Latin American Network of Cooperation for Municipal Development

In order to address the lack of up-to-date, comparable statistical information about municipalities in Latin America (information which would be useful to municipal authorities in their efforts to establish appropriate standards for local development), Redcomún seeks to make standard a Latin American system of basic data compilation, which initially covers Bolivia, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, and Peru. This data is organized according to a format which includes items such as: name, country, province, and city; political information; population and size; and communal services.

Redcomún also plans to collaborate in training local governments to use the system, via a Virtual Training Center (a Centro Virtual de Capacitación or CVC). Many organisations that work on local issues are offering technical support and assistance to this project.

Democracy, governability, participation, education, new technologies.

Redcomún supports the creation and functioning of cooperative networks for municipal development that facilitate communication, coordination and exchanges between diverse institutional agents interested in development and local democracy in diverse countries. In this way, institutions and individuals participate actively in the process and contribute to spreading the impact of national and international development programmes.


Partners
International Union of Local Authorities (IULA), Latin American Federation of Cities, Municipalities and Associations (Federación Latinoamericana de Cuidades, Municipios y Asociaciones o Flacma), International City/County Management (ICMA).