Invited by the president of the Open and Digital Country Foundation, Licentiate Andrés Ibarra, the mayor Francisco Azcué participated this week in the launch of the project “Towards a Participatory Government: Promotion of Open Government Policies and Citizen Participation at the Subnational Level”, co-financed by the European Union Delegation in Argentina.
On this occasion, an agreement was signed with the aforementioned Foundation, within the framework of the digital transformation initiatives it promotes. This project, which also has the support of the Austral University and the Municipality of Bahía Blanca, seeks to strengthen the active transparency of governments and community participation in local administration decisions, promoting the development of the concept of citizenship.
AGREEMENT CHARACTERISTICS
The agreement aims to regulate the joint management between the Municipality and PAD, within the framework of the action “Towards a participatory government: promotion of open government policies and citizen participation at the subnational level”, in which the latter has been selected to be co-financed by the European Commission within the framework of its funding line for “Support to Civil Society Organizations (CSO), Human Rights and Democracy”.
The Austral University will carry out the training of the personnel selected by the Municipality, for the purposes of:
• Contribute to the training of municipal officials in the areas of digital transformation, digital government, and citizen participation.
• Conceptually align the municipality to achieve a shared vision regarding the desired relationship between the government and the residents of the municipality.
• Provide innovative governance tools for the promotion and development of future urban agendas.
• Make visible the best practices of local urban management, with the assistance of PAD.
The event was attended by the Head of the European Union Delegation to Argentina, Ambassador Amador Sánchez Rico; the Head of Cooperation of the European Union Delegation in Argentina, Ilse Couge; the Minister of State for Trade Promotion and Digital Transformation of Ireland, Dara Calleary; members of the PAD Foundation, representatives of Multilateral Credit Agencies (IDB; CAF; World Bank), and mayors and authorities from different parts of the country.
On behalf of the Municipality of Concordia, Mayor Azcué was accompanied by the Undersecretary of Strategic Planning, Leandro Garbarino, and the Director of Citizen Attention, Guido Di Gioia.
On this occasion, an agreement was signed with the aforementioned Foundation, within the framework of the digital transformation initiatives it promotes. This project, which also has the support of the Austral University and the Municipality of Bahía Blanca, seeks to strengthen the active transparency of governments and community participation in local administration decisions, promoting the development of the concept of citizenship.
AGREEMENT CHARACTERISTICS
The agreement aims to regulate the joint management between the Municipality and PAD, within the framework of the action “Towards a participatory government: promotion of open government policies and citizen participation at the subnational level”, in which the latter has been selected to be co-financed by the European Commission within the framework of its funding line for “Support to Civil Society Organizations (CSO), Human Rights and Democracy”.
The Austral University will carry out the training of the personnel selected by the Municipality, for the purposes of:
• Contribute to the training of municipal officials in the areas of digital transformation, digital government, and citizen participation.
• Conceptually align the municipality to achieve a shared vision regarding the desired relationship between the government and the residents of the municipality.
• Provide innovative governance tools for the promotion and development of future urban agendas.
• Make visible the best practices of local urban management, with the assistance of PAD.
The event was attended by the Head of the European Union Delegation to Argentina, Ambassador Amador Sánchez Rico; the Head of Cooperation of the European Union Delegation in Argentina, Ilse Couge; the Minister of State for Trade Promotion and Digital Transformation of Ireland, Dara Calleary; members of the PAD Foundation, representatives of Multilateral Credit Agencies (IDB; CAF; World Bank), and mayors and authorities from different parts of the country.
On behalf of the Municipality of Concordia, Mayor Azcué was accompanied by the Undersecretary of Strategic Planning, Leandro Garbarino, and the Director of Citizen Attention, Guido Di Gioia.