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The main umbrella organisation in the UK for local authorities linking with similar organisations abroad is the Local Government International Bureau (LGIB), based in London. See http://www.lgib.gov.uk/ for further details. This has a combined Czech and Slovak working group. Although they do offer help to those wishing to establish cultural and social links, they are particularly involved with technical schemes funded by the British Government and the European Union to enable services to be developed in the countries concerned. In November 1996 (so now fairly out of date) the LGIB database held the following information on NON-technical links between Britain and the Czech and Slovak Republics. CZECH REPUBLIC FORMAL LINKS - 15 Coventry - Ostrava 1959 INFORMAL LINKS - 6 Blackburn and Zlín UK LOCAL AUTHORITIES ACTIVELY REQUESTING A CZECH LINK - 7 Berwick upon Tweed (26,700) CZECH COMMUNITIES REQUESTING A UK TWIN - 24 IN NORTH MORAVIA Bílá Voda (520) IN SOUTH MORAVIA Bučovice (6,663) IN NORTH BOHEMIA Chomutov (54,531) IN SOUTH BOHEMIA Jindřichúv Hradec (93,900) IN CENTRAL BOHEMIA Dobříš (8,000) IN EAST BOHEMIA Libčany (750) UK PRELIMINARY LINKS OR PRELIMINARY INTEREST IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC - 16 Alyth CZECH PRELIMINARY ENQUIRES - 4 Pardubice
SLOVAK REPUBLIC FORMAL LINKS - 1 Durham - Banská Bystrica District INFORMAL LINKS - 5 Chepstow and Bojnice UK AUTHORITIES ACTIVELY REQUESTING A SLOVAK LINK - 4 Broxtowe, Nottinghamshire (107,000) SLOVAK COMMUNITIES REQUESTING A UK LINK - 5 Bardejov, East Slovakia (31,000) UK PRELIMINARY ENQUIRIES REGARDING LINKING - 2 Alyth, Tayside SLOVAK PRELIMINARY ENQUIRIES - 4 Levoča
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