Learning and mutuality in municipal partnerships and beyond: A focus on northern partners

Strengthening urban governance in the South through city-to-city cooperation: Towards an analytical framework

“…North-South city partnerships facilitate the transfer of know-how and expertise among municipalities to tackle the needs in urban management and service delivery. This often takes the form of technical practitioner-topractitioner exchanges (see Ewijk & Baud, 2009;Johnson & Wilson, 2009) between local politicians and administrators. Secondly, C2C aims to contribute to community strengthening and the provision of services (schools, sport facilities, etc.…”

Partnerships between Dutch municipalities and municipalities in countries of migration to the Netherlands; knowledge exchange and mutuality

“…Johnson and Wilson elaborate on mutuality in municipal partnerships in this issue. They distinguish mutuality as an espoused value (related to partnership conditions) and as a grounded incentive (related to benefits of partnerships) (Johnson & Wilson, 2009). According to the existing literature on MIC, mutuality is an aspect at which most municipalities aim.…”

“…Johnson and Wilson elaborate on the process of learning and related institutional development for the Northern partners in this issue (Johnson & Wilson, 2009). Furthermore Devers-Kanoglu focuses on informal learning in municipal partnerships (both in the Northern and in the Southern municipalities involved) in this issue (Devers-Kanoglu, 2009).…”

Integration Processes and Policies in Europe

“…In the literature on city-to-city partnerships, several authors emphasize the power of these partnerships in terms of strengthening local governance processes, while two-way knowledge exchange also occurs (Johnson and Wilson 2009 ;Van Ewijk 2013 ).…”