EMPOWERING LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

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EMPOWERING LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

• Barney I. S. Laseko

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LOCAL GOVERNMENTS PONT OF VIEW

• The Institution
• Independent and Sovereign?
• A Central Government Section?
• What does it do?

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EVOLUTION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTSA Simplified
Example - Tanzania
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OTHER LOCAL INSTITUTIONS

• Formal
• Individuals
• Households
• CBOs
• NGOs
• Religious
• Political
• etc.

• Informal?
• Cultural
• Family
• Clan
• Peer Groups
• Sects

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LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN CDD CONTEXT

• What is CDD?
• Empowerment of Local Government
• Current Mandate v/s CDD
• Current Capacity v/s CDD

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AVAILABLE EMPOWERMENT OPTIONS

• To be able to deliver in traditional government
  system
• To be able to build effective and efficient
  strategic Partnerships with other local
  institutions formal and informal

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EMPOWERMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT

• To be able to build and coordinate efficient and
  effective partnerships
• Hardware Empowerment
• Communication, transport, office and IT
• Software Empowerment
• Mind set, rules and regulations, change the
  reporting arrow
• Need a reasonable basis on the ground