City-to-city cooperation among international and national municipality associations and a broad range of NGOs is becoming a major component of development cooperation (Atkinson, 1999).
As the clinical research policy turned out to be very fragmented, in hindsight, we could have interviewed experts from more institutions, such as the Ministry of Employment and Economy and its research funding arm TEKES, the Academy of Finland, municipality associations and professional associations.
In Västra Götaland, for example, a freight strategy reference group with representatives from municipalities, municipal associations, businesses, academia, research institutes, NGOs and government agencies is involved in the planning [31].
Difu's objective is to work in the interests of the general public, particularly of the cities, municipalities, associations of municipalities and their enterprises as well as of the citizens.
The German Institute of Urban Affairs (Difu) is the largest urban research institute in the German-speaking area and is the research, further training and information institution for cities, municipalities, administrative districts, municipal associations and planning departments.
"It's a sign of how desperate cities are for tax money, especially in light of the cutbacks in state aid to cities and towns," said Kevin Maloney, spokesman for the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities, an association of cities and towns.
(AP) CONNECTICUT HARTFORD: CITIES CRITICIZE STATE FINANCING -- The state's cities and towns are being shortchanged by the state to the tune of $822.5 million, according to a report released Tuesday by the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities, an association that represents 147 of the state's 169 towns.
In stages, self-governing Arab municipalities, professional associations, cultural groups and charities assumed the social functions of waqfs.
More than 8,500 companies, municipalities, trade associations and other organizations have reported federal lobbying this year – from less than $5,000 by the city of Murfreesboro, Tennessee to $58 million by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the perennial top spender.
Twenty-two percent stated that professionals within the health care centre collaborate with stakeholders, such as municipalities and associations, to improve patient lifestyles.
