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PLN #11 – Strengthening Local Economic Development through Urban-Rural Policies
09/2014
Strengthening Local Economic Development through Urban-Rural Policies
Organizing partners
FMDV
ILO
UCLG
UCLG Africa
CIMES
CEPES
FAMSI
University of Abdelmalek
Hosting city
Chefchauen, Morocco
Good practices
- Preserving cultural, agricultural and natural environment key to sustainable urban-rural policies
- General guidelines for local economic development
- Technical and structural tools to strengthen local economic development: Decentralized cooperation, cooperatives, labelling, professional training and schools for entrepreneurs, freelance jobs, micro-credit, technical and structural support for local authorities.