"Bridging the European year 2013 and the European year 2015: from participation to

development”

Associazione TECLA

Final Event WTD – Working Together for Development

Strasbourg, 5° June 2014

Annachiara StefanucciGovernment Affaires and Communication Manager

TECLA is...

Association with the status of legal entity, totally participated by Local Authorities or their Associations and Foundations

Equivalent public body according to the EC directive 8/04

Active in Rome and Brussels with two operational offices

TECLA is…TECLA Association has been established in

1993 thanks to a team of experts involved in EU

policieswith the aim to assist local institutions to:

Improve their capacities and competences to seize the financial opportunities offered by EU;

Spread information on EU policies and strenghten internal competences of local administrations on EU topics

Promote the participation of italian local authorities in international thematic networks and european initiatives

Tecla Associate Members …

…benefit from the services made available by TECLA in order to promote an effective use of EU financial resources.

Among its Associate Members there are more than 40 Local Authorities – Provinces, Municipalities, national and regional association of local authorities (UPI, Anci Puglia).In the past different Regions have been members: Lazio region (Italy), Sicilia region (Italy), Sardinia Region (Italy), Lorena region (France), Maramures region (Romania) and Pomerania region (Poland)

More than 20 years of experience on EU funding, formulation and management of EU

funded projects and Networking80 Projects awarded and implemented in

more than 20 EU programmes

56 Informative Events on European policies

165 project Partner at international level

More than 100 Trainees trained at the Brussels office

TECLA means...

INSTITUTIONAL ACTIVITIES

Since the 1990s, thank to the synergic

cooperation with the Italian Foreign Affaires Ministry and important

institutional actors such as UPI and ANCI,

TECLA played a fundamental role for

the structured involvement of Italian

LAs in the EU development

cooperation policy.

MAIN ACTIONS

Assisting LAs to develop an autonomous dimension in the framework of the development cooperation

(Relations with other institutional levels)

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Assisting LAs to organise their internal structure (role of the « Europe Offices ») and their capacity of mobilising

local stakeholders

Assisting LAs in scouting the available financial resources (i.e. INTERREG, NSA-LA, MEDA);

Assisting LAs to structure their international relations in the field (especially with EC, CoR, UNDP);

TECLA and the decentralised cooperation

Carrying out intensive analysis and research activities5

GEMM (2008 - 2010):http://www.gemmproject.eu 

Partners:AIMS

• Enhancement of the intercultural dialogue and mutual understanding among the civil societies of the Mediterranean Southern and Northern shores, in line with the Barcelona Process towards the creation of the GEMM network.

• Improvement of the capacities of the civil servants of MEDA municipalities for local governance and sustainable urban development, through the sharing with the Italian local authorities of best practices in the fields, in particular, of sustainable mobility, valorisation of cultural heritage for the purpose of sustainable tourism and economic recovery.

TECLA and the decentralised cooperation

Some projects

Other projects

La casa di Pinocchio (ASIA URBS Programme), Aiming at encouraging the exchange of good practices in the management of the problems generated by the uncontrolled growth of the urban environment with particular reference to disadvantaged sections of the polulation (THAILANDIA)

REHABILITATION of Rural Production System in Afghanistan - ALA 2003

TECLA and the decentralised cooperation

Other activities

2005: promotion of the research, funded by the MAE-DGCS on “The Decentralized Cooperation and the Provinces – A mapping of the experiences carried out in the Italian provinces”

2014: Launch of the new Programming Period

Through WTD, TECLA enhanced its efforts to assist

and strenghten the role of Italian LAs as development

actors, in a crucial context

Debate on the post-2015 scenario

TECLA and the WTD Project

At international level

At national levelRevision of the 49/87 law with the introduction of a new governance on cooperation

TECLA and the WTD Project

INFORMATION: Through its own information channels, Tecla spread news updates on the project and the main output to its members

MOBILISATION: Direct involvement of some of its associated LAS in the confrontation, information and training activities provided by the project. Local officials and executives involved in international cooperation and development, have participated in various training sessions and workshops planned at the international level.

Among them: both LAs already active on the issues of decentralized cooperation (Turin, Pisa and Milan), and less active LAs (Reggio Calabria and Latina). DECENTRALISATION: The RE-GRANTING SCHEMES DISCUSSION: The National Workshop of Pisa, 27° of May 2014

What kind of actions have been developed?

THE RE-GRANTING SCHEMES

13/06/2013: TECLA launched its call for proposals on small initiatives made by associated local authorities, to be eventually realized in partnership with CSOs.

2 PROJECTS HAVE BEEN SELECTED

A SUD: «From the Environmental Conflicts to the Development Cooperation»

Istituzione Centro Nord-Sud Prov. PISA: “Co-operation and

Co-Development Tables - Awareness and Promotion Ways

to support the cooperation between the CSOs and the LAs”

THE RE-GRANTING SCHEMES: the A SUD Project

Project focusing on the EDUCATION to the Development

3 workshops in 3 schools of Reggio Calabria on:• Sustainable development• Environmental cooperation and

conflict• Water: a common good

1st of March 2014 - 25th of May 2014

AIMS:• to foster an active involvement of youngsters

on these issues • to raise their awareness – as well as

teachers’ – on cooperation and development issues by adopting a global perspective focused on the crucial role played by CSOs, LAs and active citizens.

RESULTS• 180 students aged 14 -19 trained •180 households sensitized on environmental issues on a global scale and on practices to reduce environmental impacts at the local level.• 9 teachers informed about innovative teaching methods

THE RE-GRANTING SCHEMES: the centro NORD - SUD Project

Project focusing on the promotion of institutional and experts awareness

raising

Territorial Workshop 1 - "The civil society organizations and local

authorities as agents of development" Stimulated cooperation between civil

society organizations and local authorities

Territorial Workshop 2 - "Promotion of sustainable development, poverty

reduction, the empowerment of citizens "

Promoted awareness and a better understanding of EU development

issues

1st October 2013 – 31st March 2014

AIM:• To improve the cooperation between local

CSOs and LAs

SOME ACTIVITIES:

• “Shared guidelines" of the Province of Pisa on " Civil society organizations and local authorities as agents of development."

• Scheduling of annual joint meetings of the “Tables”

• Technical Assistance by Centro Nord Sud to local CSOs

• Creation of working groups for project drafting on dev. issues

THE NATIONAL WORKSHOP

27° May 2014, Pisa: wrap up discussion

on the project results and main

conclusions for post-2015 development

Policy

Need for a NEW POLICY based upon a bottom-up approach and fostering a new model of HORIZONTAL GOVERNANCE between LAs and CSOs, both at European and national level

MAIN INVOLVED ACTORS

Ministero degli Affari Esteri Regione Toscana – Settore Attività InternazionaliANCI – Associazione Nazionale Comuni Italiani AOI - Associazione delle organizzazioni italiane di cooperazione e solidarietà internazionaleTECLA - Associazione per la cooperazione transregionale locale ed europeaToscana PromozioneFPMCI – Fondo Provinciale Milanese per la Cooperazione Internazionale FELCOS Umbria FOCSIV CESVOT ToscanaARCI Toscana PERMICRO ToscanaCIPSI Solidarietà e Cooperazione Local Authorities and Associations from Tuscany Region

Multi-stakeholder partnerships and innovative schemes of collaboration between LAs and non-state providers can bring added value in terms of impact and

sustainability as well as effectiveness.

LAs' contributions to governance and development processes needs to be better structured (see reform of the 49/87 law)

COOPERATION BETWEEN LAs and COs

SUPPORT TO DECENTRALISATION

LESSONS LEARNT FROM WTD

Development Education and Awareness Raising initiatives fostering citizens' awareness and mobilization for development issues.

EDUCATION ON DEVELOPMENT

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