The strategies of rural communes in Poland and other CEE countries are full of intentions to build new roads, sewage systems, community centers, low emission heating sources, public transit connections, etc. Great, these are the foundations of a good life and economy. But can you ask for more? Can innovative services, the most modern companies, high culture – like in big cities – make sense in the countryside?

This is Richard Young (center), founder and executive director of CivicLex, the NGO that is building Civic Health in Fayette County (KY, USA) so well that it is an argument for the United States House of Representatives 🇺🇸 to create a The Trust for Civic Infrastructure as part of groundbreaking modernization of United States Congress – reforms aimed at strengthening American democracy.

Cisco is a “ghost town” – an abandoned, small city in Utah, USA. Although I did not meet with its mayor (it was abandoned around 1990), it made a great impression on me.

Expo 2020 also offers opportunities to develop international local government contacts.

There are outstanding, world-class specialists in local development strategic governance. I spoke to another of them.

Invest in people – another travel in search of local development and inspirations for local & regional governments.

Research meeting at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina

The Green Business College, Johannesburg, SA – traveling in search of local development and inspirations for local governments.

Pilanesberg National Park, Rustenburg, SA – traveling in search of local development and inspirations for local governments.

Process, Energy & Environmental Technology Stations, Johannesburg, SA – traveling in search of local development and inspirations for local governments.