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Public Sector Reform & Decentralisation

Support to public sector reform, decentralisation and local governance includes policy dialogue, capacity development and financial support to promote effectiveness, responsiveness and efficiency of public administration at central and sub-national levels. Themes include: public sector and civil service reform; decentralisation, improved service delivery and local governance.

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Decentralisation conflict and fragile states - Fiscal decentralisation - Local authorities and capacity building - Local governance - Political economy of decentralisation and local governance

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  • Where Is My Dough? A Fun Tune with A Serious Message

    Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 15 April 2013
    "Know where your dough is!" is the catchy refrain of this serious-minded jingle. Dominican Republic civil society groups, with support from the European Commission, have come together around a colourful campaign that urges citizens to press their local authorities to spend national cash...
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  • It Takes More Than a Computer

    Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 15 April 2013
    Cars, computers and formal training may often be requested as part of a public sector reform programme, but it’s changes in the behaviour and mindsets of people that produce lasting results, according to a recent blog post by World Bank experts.
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  • Quake Disaster Shouldn't Detract from Long-term Objectives

    Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 15 April 2013
    Haiti is still reeling from a devastating earthquake, but its leaders don’t want the humanitarian relief operation to detract from the country’s long-term development objectives and the Commission has offered its support, according to top officials.
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  • A Lesson in Public Sector Reform from Haiti

    Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 15 April 2013
    The European Commission's experience in Haiti in support of a government-wide strengthening of the executive branch provides an encouraging example of government-driven donor co-ordination and an imaginative approach to capacity development and technical co-operation in a fragile or post-...
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  • Understanding Decentralisation and How to Support it

    Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 15 April 2013
    The European Commission, like many other donor agencies, is providing growing levels of funds to support decentralisation and local governance in partner countries.
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  • EuropeAid: Third Regional Workshop on Democratic Governance

    Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 15 April 2013
    The regional workshops provide an occasion for colleagues working on democratic governance to meet and exchange experiences and ideas. This year, key topics included presentations and discussions on:
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  • Why State Building is not working in DR Congo

    Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 15 April 2013
    At a recent debate at the European Commission's EuropeAid headquarters, Theodore Trefon, who is also a contributor and editor of the 2005 book, "Reinventing Order in the Congo", sparked a lively debate with his hard-hitting assessment of donor short-comings in Africa's largest...
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  • Decentralisation and Local Governance: Participate in a Virtual Discussion Group

    Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 15 April 2013
    European Commission staff are already participating in online discussion forums and recently, a discussion group was launched on decentralisation and local governance, feeding into a workshop in Brussels in July. "I am a task manager for local governance and civil society in A. I only arrived...
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  • Explaining the Complexities of Public Sector Reform

    Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 15 April 2013
    Can the complexities and challenges of public sector reform be explained in understandable language and clear terms? Test it yourself - for this is what the new reference document produced by unit E4 in EuropeAid sets out to do.
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  • Public Administration Reform in Morocco

    Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 15 April 2013
    The government of Morocco is engaged in an ambitious programme of public sector reform. Some eight years into the programme, experience shows that such reform is time consuming and requires cross-ministerial support and robust regulation to be successful, writes Pierre Hennebert, E4 EuropeAid in a...
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