IGCOORD aims to provide systematic and comparable insights in the institutions, mechanisms and processes of intergovernmental coordination in the horizontal and in the vertical direction, across levels of government, policy sectors and territorial units.

Arjan Schakel and Bilal Hassan from WP 1 presented their findings during IGCOORD first conference in May 2023. Their presentation was entitled « Intergovernmental Relations During Crises: Self-rule and Shared rule of Local and Regional Governments During the Covid-19 Crisis in 31 European Countries ».