DeLOG (2009) Specific Guiding Principles for Enhancing Alignment and Harmonisation on Local Governance and Decentralisation that will apply to specific country contexts

The specific guiding principles cover the central fields of action of the general guiding principles, adopted by DeLOG in 2008. They focus on steps to be taken by DeLOG at headquarters and at country level in order to apply the general guiding principles in a more operational manner.

The specific guiding principles resulted from studies indicating that the challenges of improving alignment and harmonisation are closely linked to (1) the status of advancement of the decentralisation process in the country and (2) theapproach of government to development partners’ coordination of support.