The National Federation of Tunisian Cities (FNVT) is organizing, jointly with United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) and the Province of Barcelona, with the support of Cities Alliance, an international conference on "Support to decentralisation in Tunisia: Urban realities and future prospects", to be held in Tunis on 28-29 May 2012.
The opening plenary session of the Conference will introduce current problems and issues and will be followed by three workshops for a more thorough analysis of the situation and to suggest possible solutions.
The topic of Workshop 1 will be "City, State and Citizen: entering into a new contract".
Workshop 2 will focus on "The City: taking action for its development".
Workshop 3 will analyze "Tunisia´s legal and regulatory framework".
The conference should gather mayors, urban managers, representatives of the ministries concerned and member citizens of the constituent assembly.
It aims to provide a platform for exchanging experiences between cities in the North and South and to promote more coordinated efforts for the implementation of the most adequate recommendations that will enable setting up an appropriate decentralization system for cities.
Source: UCLG Mediterranean Committee.