UCLG Position Paper v_2 (eng)
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Support Paper on Aid Effectiveness and Local Government
lessons learned from the collective experience of northern and southern LGAs, and reduce administrative burden on local partners. Wherever feasible, they will implement coordinated diagnostic assessments, planning, information sharing, environmental impact assessments, and monitoring & evaluation missions.
information sharing, environmental impact assessments, and monitoring & evaluation missions. Northern LGAs have organized joint regional workshops in the various regions in which they are working. This collaboration has facilitated the participation of a larger pool of LGAs from the regions and has engaged expert capacity building resources on various priority themes. Typically, these workshops are co-organized with the regional section (member) of UCLG in order to strengthen its capacity, increase its visibility as a provider of valued services to its members, and ensure longer-term sustainability.
4.4 Managing for results – Decentralization and local development as components of good local governance should be expected results of development cooperation •
Partners of the National Association of Communes and Sangkats (NLC/S) in Cambodia, such as FCM and VNG International, have also made a concerted effort to work with NLC/S in program coordination. Based on the strategic plan of NLC/S, the partners are providing technical assistance in areas of comparative expertise. For example, while VNG International is focusing its capacity building on member services and financial sustainability, FCM is helping to develop the systems, guidelines and tools to perform more effective communications and advocacy on behalf of the members of NLC/S. This has resulted in better coordinated, more efficient interventions that are characterized by strong ownership on the part of NLC/S.
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Local governments should advocate for local development and decentralization as important factors to achieve poverty reduction and the MDG targets; Local governments and development actors should have an enabling framework to develop, based on local plans defined in participatory processes, harmonized results-oriented reporting, and monitoring frameworks; Decentralized Cooperation can be process or project oriented, which contributes to long-term performance enhancements. Example: LGAs are compiling a common set of result indicators that will make it easier to characterize and measure the development effectiveness of local governments.
4.5 Mutual Accountability - Strengthening transparency and accountability for development results
For more information on the harmonization efforts carried out by the CIB Working Group, please see case study 1.
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Source: case study 1
Example: Northern local government associations, cooperation funds and platforms are trying to improve coordination of decentralized cooperation efforts at the national level in conjunction with local government partners in the South, which are promoting participatory planning with international partners to define complementarities and a common approach. At the global level, through the UCLG Capacity and Institution Building (CIB) Working Group, member LGAs work to enhance program coherence and coordination, promote collaboration on policy analysis, share practical knowledge and
Northern and southern local governments should work toward true co-management of MIC/ACB programs, holding each other mutually accountable for results of their cooperation through participatory approaches to planning and assessing progress in implementing country strategies and programs;
Box 7 – Mutual accountability in decentralized cooperation between Finland and South Africa The Bojanala Platinum District Municipality (South Africa) and the City of Lahti (Finland) have been involved in a municipal partnership for several years to encourage and facilitate the building of environmental management that is adapted to local needs. The partners have emphasized participatory
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