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Adapting to Climate Change: The Role of Local Government
Image Courtesy of ODI In the past few weeks, two new reports from the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) and Oxfam have been published that discuss local government’s influence on the resiliency of a...
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People Power: A Documentary Exploring Participatory Democracy Around the World
Image Courtesy of MKSS Rajasthan How can ordinary people hold elected government officials accountable? In the short documentary People Power, TV Education Asia Pacific approaches accountability...
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Women Rising: The Role of Participatory Democracy in Promoting Gender Equality
Image Courtesy of http://www.trust.org As Kenyans vote for a new president and county councils, they will also be voting for an increased number of female candidates. Prior to Kenya’s upcoming...
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Time To Speak Up For Participatory Local Democracy in the Post-2015 Goals
Courtesy of The Hunger Project As the discussion on Post-2015 UN development goals moves to the High-Level Panel in Bali this month, questions about effective governance are becoming increasingly...
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Innovations in Citizen Participation
Image Courtesy of Austin Social Media Marketing Community Participation Improves Healthcare Community participation impacts multiple sectors. Typically, we hear about its impacts on a political...
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Kenya’s Vision for Participatory Local Democracy
Image Courtesy of Kenya Vision 2030 With a mission to become a globally competitive and prosperous nation, Kenya has established priorities for 2030 in its national development program known as...
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Decentralizing Education
Improving access to primary education remains a key aspect of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Still, many children, especially girls, face many obstacles to attending school daily. On a...
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Urban Institute: Post-2015 MDGs
Video streaming by Ustream The talk titled: “The Post-2015 Global Development Agenda: Addressing Inequalities and Fostering Inclusive Growth” occurred at the Urban Institute on April 8, 2013. It...
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Local Governments speak out on Post-2015
Task Force Meeting at UN Headquarters May 28, 2013 New York: The Global Taskforce on Local and Regional Governments for Post-2015 Development Agenda met today with UN officials and members of the...
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Local Governance Central to UN HLP’s Post-2015 Agenda
“We need governments that tackle the causes of poverty, empower people, are transparent, and permit scrutiny of their affairs.” On May 30, 2013, the United Nation’s High-Level Panel of Eminent Persons...
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UNDP on Local Governance and the Post-2015 Framework
Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi, UNDP’s Director of Democratic Governance, describes the integral role that viable, effective, multi-level governance must play in achieving the post-2015 development agenda...
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Scoring Local Democracy (CIVICUS Guest Column)
CIVICUS Guest Column by John Coonrod, PhD, Executive Vice President, The Hunger Project All politics is local. The truth of this saying is underscored by the experience of my Hunger Project colleagues...
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Rabat 2013: The World Meeting of Local and Regional Authorities in Morocco
The 4th world Congress of UCLG (United Cities and Local Governments) is taking place under the theme “Imagine Society, Build Democracy” from the 1st and to 4th of October 2013 in Rabat, the capital...
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Draft African Charter on the Principles and Values of Decentralization, Local...
(Draft 1) (Downloaded from http://www.amcod.info/en/download/draft_african_charter_and_principles.doc) PREAMBLE We, Member States of the African Union (AU): Inspired by the vision of the African Union...
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President of India was presented publication on panchayati raj
The President of India Shri Pranab Mukherjee (second from the left) received the first copy of an encyclopedic publication titled “Status of Panchayati Raj in the States and Union Territories of...
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African State Legislatures Workshop in Nigeria
Scholars from Africa and the United States will gather for the African State Legislatures: Subnational Politics and National Power workshop at Landmark University in Kwara State of Nigeria on January...
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The role of sub-national authorities in the SDGs governance framework
The Co-Chairs of the Open Working Group and Major Groups and other stakeholders had interactive dialogue on cross-cutting issues for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Process during the...
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Public and Private Development Center, Nigeria
Public and Private Development Center (PPDC) is a Nigerian organization created in 2001 to promote increased citizen participation for better governance, corruption prevention, and sustainable...
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Waiting for Local Elections in Pakistan
Local government is a critical feature of the current political landscape in Pakistan. The upcoming and just held local elections in the country’s four provinces place Pakistan in an important phase of...
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100 Resilient Cities – Rockefeller Foundation
The Rockefeller Foundation launched the 100 Resilient Cities Centennial Challenge on its centennial, May 14, 2013. The $100 million grant program will help cities build greater resilience from the...
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