In cooperation with the French Decentralized Cooperation Network for Palestine of the Association of French Cities, APLA held a preparatory meeting for the French-Palestinian Decentralized Cooperation Conference, which is organized periodically every two years with the participation of Palestinian LGUs and their French counterparts.

The two parties agreed that Palestine would host the conference for this year, and that December of this year would be the proposed date for it, noting that a series of preparatory meetings are being held between the two parties to follow up on organizing procedures and all technical and logistical matters.

It is worth noting that the Decentralized Cooperation Conference aims to support cooperation and twinning projects between Palestinian and French LGUs. It also aims to enhance exchange of experiences among them regarding practices, tools and guiding policies in areas of common interest, in addition to providing opportunities for Palestinian LGUs to open up prospects for cooperation with their French counterparts by establishing and creating new partnerships.