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The Forum launches e-newsletter to keep you aware of our work in Sudan, and worldwide.
The newsletter highlights our past and coming events in Sudan, the learning materials we have produced for our Sudan program and includes a listing of all other recent Forum events.
Fiscal federalism training provided to newly-elected politicians in Southern Sudan
The Forum of Federations recently delivered presentations on the features of fiscal federalism in different countries to 90 newly-elected members of the Southern Sudan Legislative Assembly.
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Southern Sudanese strategize on bridging the fiscal gap
As Sudan’s Comprehensive Peace Agreement enters it waning months, Sudanese political leaders are increasingly turning their sights to preparing for the future.
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Forum President leads South Sudan seminar on oil and gas
What oil and gas exploitation means for the economy and the government of federal systems, especially for South Sudan, was the topic of a seminar held by the Forum and two governmental partners in Juba, Southern Sudan, on June 19, 2010.
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Past International Events
Africa
Ethiopia
Civil society workshop maps out Ethiopian leadership retreats
Thirty two representatives from a wide range of Ethiopian organizations attended a three-day workshop recently held in Addis Ababa to plan and prepare for a series of federalism leadership retreats in 2010 and 2011.
Nigeria
Practitioners agree on how to beef up fiscal accountability in Nigeria
The Forum of Federations held a Roundtable on Intergovernmental Fiscal Coordination and Accountability in Abuja on the 19th of June 2010 as part of its project on fiscal responsibility, accountability and transparency in federations, which is being led by Professor Lars Feld of the University of Heidelberg in Germany.
Asia-Pacific
Australia
Government of Australia presented with report on international roundtable
The Australian government. has been presented with a comprehensive report on the International Roundtable on Metropolitan Governance held Dec. 14-15, 2009.
Pakistan
Pakistan event focuses on fiscal federalism
More than 50 participants at a recent Forum event debated what will happen to Pakistan’s federal architecture if increased financial powers are granted to Pakistan’s provinces.
Pakistani participants upbeat about future prospects of newly-named region
The Chief Minister of the newly-named Pakistani region of Gilgit-Baltistan recently urged all political parties and people of the new region to join hands as a gesture of resolve to make a success of the new system of governance for Gilgit-Baltistan.
Stakeholders discuss shift of powers to Pakistan’s provinces
More than 70 people including elected officials, civil servants, academics, journalists and activists from different political parties gathered recently in Peshawar to learn and discuss how major revisions to the country’s constitution will affect Pakistan’s federal system and the lives of its citizens.
Forum’s Pakistan program stages fiscal events
The Forum has kicked off the second phase of its public awareness-raising and consultation program in Pakistan with a series of provincial dialogues on fiscal federalism.
Europe
Belgium
Forum forges link with European Union
The Forum recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Committee of the Regions (CoR) of the European Union providing for the two organizations to jointly implement a variety of activities.
Forum co-hosts Belgian capital cities function
The Forum in partnership with the Facultés universitaires Saint-Louis in Brussels, recently held a half-day seminar on the finance and governance of capital cities.
Germany
International experts discuss role of political parties
In many federal countries, the proliferation of political parties has made it more difficult to form a government, both on the federal or the provincial and state level.
Spain
Spain's decentralized health care system: 25 years later
The Forum and three local partners in Spain recently held a one-day seminar titled Decentralization of Health Care in Federations: Recent Trends and Lessons from Spain.
Some federal countries accommodate regional diversity, seminar finds
Territorial pluralism – a system that allows for regional differences within a country – is the norm in Spain, where, quite naturally, the Catalan and Basque languages are spoken more often in Catalonia and the Basque Country than is Spanish.
South America
Brazil
Brazilian officials discuss curbing regional inequality
A roundtable on Fiscal Federalism and the Struggle Against Regional Inequality was recently held in Brazil to discuss the role that resource distribution has played in fostering improved federal-state-municipal
relations in Brazil while helping to reduce inequalities in the country.
Networking
Expert explains Italy’s long road to federalism
Italy is facing many challenges on its way to becoming increasingly federal, according to Italian federalism expert Vincenzo Antonelli, who spoke at a recent lunchtime seminar at the Forum of Federations’ Ottawa headquarters.
European Union unlikely to collapse over debt crisis: German economist
After an injection of nearly US $1 trillion from the European Central Bank, the five European Union (EU) member countries with the highest public debts are still not out of trouble.
Forum
Forum launches Occasional paper series
The Forum of Federations has launched the first book in its Occasional Paper Series, titled: Pension Reform in Canada: An Often Fractious Federation, by Bruce Little.
Forum has launched the second book in its Occasional Paper Series
The Forum of Federations has launched the second book in its Occasional Paper Series, titled: Foreign Development Policy of Constituent Units: Trends, Challenges and Lessons Learned, by Noé Carnago.
Other Forum Events
Metropolitan Governance Roundtable and Authors Meeting
19-21 August 2010, Sydney/Brisbane Australia
Summer Session at the Institute of Federalism, University of Fribourg
23 Aug - 22 Oct 2010, Fribourg, Switzerland
Lunch & Learn with Prof. Alan Fenna
31 August, 2010, Ottawa, Canada
International Conference on Benchmarking in Federal Systems
19-21 October, 2010, Melbourne, Australia
5th International Conference on Federalism
14-16 December, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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