At the Forum of Local and Regional Authorities of the Mediterranean June 22-3, 2008 participants adopted a final declaration inviting States to fulfil their commitments and to step up the amount of public aid in the Mediterranean. Moreover, it urges States to work together with local and regional authorities to afford this partnership greater effectiveness in the regions as well as greater proximity vis-à-vis the population. The Committee of the Regions was also invited to confer to attain a fo more...

The Aceh Community Assistance Research Project (ACARP) was a multi-donor supported qualitative social research project, aimed at identifying and better understanding the factors that support and constrain recovery and redevelopment in communities in the Indonesian province of Aceh Nanggroe Darussalam in the wake of the Boxing Day 2004 earthquake and tsunami. Field research was undertaken over a three-month period in 18 tsunami-affected villages in three of the most heavily impacted districts on more...