• Local Government and Urban Governance CFP
2014-12-09
CALL FOR PAPERS
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
“Local Government and Urban Governance: Citizen Responsive Innovations in Europe and in Africa”
International Geographical Union – Commission on Geography of Governance & Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, University of Lisbon, Portugal
Lisbon, Portugal,
April, 9-10 2015
Three main themes:
Theme 1 – Local Government and Urban Governance in Europe: the impact of austerity, recent reforms and the role of local government in an ‘EU Urban Agenda’
Theme 2 – Local Government and Urban Governance in Africa: democratic decentralization, good governance and the role of local government in the ‘Post-2015 Agenda’
Theme 3 – The use of ICT to expand the role of citizens in Urban Governance: national cases and international comparisons
Conference Website: https://sites.google.com/site/locgovgeo2015/home
University of Lisbon
