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THE ACTIVITIES OF FORMEZ INTERNATIONAL

Formez is present in over 20 countries, carrying out technical assistance activities and sharing best practices. One of the institute's new missions is to focus on international activities.

Formez operates in the international field by:

• Encouraging the sharing of know-how and the exchange of Italian experiences IN ALL THE KEY ACTIVITIES OF THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
• Transferring Italian and European competencies and best practices to provide support to the modernization of the Public Administration
• Supporting Institution Building in Public Administrations in EU and third countries
• Providing pre-accession countries with technical assistance and training
• Collaborating with foreign civil service training institutes

Partnerships and Shared Experiences
Formez activities in the enlarged Europe and at international level aim to facilitate an exchange of experience in order to introduce new systems compliant with EU standards and regulations; and TO ESTABLISH SHARED COMMUNICATION CHANNELS between partner countries. The institute supports inter-regional cooperation partnerships and integrated territorial development.

• Qualified expertise in Twinning projects for PHARE aimed at new-accession countries with the aim of transferring management know-how and strengthening partnerships between national and regional authorities
• Activities in the field of the Structural Funds, environment, healthcare, disaster management, management control, etc.
• Enlarged application of the Twinning tool to southern and Eastern Mediterranean countries
• Memoranda of Understanding with European and Asian countries to carry out joint activities, sharing best practices and methods for enhancing administrative efficiency
• Continuous support to the Department of Public Administration at the Global Forum organized by UNDESA (UN Department for Public Administrations)
• Technical assistance and secondment of experts
  • to the Southern Italian regions to support the realization and management of decentralized cooperation projects
  • to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs DG MM (Mediterranean and Middle-East) and DG EU (European countries) to support the implementation of international cooperation programmes involving the Italian regions
  • to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs DG CS (Development Cooperation).

International cooperation projects carried out so far involve:

• New EU member states: Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia
• EU pre-accession countries: Croatia, FYROM (candidate countries)
• South-Eastern Europe: Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, (potential candidate countries)
• Mediterranean area: Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia
• Middle-east: Iraq, Jordan and Syria 
• Other countries: Argentina, China, Russia and Vietnam

Formez - Department of International Activities
Viale Marx 15
00137 Rome (Italy)
Tel: +39 06 8489 2225   
Fax:+39 06 8489 2357

e-mail: international@formez.it
Web site: http://www.formez.it/international