The European Benchmark of Local Public Services
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The network’s activities include meetings between members and guest contributors from national or international institutions, universities, research organizations and companies.
The meetings, one and a half days in length, take place in various cities around France at the invitation of a local authority. Since it was founded in 2012, BEST has met 30 times in 22 different cities.
The 30th meeting took place in Bologna in September 2024.
Go to meetings Continue reading “Activities and support”The National Representative coordinates the BEST network and represents all the member local authority chief executives.
Along with Christian Gauffin, she prepares the agendas for meetings in accordance with the network’s values and objectives and build close relationships with all members.
She strives to create a climate of trust enabling the free, open discussion that has been BEST’s trademark since the network was founded.
Anne Jestin
National Representative of the BEST network since December 2023
Chief executive of Métropole de Lyon
BEST is a network of peers who meet to discuss their projects or experiments. Not only is the diversity of territorial dynamics enlightening, but these exchanges are enriched by the contribution, always very stimulating, of researchers or experts, not to mention the “former” City CEOs who provide the youngest with the benefit of their experience. Read the interview.
Contact Anne Jestin Continue reading “The National Representative”
My role is to ensure the network meetings are interesting and held regularly, by mobilizing the contributors who can bring another European perspective or different angle on the subjects discussed. Everyone is convinced that the success of BEST stems not only from the choice of the subjects and how they are covered, but also from the pleasure of talking with peers in a setting removed from the pressures of everyday work.
Continue reading “THE BEST MEETINGS IN THE EYES OF THE ORGANIZER”
The next BEST network meeting will take place in :
5th to 6th December 2024.