Local Governance

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Local Governance Citizen Participation

• A tightly integrated series of
• results oriented activities

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USAID Objectives

• Enhance the framework for decentralization
• Increase local government capacity
• Increase channels for citizen participation
• Increase access to information locally so
• Local Government Becomes
• Effective, Accountable, Responsive
• AND,,, RESPONSIBLE

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Basic Premises Local Government

• Local Government is the sustainable provider of
  basic services to citizens
• Local Government responsibility is to provide
  those basic services that individuals cannot
  reasonably and effectively provide for themselves
• Health
• Safety
• Welfare for the Greater Good

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Basic Premises Local Government

• Services are best provided by the government
  level that is closest to the recipients of the
  service (Principal of subsidiarity)
• To effectively perform its responsibilities Local
  Government needs
• Clear assignment of responsibilities
• Authority to carry out its responsibilities
• Resources to provide assigned functions

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The Program Starts with Local Government
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Functional Premise

• Project Provides a Tightly Integrated Process

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Components of the LGCP

• National Policy
• Capacity Building
• Citizen Civil Society
• Media

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Components
National Policy

• Provide Technical Assistance to implement the
  Local Government Reform Strategy as part of the
  Public Administration Reform Strategy

More to come next month
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Capacity Building -Basic Premises

• Local government service providers need
• Technical skills to deliver services this
  requires technical training
• Equipment and infrastructure to be able to
  deliver services (Resources)
• Management skills to efficiently and effectively
  provide services
• Knowledge and Skills to educate and involve
  Citizens

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Capacity Building --Training

• Theory Practice of Local Government
• What it Can and Cannot Do
• How it is organized and structured
• International models of local governments
• Budgeting for Local Governments
• Costing Services
• Setting Fees for Full Cost Recovery
• Citizen Involvement Techniques
• Basic computer Skills
• Public Hearings

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Citizens Civil Society Basic Premises

• Bring citizens and civil society into the realm
  of local governments
• Build understanding of the roles and
  responsibilities of local governments
• Build understanding of the positive roles that
  citizens and civil society sector can play in
  local governance

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Citizens Civil Society Basic Premises

• For Citizens Civil Society to Effectively
  Perform Their Responsibilities as Citizens, the
  Citizenry Needs To
• Understand what government can and cannot do
• Have Access to information
• Have Access to government officials
• Participate in Meaningful Involvement in Decision
  Making
• Recognize that they must pay for the services

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Citizen/Civil Society Training

• Theory Practice of Local Government
• What it Can and Cannot Do
• How it is organized and structured
• International models of local governments
• Constructive Partnerships with the Local
  Government Decision Making and Implementation
• From Policy to Budgets How Governments Make
  Decisions Where the Money Comes From
• Effective Participation in Public Hearings as an
  NGO or Citizen
• Service Improvement Action Planning (SIAP) how
  citizens can get involved with improving services

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Basic Premises Media

• To effectively perform their responsibilities
  Media Needs To
• Have Access to information
• Understand what government can and cannot do
• Have Access to government officials
• Develop Skills in communicating
• Take an Ethical approach to reporting information
  in an accurate unbiased way

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Media Training

• Theory Practice of Local Government
• What it Can and Cannot Do
• How it is organized and structured
• International models of local governments
• Roles and Responsibilities of Local Government,
  Civil Society, Citizens and the Media
• Reporting on local government Finances What is
  a Budget? How does Public Procurement Work?
• Role of the Media in Holding Local Government
  Accountable
• How to Access Information Media Ethics
• Effective methods of Working with Government
  Officials

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Media Contributions to Local Government

• Create a more transparent local government
• Hold local government officials accountable to
  the people
• Assist in ending or dispelling the mistrust of
  government by citizens
• Create an educated population on
• The role of government
• The role of the citizen

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Jump Start Grants Basic Premises

• Grants follow Training and Technical Assistance
• Grants are to Jump Start Implementation
• Grants are to support and Jump Start innovative
  service improvements
• Grants are not for ongoing operations or support

Grants available for all components of the program