FEDERACION ESPAÑOLA DE MUNICIPIOS Y PROVINCIAS

Equality in the construction of local model of the XXI Century


XXI Century municipalism not be understood without a vision of equality, and emphasized by the Mayor of Albacete, Carmen Oliver, MUNICIPIA at the meeting that the city of La Mancha received last March 9. This meeting, organized under the theme "Women's Leadership at local level. Government building, promoting equality and development, worked on various gender issues and development cooperation.



 
The meeting was organized by the FEMP, the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECI) and the Swiss Cooperation Fund for Solidarity (CONFOCOS) under the Municipalities Program, an initiative of four years of life which aims to coordinate the work of the cooperation partners to foster the institutional weight of local governments in those countries where Spanish Cooperation is active.
 
During the meeting, as well as the Mayor of Albacete, addressed by representatives of the organizers, including the Chairman of the Committee on Cooperation of the FEMP and Mayor Collado-Villalba, José Pablo González Durán, who referred in his speech to centennial celebration of International Women's Day, and the excellent chance that the meeting MUNICIPIA is to "reaffirm the commitment of local governments with the struggle to eradicate poverty, promote sustainable development and effective equality of opportunity between women and men. " González Durán opted to combine the commitment to real equality with the joint commitment and reviewed the accomplishments and challenges MUNICIPIA Program