"Bridging the European year 2013 and the European
year 2015: from participation to development”
Final Event WTD – Working Together
for Development
Strasbourg, 5° June 2014
Annachiara Stefanucci
Government Affaires and
Communication Manager
Associazione TECLA
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 policies
with 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)
TECLA means...
More than 20 years of experience on EU
funding, formulation and management of EU
funded projects and Networking
80 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 and the decentralised cooperation
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
1
Assisting LAs to develop an autonomous dimension in
the framework of the development cooperation
(Relations with other institutional levels)
2
Assisting LAs to organise their internal structure (role of
the « Europe Offices ») and their capacity of mobilising
local stakeholders
3
Assisting LAs to structure their international relations in
the field (especially with EC, CoR, UNDP);
4
Assisting LAs in scouting the available financial
resources (i.e. INTERREG, NSA-LA, MEDA);
5
Carrying out intensive analysis and research activities
TECLA and the decentralised cooperation
Some projects
GEMM (2008 - 2010):
http://www.gemmproject.eu
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.
Partners:
TECLA and the decentralised
cooperation
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
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”
TECLA and the WTD Project
Through WTD, TECLA
enhanced its efforts to assist
and strenghten the role of
Italian LAs as development
actors,
in a crucial context
At international level
2014: Launch of the new
Programming Period
At national level
Debate on the post2015 scenario
Revision of the 49/87 law
with the introduction of a
new governance on
cooperation
TECLA and the WTD Project
What kind of actions have been developed?
 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
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
1st of March 2014 - 25th of May 2014
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
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
1st October 2013 – 31st March 2014
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
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 bottomup 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 Internazionali
ANCI – Associazione Nazionale Comuni Italiani
AOI - Associazione delle organizzazioni italiane di
cooperazione e solidarietà internazionale
TECLA - Associazione per la cooperazione transregionale
locale ed europea
Toscana Promozione
FPMCI – Fondo Provinciale Milanese per la Cooperazione
Internazionale
FELCOS Umbria
FOCSIV
CESVOT Toscana
ARCI Toscana
PERMICRO Toscana
CIPSI Solidarietà e Cooperazione
Local Authorities and Associations from Tuscany Region
LESSONS LEARNT FROM WTD
COOPERATION BETWEEN LAs and
COs
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.
SUPPORT TO DECENTRALISATION
LAs' contributions to governance and development processes
needs to be better structured (see reform of the 49/87 law)
EDUCATION ON DEVELOPMENT
Development Education and Awareness Raising initiatives
fostering citizens' awareness and mobilization for development
issues.
THANK YOU FOR THE ATTENTION
Associazione TECLA
via Boncompagni 93
00187 Roma
Tel. +39 06.42884756-42013006
Fax +39 06.42010906
[email protected]
www.tecla.org
TECLA Europa
Rue de Deux Églises 39 -1000 Bruxelles
Tel: +32 (0) 2 503 5128
Fax: +32 (0) 2 514 3455
[email protected]