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Territorial governance as a vector for human development
the development of actions to improve integration of vulnerable populations.
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order to better connect citizens to local and national governments. Access to information is essential to better prepare populations for risks. The panel established essential principles, such as: open access to all information, with the support of the private sector to implement open and full distribution, including the implementation of strategic plans; better communication between national, local and civil society; the need for better direction at central level on the implementation of programmes; better connection between local authorities and communities on the ground in terms of dialogues on risk and programmes on risk reduction.
Improving municipal law for sustainable urban development Organised by UN-Habitat
Participants highlighted that changes on a small level can have significant impact on legislative processes in order to make them more inclusive and generate more positive urban development. Participants recognized that it is essential to undertake a capacity review of local governments, to allocate special funds to local legislative processes and to reinforce capacities and improve provide training to those who draft legislation.
Organised by National Coordination of INDH, Morocco
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Urban strategic planning Organised by the City of Rabat, Medcities
These exchanges allowed for sharing and enriching of the reflection process on urban strategic planning in terms of methodology and financing, following-up of strategic actions aimed at the reinforcement of territorial balances, in particular raising standards in disadvantaged neighbourhoods, the combat against various types of exclusion and precariousness, and
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The main conclusion and recommendations of the panel were, among others, the reinforcement of resources allocated to local development, better synchronisation of decentralization processes, adoption of a participatory approach in decision making processes and steps to ensuring the implementation of transparency and accountability principles.
Issues and challenges for development actors with a view to good territorial governance Organised by UNDP-Art
The issues faced by territorial authorities in terms of coordination and interaction were discussed and the situations and/or trends were further clarified for the debate, i.e. the importance of strategic participatory planning, the drafting of multilevel frameworks (national-local-international). Participants in this side event agreed that the following points were considered with attention: good practices of governance and local development initiated by civil society and local authorities in
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