The role of local government associations in increasing the effectiveness of city-to-city cooperation
The role of local government associations in increasing the effectiveness of city-to-city cooperation
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DOI：
10.1016/j.habitatint.2008.10.017
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发表时间：
2009-04-01
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6.8
通讯作者：
Buis, Hans
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作者：
Buis, Hans
本文讨论了发展中国家的地方政府协会在使日益增长的城市间合作(C2C)更有效地促进其国家地方政府发展方面所能发挥的作用。在过去的几十年里，C2C有两个特点。在发达国家，C2C主要是由地方政府推动的，可以看到专业化程度的提高。目前的关键问题是发展中国家的地方政府对C2C政策议程的影响不足；需要更多的所有权。C2C专业性的提高是加强发展中国家所有权的一项资产。地方政府协会可以决定全国范围内的C2C条件和目标，通过这种方式，他们处于非常有利的地位，可以克服城市之间一对一合作关系的劣势。主要挑战是地方政府协会本身需要加强和增强能力。建立了地方政府协会能力发展的描述性模型。(C)2008年，爱思唯尔有限公司出版。
In this paper the issue is addressed of the roles local government associations in developing countries can play in making the ever growing city-to-city cooperation (C2C) more effective for the development of local government in their countries. There are two characteristics looking at C2C through the past decades. C2C was mainly driven by local governments in developed countries and an increase of professionalism can be witnessed. The vital issue at present time is the insufficient influence of local governments in developing countries on the policy agenda of C2C; there is a need for more ownership. The increase of professionalism in C2C is an asset in the enhancement of ownership in developing countries. Local government associations can determine nation wide conditions and objectives for C2C and in this way they are in the excellent position to overcome the disadvantage of the one to one relationships of city-to-city cooperation. The main challenge is that local government associations themselves are in need of strengthening and capacitating. A descriptive model is developed for capacity development of local governments associations. (C) 2008 Published by Elsevier Ltd.