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Council of Europe peer review report published

Together with experts from Croatia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and the United Kingdom, KDZ Managing Director Thomas Prorok participated 2023 in consultations with local partners in Hungary on intergovernmental financial relations, data access and use, capacity building and the structure of the local government system. Furthermore, he provided information about comparative examples and lessons from Austria.

Yesterday the report “Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations, Data Access and Use, and LocalCentral Policy Dialogue” was published with the results. Read the report to find out which 6 potentials and recommendations for improvements were identified by the peer review team.

The mission was organized by the Council of Europe Competence Center for Good Governance (CEGG).

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Kelmend Zajazi
Kelmend Zajazi | Executive Director of NALAS
The long-term cooperation with KDZ means a lot to us at NALAS. In KDZ we found a peer that fully understands who we are.
Isabelle Verschuren | Federal Public Service Policy and Support (BOSA), CAF correspondent of Belgium
In the last years Belgium has planned and organised many different CAF activities (e.g. CAF training, Certification of CAF label) together with KDZ.
Josep Medrano | Director of Strategic Planning and Taxation, City of Barcelona
For the City of Barcelona, the collaboration with KDZ through the European "Cities for Sustainable Public Finances (CSPF)" has reached a qualitative advance.

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