28 March - 4 April 2007 - A training activity for the new elected Presidents of the Provincial Assembly of the DRC was organised. The delegation was composed of six Presidents of the Provincial Assemblies (West Kasai, Bas-Congo, North Kivu, South Kivu, Maniema, and Kinshasa), the General Secretary of the Senate and the President of the Independent Electoral Commission.
During the visit, the Presidents of the six Provincial Assemblies signed a statement of intents with the Euro-African Partnership.
According to this agreement, the Euro-African Partnership would involve the Tuscany Region, other European Regions and the CRPM (Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions) to promote the elaboration of a project aimed at supporting the decentralization process in the DRC.
In light of the above, a delegation of the Tuscany Region, the University of Siena and the Euro-African Partnership participated in several meetings held in Kinshasa (DRC) from 1 to 5 October 2007.

The meetings were organised by the UNDP, Italian Embassy and Government of DRC in collaboration with relevant political authorities, international agencies and donors engaged in supporting the decentralisation process.