Albacete Provincial Council. Photo: Elena Martínez Vázquez
The Board of Trustees of the Fundación Democracia y Gobierno Local that was held this Monday at the Hotel Villa Rea in Madrid has approved the integration of the Diputación de Albacete as trustee of said Foundation, as well as the Consell Insular de Mallorca.
Previously, the Plenary of the Provincial Council (in the ordinary session on September 1) had unanimously approved the government team’s proposal to become part of this Foundation, with the aim of continuing to collaborate in network, asserting the essential role of Local Governments, promoting their institutional quality and their political leadership; making them more efficient for citizens in terms of provision of public services, as well as in their relations with the rest of the Administrations; and reinforcing its democratic legitimacy and citizen confidence.
With this integration, now fully formalized, the institution chaired by Santiago Cabañero remains firm in its commitment to work to defend the interests of the province of Albacete and those who live and develop in it, as well as in its desire to cooperate with the rest of the fabric (institutional, administrative, business and social) insofar as it implies economic and social progress in the territory.
Santiago Cabañero on the Board of Trustees of the Democracy and Local Government Foundation
Meeting point to promote support and assistance to local entities
The objective of the Foundation, created in 2002, is precisely to contribute and support all kinds of actions and initiatives for knowledge, study, dissemination and advice on local government matters.
A forum conceived as a meeting point and exchange of experiences in which its participants can coordinate efforts favoring the development of their functions of support and assistance to local entities: basic pillars in the consolidation of democracy and the ‘welfare state’ In our country.
The Democracy and Local Government Foundation is already made up of 27 trustees. To those already mentioned of Albacete and Mallorca, the Provincial Councils of A Coruña, Alicante, Ávila, Badajoz, Barcelona, Burgos, Cáceres, Girona, Granada, Huesca, Jaén, León, Lleida, Lugo, Málaga, Ourense, Pontevedra, Segovia, Seville, Valencia, Valladolid, Zamora and Zaragoza, as well as the Island Councils of Gran Canaria and Tenerife.
The Foundation also has a blog for employees of Local Administrations and all those people who work in institutions, public or private, as well as all professionals and academics with an interest in the local world: ‘Local Accent’, which deals with current local legal issues.
