Thematic Round Tables and Parallel Sessions
Parallel Session
Local Economic Development
Organizers International Labour Organization (ILO), Andalucian Fund of Municipalities for International Solidarity (FAMSI), UCLG Working Group on Migrations and Co-Development
speakers The current global crisis represents an opportunity to rethink the role of the state and of local governments in a bid to respond to the crisis and promote Local Economic Development (LED). Promoting sustainable and participatory guidelines between government, civil society and private actors would be an effective way to make the development process more democratic. LED will be an important topic in the international agenda over the coming years: The Post-2015 Agenda and the revision of the MDGs and the World Conference Habitat III in 2016. Local entities are experts in all sectors of urban and local development and are providers of basic services to local populations. In view of this, it is important to highlight the significant role (measurable and immeasurable) of local governments in economic development. UCLG, local governments, and their associations and networks have a concrete challenge to inform, mobilize and raise public awareness of the local economy by directly involving citizens; contributing to the adherence of values in an economy that serves people and territories and is based on solidarity and development aid between cities.
Driss Guerraoui, Secretary General of the Economic, Social and Environmental Council, Morocco James Nxumalo, Mayor of Durban, South Africa Simao Mucavele, Councillor for Education, City of Maputo, Mozambique Rosa Pavanelli, Secretary General of Public Services International (PSI) Mina Rouchati, Regional Councillor, Tangier-Tétouan, Morocco Wolfgang Schüster, Regional Councillor of Stuttgart, Germany, President of the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR) Pierre Martinot-Lagarde, Director of Partnerships, International Labour Organization (ILO) Françoit Tirot, Responsible, Local Authorities and Urban Development Division, French Agency for Development (AFD) Rapporteur Antonio Zurita, Director General, FAMSI
Migration is a human right and requires greater
attention at the destination where the migrating population must be aided through employment and social inclusion. 43