On the occasion of the one year anniversary of the foundation of Project AL-LAS, a Euro-Latin American inter-city cooperation network, a Seminar was held in Montevideo, Uruguay to discuss the topic "Exterior actions of local governments".This seminar, which reunited 34 participants among which mayors, officials, technical staff and experts from 19 local governments in Latin America and Spain, not only demonstrated the ways in which internationalization can improve populations' quality of life, but also provided examples of themes, modalities and tools for international cooperation that local governments already possess.
Methodological coordinator of Project AL-LAS, Jordy Meléndez Yúdico, highlighted the advances and challenges that have come out of this past year of cooperation in the Project during this contribution at the seminar. It could be agreed that the project has taken on three dimensions since it's beginning in 2013:
1. As a meeting space between officials and international cooperation experts from Latin America and Europe;
2. As a knowledge hub that collects good practices and submits them to constant debate; and
3. As a loudspeaker for cities and mayors of Latin America when dealing with areas of local reach.
For a more detailed overview of the Project AL-LAS seminar in Montevideo, please visit their website (Spanish only).