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Africa-Press – Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru has been elected as a member of the Executive Bureau at the world\u2019s largest forum of regional governments, ORU Fogar.<\/p>\n

The United Regions Organisation\/Forum of Regional Governments and Global Associations of Regions is headquartered in Barcelona, Spain.<\/p>\n

It brings together regional governments from all over the world and represents them before other international organisations.<\/p>\n

Waiguru, who also chairs the Council of Governors, was elected to the body during the organisation\u2019s Annual General Assembly.<\/p>\n

The position drew interest from subnational governments in Europe, Latin America, Africa and Asia.<\/p>\n

The role of the Executive Bureau is to manage the activities of the organisation with the support of the Secretary General.<\/p>\n

It seeks to boost a global policy of balanced development and territorial cohesion.<\/p>\n

The Council of Governors has been a member of ORU Fogar since 2014.<\/p>\n

During the elections, Rachid El Abdi, President of the Rabat-Sale\u0301-Ke\u0301nitra Regional Council (Morocco), was elected as ORU Fogar’s President.<\/p>\n

Other members elected to the bureau are Ahmed Youssouph Bengelloune from Kaolack, Senegal; Karl-Heinz Lamberts, President of European Committee of Regions; Juan Luis Mansur, Governor of the province of San Miguel de Tucuma\u0301n, Argentina; and Marcelo Carrasco the president of the National Association of Regional Councilors of Chile (ANCORE) were elected as Vice Presidents.<\/p>\n

In his remarks, Abdi noted the rising strength of the network and the rising presence of ORU Fogar in the global agenda.<\/p>\n

He emphasised that ORU Fogar must be the voice of regions and therefore must represent the interest of devolved governments.<\/p>\n

Abdi stressed the need for the regions to remain in solidarity in the wake of the rising geopolitics, climate change and disasters such as the recent Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

Waiguru lauded the various programmes implemented by the organisation and called for enhanced partnership between regions particularly in the areas of food security, climate change and community empowerment.<\/p>\n

“I encouraged regional and subnational governments to create an enabling environment for businesses to thrive by developing and implementing policies that encourage entrepreneurship, investment, and job creation,” she said.<\/p>\n

Waiguru further noted that, as stewards of the local environment, regional and sub-national governments need to develop policies that protect natural resources, promote clean energy initiatives, build community resilience and mitigate the impact of climate change.<\/p>\n

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