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International influence and solidarity
The regional council is represented on four continents. With community leaders in Île-de-France, it cooperates with other world cities and promotes its various areas of expertise.The regional council’s international policy orientations are illustrated by the action it takes within the region and abroad.
The regional council is involved internationally in three aspects of its various areas of expertise: town planning and development, transport, economic development, training, health, local democracy, culture, institutional organisation, etc.:
Decentralised cooperation
Decentralised cooperation is a direct partnership between authorities that is used to develop institutional, technical, economic, cultural and human debate and promote the region’s expertise. The regional council benefits in return from the best foreign practices, shares the partner’s political, social and economic realities and mobilises organisations in Île-de-France.
The region’s actions are guided by its values concerning human rights and sustainable development.
A key feature of decentralised cooperation is the central role given to the partner authority in implementing projects. For some countries, this action is relayed locally by Voluntary workers and Aid Workers.
14 cooperation agreements have been signed, with a desire to maintain a balance between the various forms of cooperation (north-north, north-emerging and CEEC countries, north-south) and to have points of entry into the major economic groups (NAFTA, ASEAN, MERCOSUR…): Urban commune of Antananarivo (Madagascar), City of Beirut (Lebanon), City of Budapest (Hungary), Dakar regional council (Senegal), Gauteng Province (South Africa), City of Hanoi (Vietnam), Kayes regional council (Mali), Mazovia regional council (Poland), City of Montreal and Quebec Province (Canada), Urban community of Nouakchott (Mauritania), Santiago Chile regional metropolitan council (Chile), City and State of São Paulo (Brazil).
New agreements are at the study or project stage: China (Peking), Russia (Moscow), India (Delhi), Mexico (Federal District of Mexico), Morocco (Greater Casablanca regional council).
International solidarity
The regional council is helping to rebuild devastated areas: post-emergency interventions and support for reconstruction for populations who are victims of natural disasters or armed conflict: in Pakistan, in Haiti after hurricane Jeanne, and action continues in Sri Lanka after the Tsunami.
Since 2000, over 400 students from 15 of the regional council’s main action zones have been awarded student grants (master’s) worth 10,000 € each.
The regional council provides direct support to fifty associations a year through support funds for international solidarity, following appeals for projects run by ÃŽle-de-France associations. These projects mainly concern French-speaking Africa. In all, nearly 250 projects have been financed since 2000.
International influence and Networks
The regional council supports projects run by economic, social and university organisations and regional associations that are able to contribute usefully to Île-de-France’s influence and the collective promotion of its expertise and talents outside its borders.
Part of this approach (technical activities and exchanges, policies on the development of urban areas and the Banque des Villes project) comes from its membership of the United Cities and Local Governments Group (UCLG) and Metropolis – of which it has been president since December 2006 -.
Finally, the regional council is committed to the French-speaking world, mainly through the International Association of French Regions (AIRF).
On the web
Metropolis
World Association of the Major Metropolises. The site for the worldwide association for the world’s great cities: news, working committees, data on large cities, etc.
French Development Agency (AFD)
The AFD operates in Africa, Asia, the Mediterranean Rim, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Overseas… What sort of development projects does it finance? In which sectors? All is explained on the site.