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Table 1. Paris Declaration at the local level: principles, sub-indices and indicators PRINCIPLE / SUB INDEX
INDICATOR
A. Ownership A.1. Local government leadership in planning.
1. The sub-national government has its own development strategy linked to and elaborated together with other levels of government.
A.2. Local government leadership in management.
2. The sub-national government leads the management, involving local stakeholders in its efforts.
B. Alignment B.1. International cooperation is aligned 3. International cooperation aligns the flow of aid with the sub-national with local government strategies. governments’ planning and budget. B.2. International cooperation uses the country's existing systems.
4. Programs and projects are implemented following the sub-national governments’ structure and systems.
B.3. Local governments strengthen their 5. International cooperation supports the capacity-building of subdevelopment capacity with support national governments with programs that are coordinated and coherent from international cooperation. with the development strategies. B.4. Building public finance management capacity.
6. International cooperation uses the sub-national governments’ systems for public finance management.
B.5. Untied aid.
7. The procurement of goods and services is undertaken by sub-national governments, and is based on the best quality at the lowest price.
C. Harmonization C.1. International cooperation organizations implement common arrangements and simplify procedures.
8. Cooperation agencies engage in joint planning / programming in defined spaces within sub-national governments.
C.2. Complementarity: a more efficient division of labor.
10. Cooperation agencies present within the same region jointly manage / delegate the implementation of programs and projects.
9. Cooperation agencies operating in the same sector / region undertake joint or delegated evaluations.
11. Cooperation agencies present within the same region coordinate among themselves to conduct and use common assessments / guidelines. D. Managing for results D.1. Management and implementation 12. The sub-national government has a system to evaluate compliance are based on outcomes defined in with the Local Development Plan and the contribution of international local planning. cooperation to this plan.