Summer School on Leadership and Governance in a Multilevel Europe: Empowering the Local Level. Barcelona, 6-10 June 2016

Poor local-level government administrative skills has been detected by the European Commission as one of the main reasons for poor absorption of EU funds. 

Barcelona is hosting a comprehensive summer school programme which will give its participants the ability to react to today’s challenges by enhancing their leadership skills and by giving them the capacity to effectively deploy EU funds. The course, delivered against a backdrop of multilevel governance and the Commission’s new programming period, is focused around the four main principles of good governance: administrative capacity building; citizen engagement and better communication; transparency and accountability; and working in partnership with key stakeholders.