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Public values and risks in Strasbourg

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The birth of Public Risk Management Organisation (PRIMO)

Jack Kruf* | May 2005

Last month, on April 1, 2005, the Executive Committee of UDITE, the network of local government Chief Executives across Europe, met in Strasbourg to discuss ‘public risk management’ as a new idea. City managers from across Europe looked forward to a newly proposed approach, which Alan Vendelbo, president of UDITE, put at the top of the agenda.

It was clear from the start that they believed it could strengthen their role and function in supporting politics, society, and their organisations. Current events, social attacks, and out-of-control budgets or projects have raised the importance of proactive thinking about public values, targets, and their risks. Here is a short personal impression. I was there on this day.

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Cooperation PRIMO Europe and UDITE 2013-2014

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Brussels, October 2012

UDITE and PRIMO have signed a partnership agreement for 2013 and 2014. Cooperation on administrative issues is necessary to provide the European network of municipal secretaries with practical solutions. Knowledge exchange and dialogue are crucial.

In Brussels, the Union des Dirigeants Territoriaux de l’Europe (UDITE, the European association of municipal secretaries), represented by its president Eulalio Ávila Cano, who is also president of COSITAL (Consejo General de Colegios Oficiales de Secretarios, Interventores y Tesoreros de Administración Local, the Spanish association of municipal secretaries, controllers, and financial managers), and the Public Risk Management Organisation (PRIMO) Europe, represented by John O’Dea (secretary general of PRIMO Europe and president of PRIMO Malta) and Jack Kruf (president of PRIMO Europe).

Jack Kruf (left) and Eulalio Ávila Cano

The collaboration will have a renewed focus: strengthening the administrative capacity of local government (enhanced public governance) in general and public-private partnerships in particular.

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