Local Governance

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Local Governance Citizen Participation
Furthering National Level Policy Reform
National Policy Component ofLocal Governance and
Citizen Participation
The Urban Institute Subcontractor USAIDProject
Local Governance Citizen Participation
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KEY ACTIVITIES IN THE PREVIOUS LGI PROJECT

• Technical Assistance to the Presidential Working
  Group on the Law on Bodies of Local State Power
  (passed by Parliament in 2004)
• Technical Assistance to the Presidential Working
  Group on the Public Administration Reform
  Strategy
• (signed by the President in March 2006)
• Study Tours on Local Government in Albania,
  Slovakia, Latvia, Poland

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National Policy Objective

• Decentralization
• Support and advance national level policy reform
  leading to greater functions and responsibilities
  for local governments

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National Policy Objective

• Principal of Subsidiarity
• Services are best provided by the government
  level that is closest to the recipients of the
  service

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National Policy Objective

• To effectively implement the rule of Subsidiarity
  Local Government needs

• Clear assignment of functions/responsibilities
• Authority to carry out its responsibilities
• Resources to provide assigned functions

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KEY ACTIVITIES IN LGCP PROJECT

• Support formation and organization of PWG to
  implement the Local Government Strategy
• Spearhead Policy analysis through Technical
  Assistance on the issues of local government
• Organization Administration
• Functional Assignments
• Financing --Revenues Taxes Tariffs Transfers
• Property

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KEY ACTIVITIES IN LGCP PROJECT

• Process of Policy Analysis
• Currently conducting legislative reviews of
  existing legislative framework with the
  Presidential appointed committees joint research
• Organization Administration
• Functional Assignments
• Committees awaiting appointment for legislative
  reviews
• Financing --Revenues Taxes Tariffs Transfers
• Property and Asset

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KEY ACTIVITIES IN LGCP PROJECT

• Process of Policy Analysis
• Follow on comparative field studies of actual
  practice vs legislative framework
• Analysis of legal framework to practice
• Guidance documents and technical Assistance to
  review the reports with the PWG
• Organization Administration
• Functional Assignments
• Financing --Revenues Taxes Tariffs Transfers
• Property and Asset

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KEY ACTIVITIES IN LGCP PROJECT

• Create an Atmosphere of support and understanding
  for Local Government Reform
• Conduct seminar on Theory and Practice of LSG
• Disseminate the findings from the Policy Analysis
• Conduct Policy Dialogues

• Citizen groups
• NGOs, Mahalla leaders, CBOs, etc.
• Donor Implementers
• Local Government officials
• Publically Owned Enterprises
• Media

All Results to be Fed Back to PWG
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KEY ACTIVITIES IN LGCP PROJECT

• Maintain mechanisms to coordinate reform policy
  interventions
• Implementers
• Donors
• Other Stake holders

• Conduct Study Tours on local government
  structures, financing, functions
• Participants to include
• Policy officials
• Local Government officials
• Citizen Groups
• Media

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EXPECTED RESULTS

• Significant progress towards or the passage of a
  Democratic Local Government Law
• Local government functional assignments revised
  and realigned in the Law
• Significant progress is made towards the
  permanent, direct election of Jamoat Councils
  Chairman

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EXPECTED RESULTS

• Tajikistan complies with five or more of the
  principles of European Charter on LSG
• All draft laws and policies openly vetted by all
  stakeholders
• Citizen groups
• NGOs
• Mahalla leaders
• CBOs
• Donor Implementers
• Local Government officials
• Publically Owned Enterprises
• Media