SURVEY ON SUPPORT TO LOCAL GOVERNANCE AND DECENTRALISATION

For the Informal Donor Working Group on Local Governance and Decentralisation
Final report

Study Objective and Methodology

The aim of the study was to analyse donor rationale, strategies, practices and lessons learned with support to local governance and decentralisation reforms and processes in order to facilitate harmonisation and alignment of the support in the partner countries.

The specific objective of the survey was to generate a basic overview of donor support to decentralisation and local governance.

The survey covered 7 organisations and countries assistance:

1. Belgium Technical Cooperation (BTC)
2. Danish International Development Assistance (Danida)
3. European Commission/ Europe Aid
4. France /Direction Generale de la Cooperation Internationale et du Development (DGCID)/ AFD
5. Germany/ BMZ/GTZ/KfW
6. The Netherlands/DGIS
7. Switzerland/SDC