Publications - english

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Brochure "Municipal Development Cooperation In Germany"
More than 500 municipalities in Germany are either twinned with cities in Asia, Africa or Latin America, have entered into limited-term project-based partnerships, or are part of an overarching North-South network of towns and cities. In this brochure the German Association of Cities presents 15 examples of cooperation between members of the German Association of Cities, and their partners in 18 countries. The examples chosen illustrate the various opportunities available and possible forms of engagement. more...


Learning from the South: Participatory Budgeting Worldwide – an Invitation to Global Cooperation
The study provides a first very detailed look at a highly dynamic and manifold process stretching across five continents. The authors take us along with them on an exciting journey around the world, where we get to know a whole range of forms and manifestations of the successful new model termed the ‚participatory budget‘.
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First International Congress on Participatory Budgeting Models - Documentation
In 2010 the Service Agency Communities in One World organised the first international congress to models of Participatory Budgeting. The congress was designed to move forward the opinion-making process at the municipal and policy-making levels in the national and international context.
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Education for Sustainable Development "For a Culture of Change"
This brochure presents InWEnt’s examples of projects that participated in the UNESCO World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development in Bonn 2009. It illustrates how the sustainability strategy is implemented by the organisation itself and by its international projects, and emphasises the quality of ESD as a cross-cutting theme and paradigm shift.
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11. Bundeskonferenz der Kommunen und Initiativen, June 18 – 20 th, 2009, Munich
Declaration
Climate change is already a reality, and one that hits people in emerging and developing countries harder than those in industrialised countries. Municipalities help cause climate change through their greenhouse gas emissions, but also suffer its impacts. At the same time, though, municipalities also generate key impetus for a successful shift toward a more sustainable society. Download (pdf, 0,9MB)

Local development policy in Germany
In the study published by the Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik and the Service Agency Communities in One World, the authors Katrin Fröhlich and Bernd Lämmlin investigated the commitment of German cities, municipalities and rural districts to development policy. The summary of this study is available in English:
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German-Chinese Intermunicipal Relationships. Motives, Structures, Activity Areas
The study of the Service Agency Communities in One World is based on a empirical survey conducted in selected German municipalities which maintain relations with China. She describes in detail origin, character and activities as well as new main focuses of the cooperation.
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