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

Budget Support Scale and LoCAL: Where Potential Converges

Rut Gomez Sobrino updated the Information | 12 March 2020

At a recent gathering in Brussels, staff from the EU and UNCDF came together to explore country experiences with budget support in decentralised contexts and the LoCAL mechanism’s Performance Based Climate Resilience Grants. Participants examined how the LoCAL mechanism and budget support...

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Group: Economics, public finance, domestic revenue mobilisation & budget support
Budget Support Scale and LoCAL: Where Potential Converges

Rut Gomez Sobrino posted Information | 19 February 2020

At a recent gathering in Brussels, staff from the EU and UNCDF came together to explore country experiences with budget support in decentralised contexts and the LoCAL mechanism’s Performance Based Climate Resilience Grants. Participants examined how the LoCAL mechanism and budget support...

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Group: Economics, public finance, domestic revenue mobilisation & budget support
EU-Localising the SDGs and the Paris Agreement EU-UNCDF brainstorming session on budget support in decentralized contexts and performance based (climate resilience) grants

Rut Gomez Sobrino posted Information | 19 February 2020

Background Over the last two decades, decentralisation has evolved as a mean to addressing various challenges in their local contexts, opening the way to a greater developmental role for local authorities. In line with the EU publication (2019), functional and fiscal reassignments within a country’...

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Group: GCCA+ Community
WB/AFD Partnership - hybrid design training process "financial strategy tools for local governments".

Xavier BRUSSEAU posted Information | 5 December 2019

La 4ème session de ce dispositif se déroulera à partir du 3 février 2020 (à noter les 3 parcours débutent à la même date – pour une durée de 5 semaines). Les inscriptions se font en ligne du 2 décembre 2019 au 24 janvier 2020 : https://campus-collectivites-finances-locales.com/

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Group: Knowledge Sharing and Knowledge Management for Development
1.1 History and track records of decentralisation reforms

Nicolas Casel updated the WIKI page | 5 December 2019

Over the last 3 decades of decentralisation reforms worldwide, generic lessons have been learnt: Decentralisation is driven by politics and not by development objectives. There is no empirical evidence of a link between decentralisation and development. A democratic foundation is important for a...

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Group: Public Sector Reform & Decentralisation
Jadesola Bello commented on information | 27 November 2019

Blockchain for digital government (Joint Research Centre - European Commission)

Hello Xavier. Can we have examples of governments that have deployed blockchain technology and how it has impacted governance. Sub Sahara Africa is far behind in good governance basically due to data gap. Where this technology has been deployed and makingimpacts will be welcome.

Group: Economics, public finance, domestic revenue mobilisation & budget support
Adrian Lawrence commented on a document | 27 November 2019

Assessing the Effectiveness of Climate Resilience Grants to Local Governments in Least Developed Countries

This is a really challenging area given the limited resources that local government typically has in developing countries and in some ways advanced countries also.

Group: GCCA+ Community
Blockchain for digital government (Joint Research Centre - European Commission)

Xavier LE MOUNIER posted Information | 3 October 2019

Link: https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/publication/eur-scientific-and-technical-res... Abstract: This report looks at the ongoing exploration of blockchain technology by governments. The analysis of a group of pioneering developments of public services shows that blockchain technology can reduce...

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Group: Economics, public finance, domestic revenue mobilisation & budget support
Assessing the Effectiveness of Climate Resilience Grants to Local Governments in Least Developed Countries

Eloise Pelaud uploaded a new Document | 10 September 2019

01.07.19-local-assessing-the-effectiveness-of-climate-resilience-grants.pdf 1.06 MB

Effectively addressing climate change impacts, requires action and adaptation at the local level. The United Nations Capital Development Fund and the World Resources Institute (WRI) have created an adaptation monitoring and evaluation framework to enable the Local Climate Adaptive Living Facility (...

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Group: GCCA+ Community
UNCDF LoCAL report period of global expansion (2014-2018)

Eloise Pelaud uploaded a new Document | 10 September 2019

local_report_2014_2018.pdf 1.8 MB

The Local Climate Adaptive Living (LoCAL) facility’s latest report summarizes the activities and results from the first period of the programmes global expansion (2014-2018) in Africa, Asia and the Pacific.

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Group: GCCA+ Community

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