Participants at Ethiopian workshop design leadership retreats
About 30 representatives from seven of Ethiopia’s states, as well as its federal agencies and its international partners recently attended a three-day workshop in Addis Ababa, from May 25–May 27, that was held to design a series of leadership retreats.
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Forum of Federations 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.
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Asia
India
Nepal
Pakistan
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Pakistani stakeholders take stock of country's sweeping constitutional changes
Twenty-one leading Pakistanis from the country’s four provinces and its main political parties assembled for two days near Kathmandu and engaged in wide-ranging discussions on the recent dramatic amendments to the country’s 1973 Constitution that restored considerable powers to the provinces, thereby making Pakistan more federal.
North America
Canada
- Forum holds meeting on conflict management and federalism
The Forum has received a grant from the United States Institute of Peace to assemble and create a body of literature on federalism and conflict management. A meeting was held at the University of Toronto on May 3, 2010 to define the terms of the project and to finalize a workplan from now until the end of 2010.
South America
Brazil
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IBSA Roundtable: Developing Metropolis: Overcoming Common Challenges through South - South Cooperation
This roundtable, which took place in Brasilia, the capital of Brazil, on April 13-14, 2010, was organized by the Forum of Federations, the Under-secretariat for Federative Affairs of the Institutional Relations Secretariat of the Presidency of Brazil and ActionAID. This event was held at the margins of India, Brazil, South Africa (IBSA) Heads of Government Summit s that occurred on 15 April 15, 2010, in Brasilia.
Networking
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German constutional reform shifts some powers to state governments
In a move that surprised some, Germany’s three big states did not seek the power to raise their own tax revenues during that country’s recent constitution reforms, German professor Arthur Benz explained at a recent event held at the offices of the Forum of Federations.
Coming Events
June 18, 2010
Juba, Sudan
Introduction to Fiscal Federalism
Workshop
(Date to be Confirmed)
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June 18, 2010
Zaragosa, Spain
Decentralization of Health Care in Federations: Recent Trends and Lessons from Spain
Seminar
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June 19, 2010
Juba, Sudan
Workshop on Oil and Gas in Federal Systems |
June 21, 2010
Khartoum, Sudan
Workshop on Oil and Gas in Federal Systems |
June 21-24, 2010
Juba, Sudan
Designing Effective Inter-governmental Transfer Systems
Workshop
(Dates To Be Confirmed) |
June 25, 2010
Ottawa, Canada
What does the crisis of the Euro mean for European governance?
Lunch & Learn with Lars Feld |
June 28, 2010
Ottawa, Canada
Federalizing Italy: The Challenges Ahead
Lunch & Learn with Vincenzo Antonelli |
August 1-12, 2010
Khartoum, Sudan
Intensive Interdisciplinary Academic Training |
August 19-21, 2010
Sydney/Brisbane, Australia
Metropolitan Governance Roundtable and Authors Meeting |
December 2-4, 2010
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
5th International Conference on Federalism |
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