The Service Agency Communities in One World
The Service Agency Communities in One World is Germany’s competence centre for local development cooperation. On behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, we have been providing advisory and other services to municipalities and other local actors since 2001. We design our strategies and programmes together with representatives of our broad shareholder base in the programme council and programme commission. We focus on the future-oriented issues of municipal partnerships, migration and development, and fair public procurement. We support the development activities of local actors by providing them with training, information and advisory services. We implement pilot schemes and help obtain financial support. To strengthen municipal partnerships, we provide municipalities from Germany and from countries in the South with a platform for dialogue that enables them to exchange experiences, and jointly develop local solutions to global issues.One World begins in your locality. Be a part of it!
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Current Projects (selection)
Participatory BudgetingMunicipalities thrive when citizens get involved in local processes and become actively engaged in the development of their community. One particularly effective option for citizen participation is participatory budgeting. more...
Host City Programme: Partners for Sustainable Urban Development
The Host City Programme that was so successful at the FIFA World Cup in South Africa will be continued in Brazil. The programme will support a process of exchange between the cities hosting the World Cup in Brazil in 2014, and the German cities that hosted the competition in 2006. more...
The '50 Municipal Climate Partnerships' Project
The '50 Municipal Climate Partnerships by 2015' project is being jointly implemented by the Service Agency Communities in One World and the North Rhine-Westphalian Working Party on Agenda 21 (LAG 21 NRW). more...
Federal Conference of Municipalities and Initiatives
Local, community-based 'One World’ and ‘Agenda 21' work is becoming more important all the time. The Federal Conferences of Municipalities and Initiatives, which have been taking place for 20 years, are a concrete manifestation of the growing role of local actors in development cooperation. more...
The Team
Our team would be delighted to advise and support you on all issues concerning municipal development cooperation. Do you have some ideas? We’ll help you put them into practice. Are you looking for solutions? We’d be glad to be your partner and help you find them. more...Former Projects (english selection)
South Africa 2010 - Germany 2006: Partnership with a Kick!more...
Partnership Initiative: Post-Tsunami reconstruction (2005 – 2006) more...