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Additional video interviews: Perspectives on the Evaluation of the EC Support to Decentralisation Processes
The following interviews are linked to the magazine article, Perspectives on the Evaluation of the EC Support to Decentralisation Processes.
The presentation of the evaluation of ten years of EU support to decentralisation processes, 2000-2009, took place in Brussels in March 2012. Capacity4dev.eu interviewed several of the participants in order to share their viewpoints on the processes and outcomes.
- 2012
- Political economy of decentralisation and local governance
- Aid modalities to support decentralisation
- Fiscal decentralisation
- Local governance, citizen participation and accountability
- Decentralisation and local economic development
- Decentralisation, sector policies and local service delivery
- Decentralisation, conflict and fragile states
- Local governments and capacity building
Conference concept and contribution paper/Conference "Aid effectiveness, multilevel governance and decentralised cooperation" (13 december 2011, Basque Government Delegation in Brussels)
Dear Colleagues,
Please find enclosed the concept and contribution paper about our conference "Aid effectiveness, multilevel governance and decentralised cooperation" (13 december 2011, Basque Government Delegation in Brussels).
Information about the conference:
Understanding Decentralisation and How to Support it; Seminar July 2009
Guides de mise en œuvre décentralisée des politiques sectorielles à l’intention des communes
L’équipe de mise en œuvre du programme ACORDS a proposé aux communes bénéficiaires d’une subvention la mise en œuvre des actions dans les domaines de l’eau, piste rurales, place de marché, santé et éducation identifiés dans des Plans d’Investissement annuels en quatre grandes étapes .
Mainstreaming Gender Equality in Decentralisation and Local Dévelopment
This brief concept note is designed to complement the information on
mainstreaming gender equality provided in the existing Handbook on Good
Governance ( EC 2003 ), and focuses on mainstreaming gender equality in
three of the processes discussed therein, namely decentralisation, public
administration reform, and local development.
This concept note should also be read in conjunction with Gender Help Desk
Briefing Notes on Gender and Good Governance, Women’s Human Rights, and
Supporting Decentralisation and Local Governance ion third countries, January 2007
This Reference document seeks to provide strategic and operational guidance on
1. how best to support processes of decentralisation and local governance in third countries,
and
2. how to ensure that EC support to sector policies (eg in health, education, water & sanitation)
Engaging with Non-state Actors in General Budget Support and Sector Policy Support Programmes - Training Seminar
Workshop "Engaging with Non-state Actors in General Budget Support and Sector Policy Support Programmes"
Engaging with Non-state Actors in New Aid Modalities
the leaflet present in short the reference document n° 12 "engaging non state actors in new aid modalities", to be published in July 2011
Decentralisation and Local Governance: Participate in a Virtual Discussion Group
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 2009.
Presentations and material - "Political Economy at Work", 11-12 January 2011
Seminar - Political Economy at Work, Brussels, 11-12 January 2011
Understanding Decentralisation and How to Support it
The European Commission, like many other donor agencies, is providing growing levels of funds to support decentralisation and local governance in partner countries. At a seminar in Brussels from 6th to 10th July 2009, nearly 40 participants from some 25 delegations gathered to learn how development practitioners can strengthen the effectiveness of EC activity in this area with visiting experts from Burkina Faso, France, Madagascar, and Mali.