Newsletter n°8, Winter 2010

Global survey on Impact of the financial crisis on the Public Finance specialized banks and their regional and local partners. You find the survey here.

Click here to read the Press Release.

ICLC's Conference and General Assembly took place in Brussels, 14 - 16 October.

The Conference tackled the impact of the financial and economic crisis on banks specialised in public financing and their local partners.

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Newsletter n°8, Winter 2010

Survey shows that the autumn financial crisis did not lead to a credit crunch for Local Authorities.

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The International Centre for Local Credit present itself here.

Looking at the Urban century and gives a snapshot on the local status of a global crisis.

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Öresund Region Conference 2008

The first conference was held in Oslo in 1958. The latest conference took place in the Öresund region, in June 2008.

Öresund Region Conference 2008 - The Role of the Regional Level

26 - 27 June 2008 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Malmö, Sweden
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Day I Thursday 26 June – Compared approach

Axel Miller, ICLC General Secretary, CEO of Dexia

Søren Høgenhaven, Managing Director, CEO, KommuneKredit

Tomas Werngren, Managing Director, CEO, Kommuninvest i Sverige, Sweden

The role and financing of regions: status and comparative approach

Moderator and key note speaker:
Christian Wichman Matthiessen - Danish Infrastructural priorities 2030

Panellists:
Terry Stroich, Managing Director, Alberta Capital Finance Authority
Reinhard Platzer,CEO, Kommunalkredit Austria

The role and financing of regions: experiences and challenges

One region – 2 countries: experiences and prospects for the Oresund Region.
Michael Stamming, Managing Director of the Öresund Committee - Part 1 - Part 2
The evolution of the competencies of an Italian region
Sub-national system of government in Italy, Mario Sarcinelli, Dexia Crediop
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Members presentation:

Introduction by Axel Miller, ICLC General Secretary, Dexia CEO
Japan Finance Corporation for Municipal Enterprises,
Yuji Watanabe, Governor
China Development Bank,
by Jianping Zhao, Vice governor. Mr Zhao could not join us and introduced CDB via a film.
Infrastructure Finance Corporation Limited,
by Attie van Zyl, CEO
Fonds d’Equipement Communal,
by Karim Mansouri, General Manager
Municipality Credit Iceland,
By Thorsteinn Thorsteinnson, Managing Director

Day II Friday 27 June – The Nordic Local government model

The Nordic countries have the largest local public sectors in the world. Exemplified by the Danish and Swedish systems; the Nordic model and its impact on the welfare system was described.

In Sweden focus was on the importance of the local government sector in the welfare society.

In Denmark focus was on experiences concerning the comprehensive local government reform.

Keynote speakers:
Mrs. Carola Gunnarsoun, Vice President of the Association for Local Authorities and the Municipalities in Sweden

Mr. Thorkild Juhl, Head of department in the Danish Ministry of Social Welfare, Local government economic division

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