In France, cooperation projects initiated by local authorities are managed at a decentralised level and, more often than not, result from free initiatives. These cooperation projections grouped together under the general term of "external actions of local authorities" are supported by a ministerial delegation. This support is implemented by different bodies (the National Commission on Decentralised Cooperation (CNCD), the Directorate General for Local Authorities (DGCL), enabled by different funding sources accessible via calls for projects and encouraged by different networking mechanisms.
