The Association of Palestinian Local Authorities convened a meeting of the Palestinian City Managers Network to discuss the Network's 2020 Action Plan and to approve some organizational aspects and matters of the Network's function.

The Executive Director of the Association, Mr. Abdullah Anati, opened the meeting with a detailed presentation on the 2020 Action Plan, the proposed "by-laws", the Network's Code of Ethics and the proposed translation project to be carried out in partnership with the International City/County Management Association (ICMA).

Mr. Anati explained that the proposed translation project is part of the agreement between APLA and ICMA, which gives APLA access to the ICMA Library, which is one of the largest libraries in the world that contains references, books and studies related to local government in general, and city administrations in particular. Many books and studies of interest to employees and local government sector officials will be translated.

The attendees discussed the mechanisms for organizing the work of the Network and the Code of Ethics governing its members. It was agreed that a special meeting would be held to decide on some of the issues raised during the Network meeting and to approve them after arriving to a consensus.