SEENET Programme: A Trans-Local Network for Cooperation between Italy and South East Europe

The SEENET Programme aims to foster dialogue among states, institutions and local communities in South East Europe for the effective development of territories involved in the Programme, through a long-term regional level partnership which uses the Italian system of decentralised cooperation as a model. InTER is participating as a partner to the Centro Studi di Politica Internazionale (CeSPI) on the horizontal programme component of research, which aims to implement policy-oriented action-research activities, to disseminate knowledge and to valorise experiences of governance for local development. The output of InTER’s involvement is the development of five research studies, prepared within a period of 30 months (one research report due every six months). Two reports have been finished to-date: the first in October 2010 and the second in May 2011. The third report is expected in November 2011.