). 

The first day concluded with a practical illus-
tration of Network 9’s work in the form of
a presentation of several projects.

During the last two days of the seminar
working parties discussed ideas for joint
projects with a view to their submission for
the last call of April 2006. Finally fourteen
draft joint projects were drawn up with an 
eye to two principles: sustainability and 
qualification/systemisation of participative 
budgets.  Details  can  be  found  on 
Network 9’s web page: http://www.por-
toalegre.rs.gov.br/urbal. 

In closing the seminar, Cézar Busatto, Miguel
Romero and Yves Cabannes congratulated
everyone on their contribution and stressed
the need to continue and step up their work.
Finally, Cézar Busatto, speaking on behalf of
the coordinators of Network 9, told Euro-
pean Commission representative Miguel
Romero that Porto Alegre was committed
to continuing the work of Network 9 in
future. 

Network 9. Maria José Costa da Silva (Executive and financial Coordination of the Network), Maria Cristina Araújo (Representing of the
Delegation of the EC in Brasil), Clóvis Magalhães (General Coordinator of the Network), Fogaça (Mayor of Porto Alegre), Berfran Rosado
(Deputy) and Cézar Busatto (Technical Coordinator of the Network).

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CDPU – URB-AL Programme Document Centre

AYUNTAMIENTO DE MÁLAGA – MUNICIPALDAD DE VALPARAÍSO

35 participants from 23 European and Latin American
towns take part in the first course put on by the URB-AL
Programme Document Centre (CDPU) 

For three days (7 to 9 March) Málaga hosted the first training course run by the URB-AL Programme Document
Centre (CDPU).Thirty-five municipal managers of joint projects from 23 towns of Europe and Latin America,
represented by eight countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Spain, Italy, Mexico, Peru and Uruguay) came to Málaga to
take part in this course, which is one of the training activities planned for the CDPU, a pioneering project with the job
of collecting and making available material on all the URB-AL projects approved by the European Commission.

This training course offered theoretical

and practical tools to improve the par-
ticipants’ knowledge and skills in dealing
with the rules and procedures for imple-
menting type-A and B joint projects under
the URB-AL Programme. 

The course was based on the Guía Práctica
de normas y procedimientos para la ejecu-
ción de proyectos comunes A y B del Pro-
grama URB-AL, published by the URB-AL
Programme Document Centre. 

The course contents were organised into an
introductory module setting out some core
concepts and ideas concerning European
Union–Latin America decentralised coop-
eration and five theoretical/practical units
dealing with specific aspects of the rules
and procedures at different stages of imple-
mentation of a joint project. 

This guide is available (in Spanish) on the
Centre’s website: www.centrourbal.com. 

At the fifth annual seminar of Network 6,
which continued on from the training course,
there was a presentation of the CDPU, which
is hosted by the Málaga Urban Environment
Observatory (OMAU).

The CDPU is an interesting project that was
proposed by the URB-AL network coordi-
nators. It has three objectives: 
1. to compile all the information about all
the joint projects approved in the different
URB-AL networks: the information will be
collected and physically stored in Malaga
and may also be consulted online thanks to
the virtual platform; 

2. to provide ongoing support and advice for
current projects;

3. to identify and disseminate good project
practices via manuals and seminars.

The CDPU also has a Latin American off-
shoot in Valparaíso (Chile), which will help
to maintain direct contacts with the Latin
American towns that have taken part in the
various networks. 

The project has the support of the Univer-
sity of Málaga, the CIDEU (Centro Iberoamer-
icano de Desarrollo Estratégico Urbano) and
Chile’s Justice and Democracy Corporation.

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Observatory of EU – LA Local Decentralised Cooperation

DIPUTACIÓN DE BARCELONA – INTENDENCIA MUNICIPAL DE MONTEVIDEO

First Annual Conference of the Observatory of EU-LA
Local Decentralised Cooperation  

The Observatory of EU-LA Local Decentralised Cooperation, a project headed by the Diputación de Barcelona in
association with Montevideo, FUNPADEM (Costa Rica), the University of Uruguay and the Foundation CIDOB
(Spain), held its first annual conference in Montevideo from 28 to 30 March 2006 with the theme of “Challenges 
of Local Decentralised Cooperation”.

The  main  aims  of  the  conference

(www.conferenciamontevideo-ocd.info)
were: to discuss the nature of decentralised
cooperation between the European Union
and Latin America; to help spread decen-
tralised cooperation in Latin America by pre-
senting the first results of work to collect
and classify the data of the Observatory; to
start analysing the possible impact on local
capacity and democratic governance, on
poverty reduction, and on efforts to bring
about social cohesion and regional inte-
gration. 

To achieve the initial objective, the confer-
ence, chaired by Tabaré Vázquez, President
of Uruguay, was well attended. The profile
of the participants reflected the desire to
promote debate and have an impact on
decision-making concerning decentralised
cooperation: there were intendentes, may-
ors and other elected representatives, plus
staff and experts from institutions working
in decentralised cooperation. One of the
main advantages of the big attendance was
the diversity and wealth of the contribu-
tions, which provoked an exchange of ideas
on the core components of decentralised
cooperation, the challenges and its poten-
tial impact on Europe and Latin America. 

One of the debates of the conference con-
cerned the nature of decentralised cooper-
ation and its specific features in relation to
other forms of development cooperation.
Two papers were presented as a springboard
for debate: “EU-Latin America decentralised
cooperation the challenges of the 21st cen-
tury” by Klaus Bodemer, Director of the
Hamburg Institute of Latin American Stud-
ies and “Characteristics of public decen-
tralised cooperation: actors, contents and
models” by Jean-Pierre Malé, Executive
Director of the Observatory. These papers
outlined the main processes that led to the

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birth and development of decentralised
cooperation. 

As to the second aim of the conference, the
first results of the process of collation and
classification of the data on decentralised
cooperation by the Observatory were pre-
sented. Notwithstanding the variety and
number of agents involved, the Observa-
tory had managed to carry out an important
job of compiling the sources of information
and links between local governments and
Latin American and European regions. The
Observatory had focused on an analysis of
public decentralised cooperation, namely
direct relations between local and regional
governments of both regions, since this form
of cooperation has specific features that
regularly give rise to horizontal and reciprocal
relations, breaking away from the traditional
relationship between donors and benefici-
aries. 

For the third objective, analysis of the impact
of decentralised cooperation, special atten-
tion was paid to three areas: building local
capacity and governance; poverty reduc-

tion and improved social cohesion, and
regional integration. A number of experts
drew up studies to stimulate the debate on
these subjects in the three workshops that
were held. 

The political and institutional nature of direct
relations among subnational governments
means that the impact of decentralised coop-
eration goes beyond the three areas men-
tioned above; it has potential to strengthen
the local dimension in national and regional
planning, make local government more vis-
ible in the international arena and have a sig-
nificant impact on public opinion around
the world. 

In conclusion a political declaration was
drawn up to underline the importance of
decentralised cooperation as an instrument
for strengthening the capacity of the local
and regional governments and so making
public policy on issues affecting local citi-
zens more effective. 

Observatory of EU – LA Local Decentralised Cooperation.William Hanna, Head of the Delegation of the EC in Uruguay, Ricardo Erlich,
Intendant of Montevideo, Jordi Labòria, Deputy, Delegated of the President of Diputación de Barcelona and Tabaré Vázquez, President of the
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Type B Projects

Ville d’Issy-les-Moulineaux: e-AGORA, between practice
and theory, a vision of electronic democracy

The project e-AGORA,“the E-democracy Academy”, looks for alternative and innovative ways to strengthen and
revitalise local democracy using information and communications technologies (ICT).

E-AGORA is a type B project and is a fol-

low-up to Network 3:”Democracy in
towns”. The protagonists of the project are
those who interact daily to produce democ-
racy at the local level: citizens, municipal
councillors and local governments. 

The French town of Issy-les-Moulineaux
near Paris coordinates this initiative whose
members include the Brazilian towns of
Ipatinga and Juiz de Fora, Viña del Mar
(Chile), Frameries (Belgium) and an exter-
nal partner, the Territorial Observatory of
São Paulo University. 

There are two parts to e-AGORA: (i) the
experimental work proper, and (ii) training.
The experiments are designed taking into
account the political and social circum-
stances with the aim of introducing or step-
ping  up  the  use  of  ICT  as  a  means  of
promoting public participation. These closely
controlled and monitored tests make it pos-
sible to evaluate the impact of using the
internet and mobile phones in addition to
more traditional means. 

It was hoped that the use of ICT resources
would facilitate and increase citizens’ con-

Issy-les-Moulineaux. Participants in the project.

trol over civil servants and legislators, so
making local democracy more transparent,
informing public opinion and increasing
participation in the decision-making process.
This would open up alternative ways of revi-
talising local democracy. 

The training component, carried out by Pro-
fessor Leonardo Avritzer of the Federal Uni-
versity of Minas Gerais in association with
the project e-AGORA, was designed, con-
structed and finally implemented thanks to
the platform for distance learning offered
by Brazil’s Ministry of National Education.
It had also the support of Professor Alexan-
der Trechsel of the e-Democracy Centre of
Geneva University and the European Insti-
tute in Florence (Italy). The master’s course
in “local e-democracy and new forms of
governance” attracted 150 students from
member or associate towns in Latin Amer-
ica, Europe and Africa. Training was pro-
vided  in  three  languages:  Portuguese,
Spanish and French, by teachers from Brazil,
Argentina, France and Switzerland. This
experience not only helps strengthen rela-
tions between academia and society but
also trains novices and experts in e-democ-

racy so that they can play a part in the
process  of  transformation  that  will
strengthen participatory democracy. 

The e-AGORA project is the subject of a
White Paper “E-AGORA, the Academy of
Electronic  Democracy:  Reflections  and
Prospects” in which various authors describe
the efforts of each member town to increase
public participation thanks to adequate
technical support. The general context in
which e-democracy is currently practiced
is also defined, highlighting a development
towards what can be called “governance”.
The paper also shows the fundamental role
of e-democracy in local practice, through the
identification of strategies, limits and restric-
tions, and offers food for thought and
action. 

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Type B Projects

Città di Torino: Boulevard. Paths to Health.
Centres to Promote Health and Active Citizenship 

This project, coordinated by Città di Torino (Italy), proposes the setting-up in each of the participating towns 
of a Municipal Health Promotion Centre for the primary prevention of risks related to unhealthy behaviour 
and life styles.

The Municipal Health Promotion Centre

is a public space run directly by the town
council which brings together the experi-
ences of the public health service, universi-
ties, vocational schools, cooperatives and
private associations (NGOs) operating in the
field of health and primary prevention. 

The Centre is multifunctional and offers
activities to inform, train and raise the local
community’s awareness about health issues.
They include the organisation of confer-
ences, courses and workshops for both local
people and those involved in promoting
health (formally and informally); the organ-
isation of thematic exhibitions on aspects
of individual and collective health drawing
on multimedia instruments and documen-
tation, plus contacts with experts and neigh-
bours on these issues. 

The project members are the towns of Bil-
bao (Spain), Rosario (Argentina), Montevideo
(Uruguay), Ate (Peru) and the NGO Inpades
(Trelew, Argentina). 

and neighbours. It is also giving local peo-
ple greater access to information about
healthcare for themselves and their fami-
lies or reference groups. 

The decision to open a centre to disseminate
information and provide training in subjects
relating to individual and collective health
protection arose from the identification of
needs among specific segments of the pop-
ulation, both in Europe and in Latin Amer-
ica.  The  targets  were  the  elderly,  adult
women, young people and children resid-
ing in the towns taking part. 

The opening of the Municipal Health Pro-
motion Centre is stimulating a number of
processes at local level, such as joint health
projects between the town council, the
health service, universities, training bodies

The activities run by the project use partic-
ipatory methodologies that keep the users
at the heart of the process. These are active
methods that encourage those to whom
the health strategies are addressed to take
ownership of the subject and contribute
actively with their own experiences to the
learning process. People share information
and work together under the guidance of
experts to solve common problems. 

The use of participatory methods also gives
the participants in courses and workshops
a framework of skills and knowledge that
they can use in any situation, and a space
they can use to explore different subjects
and act on them. Experience has shown that
when all the participants contribute to the
learning process people are more likely to
realise that the solutions belong to them
and to develop responses more appropri-
ate to the context. 

The courses, workshops and conferences
encourage the participation of neighbours
with different background and experiences.
The participation of people from a neigh-
bourhood, town, region and from other
countries or continents enriches the expe-
rience and generates many occasions for
personal exchanges and personal growth. 

For more information:  
miranda.pastore@comune.torino.it  

Torino. Participants in a Seminar of the project.

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Type B Projects

RIO B: Inauguration of the Integrated Waste Management
System in Santa Cruz (Galapagos Islands) 

This meeting on 4 to 7 April 2006 marked the conclusion of the “Rio B” project, which was implemented between
2004 and 2006 in follow-up to the A project “Waste recovery in oceanic islands”.

The towns of Karlsruhe (coordinator), Hei-

derberg,  Arucas,  Santa  Cruz,  San
Andres-Coralina, and Lima took part in this
project, the aim of which was to establish
an integral waste collection system so that
waste could be separated at origin in both
homes and commercial and health estab-
lishments.

Islands of volcanic origin usually have scant
vegetal cover and this prevents the subsoil
being used for burying waste given the prox-
imity of the rock. But the steady rise of
tourism has considerably increased waste
in a very vulnerable ecosystem, which in
turn has created the need not only to devise
integrated waste collection systems but also
to regulate land-use management and the
planning of urban areas and other envi-
ronments incompatible with the natural
ecosystem. 

The Santa Cruz council, the Galapagos Foun-
dation and the National Park began in 1998
to take the first steps to tackle a problem that
is increasingly affecting the natural ecosys-
tem: with the growth rate of the resident
population at 7% per year, the number of
inhabitants has risen from 5 000 in 1990 to
15 500 in 2006, while over the same period
from 
annual 
30 000 to 120 000 at present. 

tourist  numbers 

rose 

Adding to the problems provoked by land
waste, which is usually transported to the
continent, is that of the industrial waste
produced by the many boats moored off
Puerto Ayora to transport tourists around the
islands. The waste problem may become a
danger for a very vulnerable ecosystem and
exceed the sustainable load capacity for the
combination of fauna, flora, resident pop-
ulation and tourists. 

The renovated Centro Fabricio Valverde
houses the new infrastructure created on
the island of Santa Cruz with space for each
type of waste: organic (50%), recyclable
(40%), non-recyclable (9%) and medical
(1%). Next to the centre, 1.5 hectares have

Dirk Vogeley, person in a charge for the project and Pedro Marín, person in charge for Network 6, beside one of the trucks of collection of
waste.

been levelled for the production of com-
post. 

relative to the population’s quality of life in
terms of infrastructure and equipment

However, the innovations in waste man-
agement have not solved all the environ-
mental problems in this natural reserve of the
planet since the distribution of drinking
water and the collection of sewage are com-
plicated by the volcanic structure. They are
thus candidates for future projects.

Part of the Centre started operating last
year, including the production of blocks from
glass and the Information Centre, which
illustrates to residents and tourists the ben-
efits of a clean Santa Cruz as a way of pro-
tecting the fauna and flora of the Galapagos. 

The completed Integral Waste Centre is a
pioneering infrastructure in Latin America,
and possibly a model pilot project of the
URB-AL Programme. In this project the par-
ticipation of both the local population and
companies and organisations interested in
maintaining the balance between economic
development and the ecosystem has been
very important. It should not be forgotten
that the population of Santa Cruz, Saint
Cristóbal and Isabela have often been rele-
gated to second place, with all attention
focused on preserving an ecosystem unique
in the world, and that this conservation
effort has absorbed a great deal of money

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Type A Projects

Mancomunidad TajoSalor:“Processes to empower and
promote the public participation of women” 

We are in Santa Cruz, the richest
territory in Bolivia, to witness a
meeting to empower and promote
the public participation of women.

We are seeing women who, beaten

down by injustice, forgotten among
the forgotten, unrecognised even in their
own America, are rebelling after genera-
tions and believe that everything can change
and improve with the development of the
culture of a community and the support of
a social project. Another way of looking at
life.

And many, some, think that change must,
by right, come to those who have been side-
lined historically by patriarchal domination.
They want to give a voice to those who do
not have one, develop their capacity to make
their demands, intervene in the public sphere

and take action in the decision-making
processes to bring about equality and equity
between  men  and  women.  They  want
recognition of the equal importance of
women and men in society and for differ-
ences not to be a pretext for a structure
where men dominate women. 

Different backgrounds cohere and elements
emerge that assure the project’s success;
everyone  gains  from  the  results  since
empowered women empower those around
them.

We appreciate that wisdom, highly devel-
oped arts and people’s sensitivity do not
depend on material growth and enrichment;
they  come  from  the  essence  of  human
beings. We follow the faces of the artists;
the simplicity, sobriety and majesty of what
they do, the density of the forest and, above
all,  the  magnificent  tones  of  unknown

TajoSalor. Participants in a meeting.

baroque, young artists reproducing with vir-
tuosity creations of blood and artistic fore-
bears or just art, but always with virtuosity,
the voices of women telling their stories and
the sounds of the forest. Night, on a red
earth path after the rain has stopped, is
offering us another concert, that of nature.

Municipalidad de Riobamba:“Diagnosis of the impact 
of migration from different contexts and its effects 
on citizens’ safety”

The local governments of Calama
(Chile), the Regione Toscana (Italy),
Junín (Argentina), Vila Royal de
Santo Antonio (Portugal), Quito and
Riobamba (Ecuador) decided to
diagnose and analyse the causes of
public insecurity generated by
migration.They want to give a
picture of the current situation in
their towns and propose new
policies for citizens’ safety that are
directly related to migration.

last few decades, migratory flows have been
directly linked to the crises of democracies
and the lack of personal safety.

The social and economic costs of immigration
are very obvious when the population move-
ment is massive and involves low-skilled
labour. In such cases the reception labour
market is disrupted and there are tangible
effects such as unemployment, reduced earn-
ings, regressive redistribution of income and
precarious and illegal working conditions.
These provoke delinquency and civic insecu-
rity. In additional, the conditions in which ille-
gal immigrants arrive in a city tend to generate
criminal behaviour. 

The project “Diagnosis of the impact of

migration from different contexts and
its effects on citizens’ safety" aims to deter-
mine the causes of migation-related civic
insecurity and the links with the various lev-
els of development between countries and
regions, especially border areas. Over the

The project is run by local actors, principally
municipal teams of each partner town. Using
the Comparative Diagnosis they are able to
offer new policies and more pertinent solu-
tions for the specific situation of their towns
in relation to citizens’ safety directly related
to migration. 

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Riobamba. Session of opening of a meeting of the project.

Implementation of the project has already
generated several activities such as the gath-
ering of information; the creation of the
project’s web page (www.urbalriobamba.com);
a preliminary diagnosis and the social analy-
sis of the preliminary diagnosis in the first vir-
tual workshop. 

The main activities are carrying out studies
and research to identify civic insecurity as an
effect of the emigration and immigration 
of the inhabitants of each of the partner
towns through surveys and dialogues with
citizens.

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Type A Projects

Comune di Roma: “New forms of poverty:
overcoming them is a question of method”

“Practicar-Laboratory of practices
for strengthening local public
policies to combat the new urban
poverty” is a project that was
developed in the framework of
Network 10 and is coordinated by
Roma in association with 15 towns.

The overall aim is to develop instruments

and disseminate “good practices” that
will strengthen public policies to combat
the new forms of urban poverty in a frame-
work uniting research and action. 

In the diagnosis phase, the partners com-
pared and identified the characteristics of the
phenomenon and the policies implemented.
They have shown how the phenomenon of
the “new poor”, a phenomenon that is

common to different places on both conti-
nents, cannot be considered a marginal
problem: the new poverty increases social
exclusion in the urban environment and, if
not tackled, will add to “structural” poverty. 

The methodology proposed by Practicar and
its group is a participatory one in which each
partner makes its contribution to imple-
menting the objectives through an equal
and reciprocal exchange of knowledge and
experiences.

Local participation has been promoted and
the socio-economic actors and associations
working in the field and the beneficiaries
of the initiatives have been able to con-
tribute to the debate. The participation of
the beneficiaries in situations of new urban
poverty is fundamental since this phenom-

enon is characterised by a lack of relational
goods following the loss of the social status. 

The participatory methodology was laid
down during 40 local meetings between
European and Latin American partners that
identified possible innovatory ways of fight-
ing the new urban poverty. The results of this
very wide consultation will be published in
“Líneas – guías para la aplicación de instru-
mentos y buenas prácticas de lucha contra
la nueva pobreza urbana”, an important
instrument by and for local institutions, that
ensures that information is within the reach
of all. 

Practicar is meant to be a reproducible proj-
ect, embodying a vision of cooperation that
brings long-term shared and participatory
results.

Intendencia Municipal de Tacuarembó: “New technologies
as a support for social emancipation” 

The project’s partners are the public
administrations of Miraflores and
Chorrillos (Peru), San Joaquín
(Chile), Tacuarembó, Rio Negro and
Montevideo (Uruguay), Castillo de
Locubín (Spain), Frameries and
Brussels (Belgium) and the Italian
NGO ISCOS.

The aim of the project is to find innova-

tory ways of using new technologies to
improve the quality of life of people living
in conditions of social exclusion. The bene-
ficiary groups were selected by each partner
town; the common criteria were social exclu-
sion and a situation of social risk owing to
economic, educational or ethnic vulnera-
bility. 

The principal activities are investigating the
needs, wishes and aptitudes of the target
groups, technical counselling, seminars
among the partners, installation of tele-
centres in each town, training in telework-
ing  for  municipal  staff  and  the  target

population, and the publication of a final
guide (http://www.tacuarembo-urb-al.gub.uy).

From December 2005 telecentres were set
up in all th e partner towns, there being dif-
ferent solutions for the target populations
in each of them. For example, Tacuarembó,
where the chosen target population were
drop-outs from the badly-resourced formal
educational system, has run a basic course
in computer science for 300 young people
who after this training will be introduced
to teleworking and trained in more advanced
computer programmes offering them job
possibilities. 

Frameries chose as its target population
unmarried mothers from immigrant com-
munities and implemented a training pro-
gramme organised into different modules.
They set an entry test to evaluate the level
of skills and then they use a specialised ped-
agogy to integrate each into the group and
develop at their own pace. They also organ-
ise collective meetings in order to make
them aware of the importance of ICT as a
tool for finding work. 

Tacuarembó.Young people take part in a computer course.

In March 2006 distance training in tele-
working began for the municipal staff. This
training will permit each town council to
have a technical group trained in telework-
ing and online job hunting. The aim is to
set up in each town council a permanent
advice service for individuals and also for
the labour exchanges and enterprise devel-
opment units run by the councils.

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PROJECTS

Over 112 joint projects have concluded their activities under 
the 13 networks of the first and second phases of the Programme

Over 112 projects for exchanging experiences have concluded their activities under the networks of the two phases,
including 9 Type “B” projects.
In the second half of 2005 and the first half of 2006, 27 joint projects concluded their activities.

Coordinator

Country

Proect number

Project title

Alcaldía del Municipio de Sucre

VEN

R4-P6-02

Intendencia Municipal de de Montevideo

URU

B5-P1-02

Comúne di Roma

Comune di Arezzo

Ville de Marseille

Ayuntamiento Donostia – San Sebastián
City of Graz

Alcaldía de Cartagena de Indias 

Prefeitura de Jacareí
Prefeitura de Belo Horizonte
Ayuntamiento de Málaga
Municipalidad Distrital de Independencia 
Municipio metropolitano de Quito 

Ville d’Issy-les-Moulineaux
Ayuntamiento de Irun

Odense Kommune

Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart 

Ayuntamiento de Málaga
City of Karlsruhe

Municipalidad de Bahía Blanca ARG

Consell Comarcal de l’Alt Empordà 

Prefeitura Rio Grande da Serra 

Comune di Roma

Municipalidad de Villa María del Triunfo

Ayuntamiento de Irun
Mancomunidad TAJOSALOR

Municipalidad de Calama

ITA

ITA

FR

ES
AUT

COL

BR
BR
ES
PER
ECU

FR
ES

DK

GER

ES
GER

ARG

ES

BR

IT

PER

ES
ES

CHI

R6-A6-03

R6-A7-03

R7-P8-02

R7-A1-03
R8-P2-02

R8-A1-03

R10-A10-03
R10-A11-03
R10-A4-04
R12-A3-03
R12-A6-03

R3-B1-03
R4-B4-03

R5-B5-03

R6-A3-03

R6-B1-03
R6-B3-03

R7-P1-02

R10-A7-03

R10-A8-03

R10-A3-04

R10-A10-04

R12-A4-03
R12-A2-04

R14-A2-04

Crear Modelos de Gestión Turística de Agroindustria 
Artesanal en los Municipios
Políticas Sociales Urbanas: una propuesta para la integración 
social en áreas centrales
Nuevos modelos de desarrollo urbano por la valorización 
del patrimonio ambiental y cultural
Mejorar el impacto de la gestión de los desechos sólidos y 
urbanos en términos de reducción de los gastos socio-
económicos y de respeto por el medio ambiente
Stratégies de transformation des sites portuaires délaissés,
interfaces et intermédiaires entre la ville et le port
Sistema de información para la Gestión urbana
CULTURA: The design of a new mobility culture through 
mobility management, awareness measures and campaigns 
including information and education with the aim of changing 
mobility behaviour and enforce use of more sustainable 
modes of transport in urban areas
Accesibilidad al transporte público de las personas con 
movilidad reducida
Instrumentalizar as localidades para o combate à pobreza
Inclusão Social através de Políticas Intersetoriais
Análisis de indicadores sociales desde una perspectiva territorial
Autodeterminación de las mujeres a través del empleo local
Construyendo ciudades incluyentes. Promoción de la equidad 
de género en la gestión local
e-AGORA, l’Académie de la e-démocratrie
Alianzas público privadas para el desarrollo económico local 
OBSERVA.NET
Centro regional potenciador para Mujeres Emprendedoras 
y Trabajadoras
Rehabilitación de Áreas Contaminadas para el Desarrollo 
Sostenible Interno de la Ciudad – REDESC
Observatorio de Medio Ambiente Urbano
Sustainable waste management for oceanic islands-Extension 
& transfer
Impacto del crecimiento del sector industrial químico y 
petroquímico en la gestión urbana de ciudades portuarias
La administración local como garante de atención de los adul-
tos mayores y generadora de nuevos y acimientos de empleo
Manual de políticas de saúde para o combate à pobreza 
e a melhoria da qualidade de vida
Laboratorio de prácticas para el fortalecimiento de las polí-
ticas públicas locales de lucha contra la nueva pobreza urbana
Pobreza extrema y hambre: respuestas participativas desde 
los gobiernos locales
Observatorio – EALNET
Procesos de empoderamiento y participación ciudadana 
en las mujeres
Elaboración e aplicación de una estrategia de intervención que 
aborde la delincuencia juvenil desde una mirada multicausal

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CONTACTS

Your Commission contacts

Head of Unit:
Coordinator:
Projects Managers

Secretary:

Riccardo GAMBINI
Vittorio TONUTTI
Miguel ROMERO, Fernando MUÑOZ, 
Marie TILBURCK
Carmen DURAN, Delphine BLUTEAU

Address: 
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
EuropeAid Cooperation office
Latin America Directorate
Unit B2 “Centralised operations: Latin America”
URB-AL Programme
J54 4/13
B -1049 Brussels (Belgium)
Phone:
Fax:

(32 2) 295 20.24
(32 2) 292 10 18

http://ec.europa.eu/comm/europeaid/projects/urbal/index_en.htm

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DELEGATION

Argentina

Bolivia

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

Cuba

Ecuador

Mexico

Nicaragua - El Salvador – Guatemala - Honduras 

Panama – Costa Rica

Paraguay

Peru

Uruguay

Venezuela

CONTACT

Francesca PESSINA 
Tel.: 54 11 4805 3759
francesca.pessina@cec.eu.int - http://www.delarg.cec.eu.int

Angel GUTIERREZ HIDALGO
Tel.: 591 2 278 2244
angel.gutierrez-hidalgo@cec.eu.int - http://www.delbol.cec.eu.int

María Cristina ARAUJO
Tel.: 55 61 248 3122-Fax: 55 61 248 0700
cristina.araujo@cec.eu.int - http://www.delbra.cec.eu.int

Joachim ROTH
Tel.: 562 3352 450
Joachim.roth@cec.eu.int - http://www.delchl.cec.eu.int

Ignacio BURRULL 
Tel.: 57 1 658 1150 
Ignacio.burrull-valdes@ec.europa.eu  - http://www.delcol.ec.europa.eu

Robert STEINLECHNER
Tel.: 537 204 0327
Robert.steinlechner@cec.eu.int - http://www.deldom.cec.eu.int 

Eva LOPEZ
Tel.: 593 2 2523 912
Eva.lopez@ec.europa.eu - http://www.delcol.ec.europa.eu 

Aurélie PANCERA
Tel.: 52 55 5540 3345
aurelie.pancera@cec.eu.int - http://www.delmex.cec.eu.int 

Inmaculada ROCA I CORTES
Tel.: 505 270 4499 - Fax: 505 270 4484
Immaculada.ROCA-I-CORTES@cec.eu.int - http://www.delnic.cec.eu.int

Maite MARTINEZ PARDO
Tel.: 506 283 2959
Maite.martinez-pardo@cec.eu.int - http://www.delcri.cec.eu.int 

Vera VALENTE
Tel.: 595 21 206069 – Fax: 595 21 213975
vera.valente@cec.eu.int - http://www.delury.cec.eu.int   

José Luis ARTEAGA CESPEDES
Tel.: 51 1212 1135
jose-luis.arteaga-cespedes@cec.eu.int - http://www.delper.cec.eu.int

Natividad LORENZO 
Tel.: 598 2 1944 0126
Natividad.lorenzo-san-martin@ec.europa.eu - http://www.delury.ec.europa.eu 

Jean-Charles FIEHRER
Tel.: 58 212 991 5133 
jean-charles.fiehrer@cec.eu.int - http://www.delven.cec.eu.int

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ADDRESS BOOK

Information sources

NETWORK 9
Local finance and participative budget
Co-ordination:Prefeitura Municipal de Porto Alegre
Contact: 
Address: 

Clóvis Magalhães
Programa URB-AL Rede 9
Siqueira Campos 1300 – Sala 609
CEP 90010-907 - Porto Alegre – RS  
Brasil
55 51 3289 3442
55 51 3289 1359
Urbal9@gpo.prefpoa.com.br
portella@gpo.prefpoa.com.br 
www.portoalegre.rs.gov.br/URBAL/

Tel.:
Fax:
E-Mail:

Internet:

NETWORK 10
The fight against urban poverty 
Co-ordination:Prefeitura Municipal de São Paulo
Contact:

Address:

Tel.: 
Fax: 
E-Mail: 
Internet: 

Sara Garcia Martins (assistant coordinator)
Secretaria Municipal de Relações Internacionais
Programa URB-AL Rede 10
Palácio Anhangabaú - Viaduto do Chá, 15 - 
7o.andar
CEP 01002-020 - São Paulo-SP 
Brasil
55 11 3107 0318 / 3113 8554
55 11 3113 8526 
saramartins@prefeitura.sp.gov.br 
www.prefeitura.sp.gov.br/secretarias/relacoes_
internacionais  
www.portal.prefeitura.sp.gov.br/urbal 

Address: 

NETWORK 12
Promoting the role of women in local decision-making
Co-ordination:Diputación Provincial de Barcelona
Elisabeth Maluquer
Contact:
Gabinet de Relacions Internacionals
Còrcega 300, ppal. 1ª
E-08008 Barcelona
España 
34 93 4022055
34 93 4022473
maluquerme@diba.es
www.diba.es/urbal12

Tel.:
Fax: 
E-Mail:
Internet:

NETWORK 13
Towns and the information society
Co-ordination: Freie Hansestadt Bremen
Contact: 
Address: 

Claire  Klindt
Office Network 13
Kreuzstrasse 72
D-28203 Bremen
Alemania 
49 421 369540
49 421 3695 425
claire@whitebalance.de
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NETWORK 14
Citizens’ safety in towns
Co-ordination:Municipalidad de Valparaíso
Contact: 
Address:

Gustavo Paulsen
Programa URB-AL Red 14
Blanco 1663 – Oficina 1002
Valparaíso 
Chile
56 32 939 571
56 32 939 572
red14@urbalvalparaiso.cl
www.urbalvalparaiso.cl

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Observatory of EU-LA local decentralised cooperation
Co-ordination:Diputación de Barcelona
Contact:
Address:

Agustí Fernández de Losada Passols
Córcega 300, ppal. 1ª
E-08008 Barcelona
España
34 93 402 20 55 
34 93 402 24 73 
ocd.bcn@diba.es 
www.observ-ocd.org 

URB-AL Programme Document Centre
Co-ordination:Ayuntamiento de Málaga
Contact:

Pedro Marín Cots
Luis Guillermo Tapia
Plaza de la Alcazaba s/n
Ed. Aparcamientos
E-29012 MÁLAGA
España
34 952602777
34 952223092
info@omau-malaga.com 
www.centrourbal.com  

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