Participatory democracy, citizen dialogues and budgeting
Admission requirements
Human Right Based Approach Invited countries Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Georgia, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia, Turkey and Ukraine. Target group This training aims to empower local and regional governments and administrations in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldavia, Montenegro, Serbia, Turkey and Ukraine. The following categories are welcome to apply; politicians, decision-makers and…
Admission requirements
Human Right Based Approach Invited countries Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Georgia, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia, Turkey and Ukraine. Target group This training aims to empower local and regional governments and administrations in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldavia, Montenegro, Serbia, Turkey and Ukraine. The following categories are welcome to apply; politicians, decision-makers and…
Handbook for Municipal Partnerships
This handbook is for anyone interested in, or currently working with theMunicipal Partnership Programme (in Sweden and partnership countries).It provides guidance for planning a new project using the Logical FrameworkApproach (LFA) and is tailored for actors in municipal partnerships. It alsoprovides support for a few of the challenges that a partnership may encounter.
Proceedings of the Workshop: Workshop on Devolution and Local Development in Kenya
On June 26 2014, a workshop was held on devolution and local development at the Nairobi Safari Club in Nairobi, Kenya, to discuss the historic devolution reforms one year after their implementation. The workshop was organised by Agnes Cornell, Aarhus University, and Michelle D’Arcy, Trinity College Dublin, with funding from the Swedish International Centre for…
Proceedings of the Workshop: Workshop on Devolution and Local Development in Kenya
On June 26 2014, a workshop was held on devolution and local development at the Nairobi Safari Club in Nairobi, Kenya, to discuss the historic devolution reforms one year after their implementation. The workshop was organised by Agnes Cornell, Aarhus University, and Michelle D’Arcy, Trinity College Dublin, with funding from the Swedish International Centre for…
Decentralizing for Development: The developmental potential of local autonomy and the limits of politics driven decentralization reforms
Decentralization does not always guarantee democratic development, so how then can a model of decentralization be designed so that it also creates incitements for democratic institutions? In this paper the author tries to find the missing link between decentralization reforms and good governance. The important contribution in this paper is that one needs to take…
Decentralizing for Development: The developmental potential of local autonomy and the limits of politics driven decentralization reforms
Decentralization does not always guarantee democratic development, so how then can a model of decentralization be designed so that it also creates incitements for democratic institutions? In this paper the author tries to find the missing link between decentralization reforms and good governance. The important contribution in this paper is that one needs to take…
Real Democratization in Cambodia? An Empirical Review of the Potential of a Decentralization Reform
How can a war-torn country rise and in the process create democratic institutions? This paper uses Cambodia as an example and tries to identify some of the key dimensions of the Cambodian decentralization reform. The question in focus, how the process of decentralization and local development is played out in a post-conflict country is thoroughly…
Real Democratization in Cambodia? An Empirical Review of the Potential of a Decentralization Reform
How can a war-torn country rise and in the process create democratic institutions? This paper uses Cambodia as an example and tries to identify some of the key dimensions of the Cambodian decentralization reform. The question in focus, how the process of decentralization and local development is played out in a post-conflict country is thoroughly…
Choice, Recognition and Democracy Effects of Decentralization
Many democratic decentralization reforms have been carried out in cooperation with CSO:s, the private sector and other non-governmental agents – but how does this affect the accountability and legitimacy of the local government? This paper examines the effects of institutional choices and exemplifies different democratic dimensions in the process of democratic decentralization. Based on experiences…