Minutes of the Seminar on the Thematic global evaluation of the Commission support to decentralisation processes, March 2012
The Thematic Global Evaluation of the Commission support to Decentralisation processes presentation seminar took place in Brussels in March 2012. Please read the Minutes of the Seminar.
- 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
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
Seminar presenting the results of the Evaluation of EC support to decentralisation processes
This event is of the type External event.
This event is organised by: Gessi Paola
- 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
- Urban development
- Monitoring and Evaluation of decentralisation
Anwar Shah/World Bank (2004) Fiscal Decentralization in Developing and Transition Economies: Progress, Problems, and the Promise
This paper discusses the transformation of public sector thinking in public sectors of developing and transition countries. Countries are reconsidering their fiscal systems and searching for the right balance between central government control and decentralized governance.
Commonwealth Secretariat (2011) Resource Guide on Decentralisation and Local Government. Commonwealth Secretariat Local Government Reform Series Number 3.
Estimates suggest that decentralisation is currently being pursued in over 80 per cent of developing countries worldwide. For many people, local government is the part of government that most directly impacts on their lives, particularly via the provision of local services like water, sanitation, primary education and primary healthcare.
UNDP (2007) Local Government in Post-Conflict Environments
What role does local government (LG) play in post-conflict reconstruction? What are the key issues for LG in post-conflict contexts? This paper, published by the United Nations Development Programme, argues that further research is required on the role of LG in conflict prevention, particularly on the contextual factors that enable LG to mitigate conflict. Donors should recognise the significance of LG and undertake political economy analysis to ensure that they engage with LG appropriately.
LSE (2011) Cities in Fragile States.
The ‘Cities and Fragile States’ is a research programme of the Crisis States Research Centre of The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Over the past two decades, many cities around the world have become characterised by rising forms of violence, insecurity and illegality.
