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News, September 2012

The Fund for Sustainable Development has become the Co-organizer of the Twelfth National Municipal Forum

The other organizers of the Forum that was held in the city of Anapa in Krasnodar Krai on September 18-20 included the State University of Management, the Russian Municipal Academy, the Strategic Initiatives Agency and the Territorial Development Agency.

Over 100 representatives of government and self-government bodies, educational, academic, consulting and public organizations and other stakeholders attended the Forum, which included:

• A plenary meeting Local Self-Government Development Prospects in the New Political Cycle;
• A conference Municipal Governance: Areas, Methods and Technology of Increasing Effectiveness;
• Strategic Management of Community Development Roundtable;
• Corruption Counteracting Mechanisms Roundtable.

At the Forum, the results of the Twelfth Contest of Educational Programs and Methodological Guidelines for Municipal Staff Training, Retraining and Advanced Training were summarized and the winners were awarded diplomas and prizes.

At the State and Municipal Governance Workshop conducted by the Education and Methodology Association, the participants discussed issues related to training, retraining and advanced training for municipal governance staff.

During the past 12 years, the Forum has been the site of interaction among experts and practical workers in the sphere of municipal governance, local self-government and sustainable community development.