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 recent seminar in Brussels, nearly 40 participants from some...
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...
The European Commission, like many other donor agencies, is providing growing levels of funds to support decentralisation and local governance in partner countries.
Tools & Methods series - Reference document n° 23 Over the last decade, a shift in the understanding of decentralisation has occurred. There is a clear move beyond the rather narrow concern of reforming the state to ensure...
This participants’ kit explores the usefulness of political economy diagnostics for understanding decentralisation and local governance processes. It also looks at how domestic accountability works in decentralised contexts, and...
In this presentation Leonardo Romeo argues the following: Decentralization is commonly discussed as part of the “good governance” agenda, much less of the “developmental state” agenda.….Yet in most developing countries the most...
REGIONAL EU SEMINAR IN QUITO (ECUADOR) ON DECENTRALISATION AND LOCAL GOVERNANCE (10-13 June 2013) EU Delegations from Latin and Central America and experts review three decades of decentralisation dynamics and explore possible new...
Brussels, August 31 st. 2020. When it comes to solving day to day problems, mayors are perhaps one of the most experienced authorities dealing with issues faced by the population. This is why, as every year, the European...
Decentralisation Reforms - Local Governance Local and Territorial Development Over the last two decades a shift in the understanding of decentralization has occurred, opening the way to a greater, more proactive, developmental role for Local Authorities. This has opened the way to a new understanding of Local Authorities as political actors (i.e. self-government mechanisms of a local political constituency) which are mandated to both help implement national policies in the localities and develop and implement their own local policies, programs and projects and not just “managerial” entities for delivery of a specific set of services. As a consequence Local Authorities are increasingly seen as critically important partners of central governments, who could both implement and supplement national development efforts.
DG DEVCO Unit B2 Civil Society and Local Authorities
The seminar has three major goals: 1) Clarify the concept of Territorial Approach to Local Development as an analytical framework that can be understood as the missing link between decentralization reforms and development outcomes. 2) Sharpen the understanding of the participants of the political economy of decentralization reforms (DR) in the region, and the conditions under which the reforms may lead to improved local governance (LG) and genuine local development (LD). 3) Recognize the opportunities and constraints that EU delegations may face in promoting Territorial Approach to Local Development (TALD), because of the context in which they operate, the demands of the EU aid management cycle and the aid modalities available to them.
DG DEVCO – Unit B2 Civil society, Local Authorities