Local governance and decentralization in Europe & CIS

Training Program: Towards a Modern Local Government Association

 (under construction)

Training of Trainers, 2-4 May 2007, Istanbul, Turkey

• Trainings Workshop Program (objectives, agenda, detailed training curriculum)
• Participant list
• Event Pictures 

Training Program based on the UNDP-COE toolkit: ‘Towards a modern Local Government Association’

Introductory Training Program (2 days)

• Training Curriculum
• Towards a Modern LGA (ppt presentation)
• Leadership for a Modern LGA (ppt presentation)
• Strategic Planning (ppt presentation)
• Advocacy (ppt presentation)

Leadership Training Program (2 days)

• Training Curriculum
• Understanding LGA Leadership (ppt presentation)
• Critical Factors in LGA Leadership (supplementary material)

Service Delivery Training Program (2 days)

• Training Curriculum
• Financing Service Delivery of Local Government Associations (ppt presentation)
• LGA Service Delivery Streamlined with Mission and Strategic Objectives (ppt presentation)
• Leadership for an Enabling Environment (ppt presentation)
• Example 1-4; Example 5; Example 6; Example 7
• Exercises 1-4
• Handout 1

Communication Training Program (2 days)

• Training Curriculum
• General set-up of LGAs (ppt presentation)
• Communication and Advocacy (ppt presentation)
• The Association Netherlands Municipalities (supplementary material, article)