Welcome to AUMA’s Intermunicipal Cooperation Web Page
The purpose of this page is to provide municipalities with constantly updated information, resources and tools that they will need to begin or continue effective working relationships with other municipalities.
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Municipalities in proximity to each other almost inevitably have to share assets. They may have to rely on drinking water from the same source, deposit waste in the same landfill site, move traffic over roads that connect with each other or deal with any
number of other such linkages. Last year, AUMA conducted research and a survey of membership on intermunicipal cooperation. This brief paper outlines the research and survey results.
Municipalities across Alberta have developed collaboration protocols and agreements to guide their business activities in ways that limit opportunities for conflict escalation. This link provides examples of these protocols and agreements.
If you have participated in developing an inter-municipal cooperation agreement and are willing to share it with other municipalities, e-mail us the agreement.
Municipalities have also realized the benefits of cooperation, as told by these stories to Municipal Affairs.
These resources are available to you from the Government of Alberta. They will help you deal with dispute resolution and will help you increase capacity.
Academics can help municipal leaders really think about the issue. We have compiled a list of some useful academic resources.
Municipalities all across Canada are faced with having to understand intermunicipal cooperation. After the link, find a compilation of helpful Canadian resources.
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