The United Nations University Office at the UN, New York in cooperation with the Government of Catalonia, is organizing a multi-part panel discussion as part of the UNU Midday Forums entitled "Decentralized Governments and the New Multilateralism". It will feature experts in decentralized cooperation, including representatives from the Government of Catalonia, the UNU Programme on Comparative Regional Integration Studies and the United Nations Development Programme. The panel discussion will provide insights on various approaches towards multilateral cooperation and on potential avenues for decentralized governments to establish relations with bodies such as the United Nations and the European Union. The panel will include a presentation and discussion of the Multilateral Development Cooperation Strategy prepared by the Autonomous Government of Catalonia. Among other objectives, the strategy aims to promote greater participation by autonomous governments, as well as non-state actors, in cooperation for development. The strategy was prepared by the Catalonian government in an effort to better align its cooperation policies with multilateral cooperation bodies, in addition to widening the policy space for and promoting the value of decentralized and non-government participation in cooperation for development.  The conference should be of great interest for scholars and practitioners in the fields of cooperation for development, multilevel governance and federalism.