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Centre for federal studies launched at Iraqi conference

Law professors and government officials from all parts of Iraq gathered recently in the city of Erbil, Iraq to formally launch the Iraqi Center for Federal Studies in a conference organized by the Forum of Federations.

Participating in the event were 45 professors of law and political science and 25 officials from the Government of Iraq and the Kurdistan Regional Government. The professors formed part of a core of 68 academics from 18 universities previously trained in federalism by the Forum during a series of three two-week courses held in Jordan.

Ethiopia signs with Forum to host 2010 International Conference on Federalism

The Government of Ethiopia and the Forum of Federations have signed a Memorandum of Understanding setting out their co-operation to organize the 5th International Conference on Federalism, scheduled to take place February 2010.

Mr. Degefe Bula, the Speaker of the House of Federation, signed the agreement in Addis Ababa on behalf of the Government f Ethiopia.

Forum's Strategic Council discusses federal responses to crises

Representatives of member countries of the Forum of Federations met recently in the city of León, state of Guanajuato, Mexico.

It was the fourth meeting of the Strategic Council of the Forum of Federations. The representatives of the Forum’s member countries met to discuss trends in federalism within their respective countries and to provide strategic guidance to the Forum for its future activities.

The issues raised by the delegates ranged from reform of the federal system to solving fiscal imbalances to challenges in dealing with environment and climate change. However, one of the most salient issues was how national governments and subnational units of federal countries co-ordinate their efforts to confront shocks, such as the current financial crisis that began with failures in the United States banking and securities sectors and spread around the globe.   

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