Matei, Gabriela and Guess, George M. | 2007
- Author(s): Matei, Gabriela and Guess, George M.
- Publisher: Local government and public service reform initiative (LGI)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: capacity building, local government, training programmes
Under an applied research programme, training institutes, local associations, university public administration/policy departments and policy think tanks together with local government officials jointly developed innovative teaching and training materials.
Matovu, George | 2008
- Author(s): Matovu, George
- Publisher: Municipal development partnership, Eastern and Southern Africa (MDP-ESA)
- Pages: 33--46
- Keywords: decentralization in government, legislation, partnership, uganda
This short paper deals with capacities needed for successful implementation of decentralization policies in Africa and how these are developed. It ends with a relative success story from Uganda.
Matovu, George | 2008
- Author(s): Matovu, George
- Publisher: Municipal development partnership for Eastern and Southern Africa (MDP-ESA)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: local government, budgeting, popular participation, accountability, capacity building, co-operation between organizations, latin america, africa south of sahara
An overview of a seminar on participatory budgeting was that held in Durban, South Africa, in March 2008 is presented. The outputs for the seminar included the launching of the Africa-Latin America Mutual Learning Initiative on Participatory Budgeting and project proposals on peer-to-peer learning.
Matovu, George | 2006
- Author(s): Matovu, George
- Publisher: United nations public administration network (UNPAN)]
- Pages: --
- Keywords: decentralization in government, budgeting, development planning, capacity building, popular participation, africa
Capacity building will be necessary to balance top-down and local-level bottom-up participatory planning and budgeting in decentralized management. Capacity building institutions must position themselves to play a facilitative role.
Matovu, George and Mumvuma, Takawira | cop. 2008
- Author(s): Matovu, George and Mumvuma, Takawira
- Publisher: Municipal development partnership for Eastern and Southern Africa (MDP-ESA) : with UN-Habitat
- Pages: --
- Keywords: local government, municipal government, budgeting, popular participation, guidelines, training programmes, accountability, africa south of sahara
This manual aims to build the capacity of local governments in Africa to introduce and apply participatory budgeting techniques. It notes the benefits of participatory budgeting in supporting effective transparency and accountability in local government, notably where corruption has been an issue.