The French Minister Mme Lebranchu, together with Rafael Schmidt, visited Sweden last Monday. A meeting was held at the Swedish Local Government Association to which Lars M Andersson and Tomas Werngren, the present CEO of Kommuninvest, was invited. One of the topics for this meeting was the creation of a new local government funding agency in France, to which Kommuninvest is a major inspiration.
The Chairman of the Swedish Local Government Association, Anders Knape, also gave a general presentation of local public sector in Sweden, followed by a discussion about the equalization system between local authorities.