Knowledge

Maintaining the Momentum of Decentralisation in Ukraine

OECD, 2018

This Multi-level Governance Series study by OECD focuses on Ukraine’s advances in regional development, territorial reform and decentralisation since 2014. The Government launched a reform to merge local governments and strengthen the decentralisation process, giving additional power and resources to sub-national authorities. In a short period, successful steps have been taken toward achieving municipal mergers and greater fiscal, administrative and political decentralisation, complemented by the State Strategy for Regional Development 2015-2020.

Assessing the impact of governance programmes: GIZ support to citizen participation in local governance in Benin

DIE, 2018

This publication provides an exemplary impact assessment of a decentralisation programme in Benin. It analyses whether and how external support to citizen participation contributes to the quality of public services and local governance in the context of Benins decentralisation process. The study measures the effect of GIZ activities on the quality of selected citizen participation formats and evaluates the impact of these citizen participation formats on the quality of public service provision and local governance.

European Union Support to Decentralisation Reform in Ukraine: a Peacebuilding Endeavour?

Berghof Foundation, 2017

The Scholarly Article on Governance Reform was produced as part of the project "Whole-of-Society Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding" (WOSCAP). It wants to contribute to the ongoing debate on the question of what role decentralisation can play in building sustainable peace, and under which conditions support to such reform efforts can be successful. More specifically, it aims to analyse the EU’s capabilities to support decentralisation reform in Ukraine through a whole-of-society centred peacebuilding lens.

Decentralised Cooperation to Achieve the 2030 Agenda

The Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions (CPMR) & PLATFORMA, 2018

Development cooperation no longer lies only in the hands of public authorities. While non-governmental organisations might be the most traditional counterpart of governments in international aid and development cooperation in many countries, they are experiencing the rise of other players. How to put all these stakeholders together in order to create more efficient, coherent and complementary multistakeholder partnerships for decentralised cooperation? The authors explain with concrete examples and case studies how local and regional governments strive towards leading this new era of development cooperation. The objectives of this study are to reinforce the new and innovative landscape and alliances for decentralised cooperation, in the context of the 2030 Agenda and the EU answer to the territorial dimension.

Decentralised cooperation in the Mediterranean and the Middle East

The Tuscany Region & PLATFORMA, 2019

The Tuscany Region and PLATFORMA have recently published a mapping of Italian decentralised cooperation projects in the Mediterranean and in the Middle East. It combines a quantitative analysis on the data relating to all cooperation projects promoted in the Mediterranean basin and a qualitative survey on some of the most significant experiences in this area.

The Local Business Environment and Decentralised Cooperation

PLATFORMA, 2019

National business environment reform does not always lead to an improvement of business conditions at the local level, but through decentralised cooperation, local and regional governments can lead reforms that support business growth, create jobs and drive innovation, writes Simon White in a new study published by PLATFORMA.

The first objective of this study is to show that improving local business environment requires building the capacity of local and regional governments in partner countries and promoting decentralisation reforms. The second objective is to show the potential contribution of decentralised cooperation to help local and regional governments undertake business environment reforms and advocate for decentralisation reforms.

Seeding Change – Enabling Local Governments and Key Influencers Across Asia to Learn, Share and Collaborate on Strengthening Governance

LOGIN Asia, 2019

This booklet captures a few of the many ways in which LOGIN has contributed to creating a more vibrant space for citizens and local governments in Asia. It showcases how transformation is enabled once peers across borders commit themselves to partnerships that are grounded in experiantial learning.

Socio-Political and Administrative Determinants of Municipal Revenue Performance: Insights from Mozambique

Saida, Bunk; Forquilha, Salvador; Klawonn, Dominique; Krull, Jonathan; Sennewald Alina; Steinhilber, Conrad; von Boeselager, Juliane; von Schiller, Armin/DIE (2017)

Mobilisation of municipal revenue is a relevant topic for development from a fiscal point of view but also from a broader governance perspective.

This paper summarises the insights gained in a study on how administrative and socio-political variables at the local level affect the revenue performance of Mozambican municipalities. Thereby, the paper contribute to an evolving literature highlighting the relevance of local factors in explaining local revenue mobilisation.

Women, Leadership and Development: From SDG 5 to Habitat III

UCLG (2016)

This publication was presented at the 3rd Latin-American Summit of Local Agendas for Gender Equality: “Women and the City”, celebrated in Santiago, Chile, from 18-21 January, 2016. The report explores the role that gender equality at the local level will play into the achievement of the major international development and sustainability agendas. It also summarises the main conclusions of the session on “Women, Leadership and Development”, held in Paris on 6 December, 2015, in the framework of the UCLG World Council and the COP 21.

Gender Roles and Opportunities for Women in Urban Environments

Pozarny, P. F.; GSDRC (2016)

This literature review focuses on a variety of urban issues and their impacts on gender roles, particularly women’s economic empowerment. Further, the paper compares these issues and findings to rural settings. It specifically examines issues such as care responsibilities, access to employment opportunities, power, decision-making, the use of earnings and gender-based violence. It also flags other relevant issues as appropriate.