On November 13, a forum entitled “Bridges of solidarity: humanitarian and social initiatives from city to city”. Organized by Marc Cools, the president of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, the forum’s theme was support between European and Ukrainian cities as part of the reconstruction of the country after the Russian invasion of February 2022. The forum also gave the speak to the Ukrainian youth taking refuge in Luxembourg. To discover the points of view expressed by the forum’s stakeholders, please read the article written by the Council of Europe available ici.
As a reminder, theThe Belgian federal state had already mis several guides d’instruction available to local authorities and this since 2022. Thus, the communes Belgian eager to get involved in welcoming refugees Ukrainian are invited to consult the site info-ukraine.be, Or they will find a document detailing the procedure to follow. The latter articulates in several parties : measures to be taken upon arrival of refugees, registration, accommodation, etc. En avril 2022, the SPW had also redverb and practical guide entitled “Organizing and Managing the Reception of Ukrainian Refugees” in the intention of the powers local.
If your municipality wishes to become more involved and develop other support for Ukraine, cbelow are a few tools for helping Ukraine in the form of intermunicipal cooperation.
La platform Cities4Cities | United4Ukraine allows the connecting European and Ukrainian municipalities in order to proceedder to the reconstruction of the latter. We can see, displayed on a map of Ukraine, thes localtest willing to engage in a long-term partnership with a European municipality. In addition, the platformgives an overview of the history of these locbedridden, of their situation economic and the developments that its ont known since the February 2022 invasion. In this way, pread more 40 States Europeans have déjà pu lend a helping hand to Ukraine.
In this same perspective, the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR) launched, with the support of the “U-LEAD” program with Europe”the project “Bridges of Trust”. Cth last a led municipalities in the Member States of the European Union to establish partnerships with Ukrainian municipalities. The project currently has 30 participating municipalities. “Bridges of Trust” promotes intermunicipal cooperation in a number of sectors, ranging from wastewater treatment to the reconstruction of hospitals. If you and your municipality are interestedyou will find ici lCEMR article with examples of partnerships. The “Matchmaking Platform” , Who pursues the same objectivewas also developed by CEMR and is available online.
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