Our Team
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Jeremy Smith
Jeremy Smith is a non-executive Director of Advocacy International.
Since May 2002, he has been the Secretary-General of the Council of European Municipalities and Regions(CEMR), which brings together the national associations of local and regional government in over 30 countries and promotes their interests and values in the European arena.
Having practised as a barrister from 1971, he worked for local and regional government since 1983, when he joined the Greater London Council as senior legal adviser. From 1989 to 1995 he was Chief Executive of the London Borough of Camden, and from 1996 to 2002 Director of the UK's Local Government International Bureau. He was also until May 2004 Secretary-General to the International Union of Local Authorities (IULA), playing a key role in the establishment of United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), the new unified world organisation. He was also a member of the UN Millennium Project Task Force on Improving the Lives of Slumdwellers, whose report ("A home in the city") is at http://www.unmillenniumproject.org/reports/tf_slum.htm. Other previous additional roles include those of Clerk to the North London Waste Authority, and Treasurer of the Commonwealth Local Government Forum.
He is a highly experienced speaker and writer on European and international affairs, including many European Commission and Parliament conferences, on issues ranging from subsidiarity to public procurement and sustainable development.
