Highlights

In the frame of the Municipal Academy on Municipal Finance and Creditworthiness (May 24-28, 2015, Amman – Jordan) financial and municipal experts as well as participants representing municipalities in Jordan and the West Bank and Gaza, discuss the importance of municipal finance for municipal services, performance as well as creditworthiness.

In this first video of a series of 4, participants explain the common challenges facing municipalities in the subject of finance, and confirm the importance of further empowering municipalities in Jordan, West Bank and Gaza as well as in the MENA.

Stay tuned, for the full video interview series with additional perspectives and impressions:

VIDEO 1: Municipal Finance Challenges

VIDEO 2: First Municipal Finance Academy Dedicated to MENA Countries: Lessons Learned

VIDEO 3: The Washington DC Experience: Interview With Natwar Gandhi, Former Chief Financial Officer of Washington DC (United States of America)

VIDEO 4: What Steps Forward Following the Amman Municipal Finance Academy?