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

Local versus traditional authorities in Bolivia

Diane KELECOM updated the WIKI page | 5 March 2014

In this video Alfonso García, consultant at VNG International , outlines the differences between existing indigenous local governments which are organised according to local customs and Municipal governments which are the embodiment of the state at the local level. He then explains the relation...

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Accountability and Citizen Participation at the Local Level

Diane KELECOM updated the WIKI page | 5 March 2014

Paul Smoke, Professor of Public Finance and Planning and Director of International Programs , from NYU University, agrees that accountability is key to decentralisation, but argues that we need to look further than elections at the local level. Citizens need to connect with their local governments...

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Lessons from the “Cambodia” Case

Diane KELECOM updated the WIKI page | 5 March 2014

Scaling up from Experimentation to Endogenous Policy Making Process in Decentralisation Using the example of Cambodia's decentralisation reforms Paul Smoke, Professor of Public Finance and Planning and Director of International Programs , at NYU University, outlines how development partners have...

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Link between Autonomy and Accountability

Diane KELECOM updated the WIKI page | 5 March 2014

Paul Smoke, Professor of Public Finance and Planning and Director of International Programs , at NYU University Relevant documents Video transcript: "Link between Autonomy and Accountability" (27,5 KB) 2.3 - The political economy of Decentralisation: Empowering Local Governments: Autonomy and...

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Autonomy of Local Authorities

Diane KELECOM updated the WIKI page | 21 February 2014

In this video Paul Smoke, Professor of Public Finance and Planning and Director of International Programs , at NYU University, untangles the concept of local autonomy. First, explaining why autonomy at the local level, i.e. the ability of local authorities to respond to their constituents, is so...

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Symposium Cooperation for state building and state reforming, France

Fordin Marine created a new event | 20 February 2014

18 Mar

From 18 March 2014
in Paris (France)

Organised by Adetef, with the French ministries in charge of Economy and Finance, Ecology, Sustainable development and Energy and State Reform

On March 18, 2014 in Paris Under the aegis of Mr Pierre MOSCOVICI, Minister for the Economy and Finance and Ms Marylise LEBRANCHU, Minister for State Reform, Decentralisation and the Civil Service, Organised in partnership with the École nationale d’administration (National School of Administration...

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Group: Support and Expertise on Transition processes
What is Fiscal Autonomy at the Local Level?

Diane KELECOM updated the WIKI page | 12 February 2014

At local level, autonomy cannot be based solely on locally generated revenue. Therefore a system needs to be set up for central governments to provide resources to local authorities, through transfers, for them to fulfil their local responsibilities. But crucially, Daniel F Garcia Gonzalez, Vocal...

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The Three Basic Dimensions of Capacity Building of Local Authorities

Diane KELECOM updated the WIKI page | 12 February 2014

In this short segment Leonardo G. Romeo , Adjunct Professor of Planning at Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service, at the New York University , outlines how to provide strategic capacity building to local authorities, including Associations of Local Authorities at each step. Recorded on 13 June...

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Capacity Building

Diane KELECOM updated the WIKI page | 12 February 2014

The three basic dimensions of Capacity building of Local Authorities - In this short segment Leonardo Romeo (New York University) outlines how to provide strategic capacity building to local authorities.

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Difference between Support to Decentralisation and Support to Local Authorities

Diane KELECOM updated the WIKI page | 12 February 2014

In this video Daniel F Garcia Gonzalez, Vocal Asesor at the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) , explains how supporting the decentralisation process and supporting Local Authorities are two very different things. Once you clearly distinguish the two you can, in effect...

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