Fondo Andaluz de Municipios para la Solidaridad Internacional

The Andalusian Municipality Fund for International Solidarity (FAMSI) is a Network of provincial and local governments. City Councils and provincial governments have been joined by other entities such as NGDOs, universities, foundations, research centres, rural development groups and businesses, that have been added foreign action and solidarity to their tasks. The aim of the FAMSI is to bring about change conducive to building a fairer reality for everyone, through the active involvement of all the partner institutions and entities. The FAMSI was created in 2000 with the aim of coordinating the interest and technical and finantial resources directed to cooperation. Over the years, and with experience acquired, it has increased its activity by diversifying subject areas, scopes of action, working networks and regional and international impact. It encourages an exchange of experiences between Andalusia and other world regions. It takes part in preparing regional, national and international strategies of international cooperation and development. It connects the players in local decentralised cooperation in Andalusia with those in other communities in the north and south, as well as with communities undergoing socieconomic development processes, with the support of international cooperation. The Sustainable Development Goals include the local role played in the creation of sustainable cities and communities, among the challenges of an ambitious action plan with 17 targets and 169 economic, social and environmental goals over a fifteen year period. The FAMSI supports this new commitment, playing these objectives and goals as an essential point of reference for all its solidarity and cooperation initiatives.