Local governance and decentralization in Europe & CIS

Local Governance and Decentralisation (LGD) Training - June 5 th - 7th, 2007

The UNDP Bratislava Regional Centre organised a training on Local Governance and Decentralisation in Bratislava on 5-7 June 2007. The objective of the course was to provide senior UNDP staff participants in Europe and the CIS region (Resident Representatives, Deputy Resident Representatives, Senior National Officers and Project Managers) with the necessary theoretical knowledge combined with practical exercises on LGD, so as to identify entry points and programme in support of decentralisation and establish substantive and co-financing partnerships with stakeholders to address the challenges of decentralisation.

The sessions of the training included:

1. Introduction to Decentralisation

• Issue Background
• Powerpoint: Decentralisation What and Why - Adrian Campbell
• Case Study: Kyrgyzstan

2. Fiscal Decentralisation

• Issue Background
• Powerpoint: Fiscal Decentralisation - Nick Devas
• Case Study: Slovakia

3. Capacity Development

• Issue Background
• Powerpoint: Decentralisation and Capacity Development
• Case Study: Armenia

4. Public Service Delivery

• Issue Background
• Powerpoint: Public Service Delivery - Krzysztof Herbst
• Case Study: Macedonia

For more information, please contact:

• Nicoletta Feruglio, Fiscal Decentralization Advisor - nicoletta.feruglio@undp.org
• Dafina Gercheva, Capacity Development Adivsor - dafina.gercheva@undp.org