COPPEM

National Network
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Address

Via Emerico Amari, 162
Palerme
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Telephone
+39 091 6622238
Fax
+39 091 6622304
E-Mail
ngiordano@coppem.org
E-Mail (2)
coppem@coppem.org
Mobile Phone
+39 333 3305563
Organisation Type
Public/Private Non-Profit Foundation
Year of Establishment
2000
Fields of Activity
  1. Others
General Information
COPPEM is composed of 101 full Members and of 101 alternate Members, representing Municipalities, Provinces, Local Authorities, and Regions of the 35 Euro-Mediterranean Countries, for this purposes appointed by their national Associations. Full Members are also the COPPEM Secretary General, a representative of CEMR and a representative of ATO. COPPEM Bodies are: o the General Assembly o the Presidency Council o the President and Vice-Presidents o the Secretary General COPPEM Secretariat and offices are based in Palermo, Italy. COPPEM Secretariat is composed by 14 full time officiers. Both Sicily Region, through a special law, and some local Institutions, have supported COPPEM operativeness since the beginning.
Mission and Objectives

The purpose of COPPEM is to promote both dialogue and cooperation for local development between towns, municipalities, local authorities, and Regions of the member Countries of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership, and their active and concrete participation in achieving the objectives established within Barcelona Declaration of 1995.

Main Projects / Activities

4 COPPEM Commissions, composed of COPPEM members who are assisted by the experts of the Secretariat, carry out the preliminary works for planning activities to be approved by the ordinary Plenary Assembly. Each Commission is assigned with the following areas of competence:
I Commission “Political and Institutional
II Commission “For cooperation between cities and regions”
III Commission “For economic and financial cooperation”
IV Commission “For the culture, technologies, tourism and environment”
.For 2004-2005, the following themes were decided:
-Experiences of participation of Euro-Mediterranean local powers and Regions
-Immigration and emigration, actions and tools of the co-operation among Euro-Mediterranean Towns and Regions
-The Euro-Mediterranean local development
- Culture and tourism: promotion and management of cultural areas.

Contact (1) Full Name
Natale Giordano
Head of the organisation
Hon. Carmelo MOTTA