ANCI
(National Association of Italian Municipalities)

ANCI’s profile
•National Association of Italian Municipalities
•Represents almost 7 thousands municipalities (out of more than 8000)
•Support municipality’s interests and priorities at national and European level

Experience in urban planning and cooperation
•Urban planning: assocation consulted by the Italian Goverment and EU draft National Strategic plans, URBAN I & II experience, etc
•Cooperation: active both as representative organisation of local authorities and in several projects in the Mediterranen area (Balkan project, « Ali della colomba3, etc)

Expectations from the project
•Strenghten the city-to-city cooperation at the EU - MEDA level
•Support Italian Municipalities involved in the project
•Promote effective strategies for local development