Is Municipal Cooperation a Silver Bullet? Experience from Australia, Brazil, and Canada

Municipal cooperation on planning and service delivery is often advanced as a means to strengthen local government and address fragmented governance in metropolitan and other regions. If municipalities could work together, we could improve efficiency, lower service delivery costs, achieve better outcomes, and provide an alternative to municipal mergers. But, is municipal cooperation a panacea, or is it just a convenient solution to address some immediate problems?

On June 14, 2018, the Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance (IMFG) and the Forum of Federations assembled a panel evaluating the strengths and challenges of inter-municipal cooperation on planning and service delivery programs in three countries – Australia, Brazil, and Canada.

Speakers

Constantino Cronemberger Mendes, Country Director (Brazil), Forum of Federations
Graham Sansom, Visiting Scholar, Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance
Zachary Spicer, Visiting Researcher, Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance
Rupak Chattopadhyay, President and CEO, Forum of Federations (Moderator)

This event is co-sponsored by the Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance and the Forum of Federations.

View Constantino Cronemberger Mendes’s Presentation 

View Graham Sansom’s Presentation 

View Zachary Spicer’s Presentation 

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