Acronyms ACB
Association Capacity Building
ALAN
Association of Local Authorities in Namibia
ANAMM
Associação Nacional dos Municípios de Moçambique (National Association of Municipalities of Mozambique)
BALA
Botswana Association of Local Authorities
CACEM
Communauté d’agglomération du Centre de la Martinique (Agglomeration Communities of the Centre of Martinique)
CALM
Congresul Autoritatilor Locale din Moldova (Congress of Local Authorities from Moldova)
CIB
Capacity and Institution Building Working Group
CIDA Canadian International Development Agency CLGF
Commonwealth Local Government Forum
CUF
Cités Unies France (United Cities France)
DCCD
Development Cooperation and City Diplomacy
EU
European Union
FCM
Federation of Canadian Municipalities
FSPI
Foundation of the Peoples of the South Pacific International
ICLD
International Center for Local Democracy
KS
Kommunesektorens Organisasjon (Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities)
LG
Local Government
LGA
Local Government Association
LGCP Local Government Capacity Programme MDG
Millennium Development Goal
MDP
Municipal Development Partnership
MIC
Municipal International Cooperation
MPED Municipal Partnership for Economic Development NGO
Non-Governmental Organisation
NSA-LA
Non-State Actors and Local Authorities
OECD
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
PDM
Partenariat pour le Développement Municipal (Partnership for municipal development)
SALGA
South African Local Government Association
SWALGA
Swaziland Local Government Association
UCLG
United Cities and Local Governments
UN
United Nations
UNDP
United Nations Development Programme
UWI
University of West Indies
VNG
Vereniging van Nederlandse Gemeenten (Association of Netherlands Municipalities)
VNG International
International Cooperation Agency of the Association of Netherlands Municipalities
VVSG
Vereniging van Vlaamse Steden en Gemeenten (Association of Flemish Cities and Municipalities)
ZILGA
Zimbabwe Local Government Association
UCLG Policy Paper on Development Cooperation and Local Government
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