April 2011
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Recent Publications |
Occasional Paper:
Benchmarking in
Federal Systems
The Gamble of
Fiscal Federalism
in Italy
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Rupak Chattopadhyay named
Forum’s President
On behalf of the Board of Directors of the Forum of Federations, its Chair, Vijay Kelkar, is pleased to announce the appointment of Rupak Chattopadhyay as its President and Chief Executive Officer, effective April 1, 2011 |
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Forum Brings Federal Dimension to Wealth and Power Sharing Discussions in Southern Kordofan“Popular Consultations” Retreat
In mid-February, the Forum participated in a 3-day retreat organized with the Southern Kordofan Popular Consultation Preparatory Committee to discuss the federal dimension of intergovernmental relations and power sharing between the center and the state. |
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Germany renews partnership with the Forum
On February 25, 2011, Mrs. Cornelia Rogall-Grothe, Deputy Minister in the Federal Ministry of the Interior signed a new framework arrangement with the Forum, extending Germany’s part-nership with the Forum..
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Changing Federal Constitutions – Lessons from International Comparison
“Dr. Anglica Schwall-Düren, Minister for Federal Affairs, Europe and the Media and Plenipotentiary of the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia, opens the conference”
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Financing and Governance of Metropolitan Regions in Federal Countries
The Forum of Federations in partnership with the Metropolitan Region of Barcelona (Metropolitans de Barcelona) organized a two day comparative conference on the Financing and Governance of Metropolitan Regions in Federal Countries on the 9th and 10th of March 2011. The event was hosted by the L'Institut d'Economia de Barcelona at the University of Barcelona.
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Challenges of Diversity and Democratic Opportunities for Pakistani Federalisms
Challenges of Diversity and Democratic Opportunities for Pakistani Federalism, Provincial Advisory group meeting Punjab (Lahore) 10th Feb 2011 The Centre for Civic Education and Forum of Federations embarked on a series of Provincial Advisory Group Consultations in all the four Provincial Capitals of Pakistan.
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Indian Government Honours Forum's Chairman
The President of India has conferred the Padma Vibhushan upon Dr Vijay Kelkar in recognition of his exceptional and distinguished service to the nation in the field of public affairs.
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Roundtable Conference on Senate Reforms in Pakistan
The Forum and the Centre for Civic Education (CCE) organized a roundtable discussion on ‘Senate Reforms in Pakistan’ on February 27, 2011 as a part of their on-going project on “Strengthening federalism in Pakistan”.
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Immigrant integration and Canadian federalism: Exploring the issues
Federal and provincial roles in immigrant integration debated at Toronto conference. The Forum of Federations, in collaboration with the Mowat Centre (University of Toronto) sponsored a conference in Toronto on 28 January 2011 on the theme Immigrant Integration and Canadian Federalism: Exploring the Issues.
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Diversity and Unity in federal countries, Global Dialogue series book launch and presentation in Spain
On the 8 March the Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales (CEPC) of Madrid, Spain hosted the launch of the seventh book in the Global dialogue series on Diversity and Unity in federal countries, edited by Professors Luis Moreno from the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC) and César Colino of the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED).
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The Forum of Federations interviewed by the Economist
According to Rupak Chattopadhyay, a Canadian scholar, federations (and the constitutional anomalies that go with them) are desirable in countries that are large or ethnically mixed or both.
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