At the OECD, we help governments design adaptive multi-level governance systems and innovative finance tools, to foster partnerships and ensure more effective investment outcomes, including to meet climate objectives in regions and cities.

Overview

DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS

THEMATIC STUDIES

COUNTRY REVIEWS

We collect and analyse data on subnational government structure and finance to support evidence-based policy-making.

We carry out a wide range of studies - from multi-level governance and decentralisation, to subnational public finance and climate-related investment in regions and cities.

We cover OECD Member countries and beyond, at the national and subnational levels.

 What's New

The First Pilot Meeting on Multi-level Governance and Public Investment for Regional Development

This Pilot Meeting gathered government representatives and experts from different countries and institutions to discuss how multi-level governance instruments and reforms can support crisis management and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic at all levels of government and also help generate more resilient territorial development.

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The impact of the COVID-19 crisis on regional and local governments: Main findings from the joint CoR-OECD survey

This Brief summarises the main findings from the CoR-OECD COVID-19 Survey on “The impact of the COVID-19 crisis on regional and local governments: governance, finance and recovery plans”. This on-line survey was carried out in June and July 2020 among representatives of subnational governments of the European Union. Answers were received from 300 subnational government respondents representing 24 countries.

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Highlights

Publications

Financing Climate Objectives in Cities and Regions to Deliver Sustainable and Inclusive Growth

Making Decentralisation Work: A Handbook for Policy-Makers

Rethinking Regional Development Policy-Making