Public Sector Reform & Decentralisation

You Most Burning Questions about Decentralisation and Local Governance

Welcome to the capacity4dev mini-site on Decentralisation!

This mini-site provides short summaries, videos and additional resources (project summaries, publications, evaluations, and much more!) with regards to various topics and knowledge areas in the field of Decentralisation and Local Governance.

The topics are classified under the following videos:

Decentralization: What is it and why do it?

Image 30 years of decentralisation in Latin America Tulia Falleti	Image Decentralisation is a state reform Tulia Falleti
Image Difference between support to decentralization and support to Local Authorities Daniel Garcia Gonzalez

Collaboration between Local Authorities & Civil Society

Image Interaction between LAs and Civil Society to produce better local development outcomes Leonardo Romeo	Image Local community participation in decentralization process: options, opportunities and risk Tulia Falleti
Image The two Conditions for recently created local participatory institutions in Latin America to work properly and enhance local democracy Tulia Falleti	Image Accountability and Citizen Participation at the Local Level Paul Smoke
Image Local versus traditional authorities in Bolivia Alfonso García	Image La Décentralisation Démocratique Jesse Ribot
Image Freins et Obstacles à la Décentralisation Démocratique Jesse Ribot	Image Un cas pratique le transfert de compétence dans la gestion de Forets au Sénégal Jesse Ribot
Image Promouvant la Démocratie Locale Jesse Ribot

Territorial Development

Image Local planning and multi-actor planning: are they the same? Leonardo Romeo	Image Territorial Approach to Local Development (explaining terms) Leonardo Romeo
Image Why is the Territorial Approach to Local Development important? Leonardo Romeo	Image Improvements in the Local Development Management System to achieve the Territorial Approach to Local Development Leonardo Romeo
Image Layers of Accountability Paul Smoke	Image Multi actor and multilevel system of Governance in Bolivia Alfonso García
Image Policy and institutional changes to achieve the Territorial Approach to Local Development Leonardo Romeo

Fiscal Dimension

Image Innovating funding modalities towards LAs: Experiences of UNCDF David Jackson	Image Autonomy of Local Authorities Paul Smoke
Image Accountability of Local Authorities Paul Smoke	Image Link between autonomy and Accountability Paul Smoke
Image What is Fiscal Autonomy at local level? Daniel García Gonzáles

Capacity Building

Image The three basic dimensions of Capacity building of Local Authorities Leonardo Romeo

The Associations of Local Authorities

Image Associations of Local Authorities: what roles do they play? Leonardo Romeo

Support Modalities

Image Innovating funding modalities towards LAs: Experiences of UNCDF David Jackson	Image Scaling up from Experimentation to Endogenous Policy Making Process in Decentralisation: the "Cambodia" Case Paul Smoke
Image Performance Based Grant Systems (PBG) David Jackson	Image Budget support and PEFAs at sub-national level Patrick Gallard
Image Budget Support: Traceability and Fungibility of Funds Patrick Gallard	Image The Role of Civil Society on Budget Support in Peru Patrick Gallard
Image Budget support and Local Dimension: the case of Peru by Patrick Gallard