8th JPO Workshop - Dakar, 23-27 January 2006

Decentralised Governance and Development

The 8th JPO Workshop took place in Dakar on 23-27 January 2006. The theme was Decentralised Governance and Development. 30 JPOs working with UNDP, UNFPA, UNIFEM and UNOPS participated to the sessions.

Objectives of the workshop:

• to strengthen JPOs' knowledge of UNDP's global policies, lessons and experience on Decentralisation, Local Governance and Urban/Rural Development;



• to provide an opportunity for JPOs to reflect on, seek advice and share their own experience;



• to inspire and motivate JPOs to do things differently when designing and implementing country programmes;



• to get hands-on experience of local projects for reflection-in-action;



• to come up with a product, a policy or practice note, that can be shared globally;



• to support networking and coordination among JPOs, resource people and others.

Furthermore, the workshop was preceded by an e-discussion between the organisers, BDP/DGG and the participants. Through this participatory approach, JPOs had the chance to contribute directly to the design of the agenda and communicate their needs and ideas to the resource people and facilitators.

Participants

The list of participants and resource people is available here.

Agenda and Presentations

Resources and documents

Key documents used or mentioned during the workshop:

• Terms of Reference - Reforming Interbudgetary Relations, Kyrgyz Republic



• Terms of Reference - Decentralization and Democratic Local Governance, UN Administered Territory of Kosovo



• UNDP's Global Networks



• Assessment of the Impact of Decentralization: the Case of Colombia (1991-2001)



• Decentralization and Human Development in Argentina

Presentations:

• Decentralization in Global Context (Glendal Wright)



• UNCDF: Historical vision and elements for a perspective (Albéric Kacou)



• UNCDF's Political and Organizational Evolution Over the Past Ten Years:
  What are the organizational perspectives for LDCs? (Albéric Kacou)



• Introduction to Local Governance (Luigi Tessiore)



• Introduction to Fiscal Decentralization (Glendal Wright)



• PADMIR Project (Senegal) and UNCDF models (Boubacar Fall)



• Local Development in Africa (Ms. Soukeyna Ndiaye Ba)



• Decentralization and Links to the MDG (Glendal Wright)

Links

• UNDP and Democratic Governance:
  Decentralization, Local Governance and Urban/Rural Development
• International Council on Human Rights:
  Local Government and Human Rights: Doing Good Service

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