Forum of Cities and Regions of South-East Europe 8th Economic Forum ; Promoting Partnerships with Cities and Regions of South-east Europe ; Summary of Debates ; Istanbul (Turkey), 2-3 November 2001

This study summarises the discussions at the 8th economic forum of representatives from local and regional authorities, held in 2001 to consider key issues in relation to cities and regions in South-east Europe, including: a stocktake of existing partnerships; the proposed multilateral agreement to develop transfrontier co-operation; financing of projects to develop local democracy; and partnership exchanges.