Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

IMASA online

| 2012-
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: [Institute of municipal administration for southern Africa] (IMASA)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: municipal government, capacity building, training programmes, professional associations, local government, southern africa, south africa
Established in 1998, the Institute of Municipal Administration for Southern Africa (IMASA) has 436 members. The objectives of IMASA include strenthening municipal administration as the foundation for good local government and to promote appropriate training of municipal administration practitioners.

Public sector governance reform

| 2012-
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Oxford policy management
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: governance, evaluation, development assistance, public sector, administrative reform, decentralization in government
Oxford Policy Management Ltd (OPM) is an independent UK consulting company who have been contracted to conduct an evaluation of support to Public Sector Governance Reform (PSGR) in developing countries over the last ten years (2001-2010), with the specific objective of improving future support.

Van Vollenhoven institute [for law, governance, and development]

| 2012-
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Universiteit Leiden, Van Vollenhoven institute
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: social development, economic development, universities and colleges, legal aspects, international co-operation, research, governance, netherlands
Through research and teaching, the Van Vollenhoven Institute seeks to contribute to a better understanding of the formation and functioning of legal systems in developing countries and their effectiveness in contributing to good governance and development.

United nations advisory committee of local authorities (UNACLA)

| 2012-
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: [United nations human settlements programme] (UN-HABITAT)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: co-operation between organizations, urban areas, municipal government, un, local government
The UNACLA, established in 2000, is a high-level group of selected mayors and representatives of local authority associations especially chosen on the basis of their local, national and international commitment to engage in the implementation of the Habitat Agenda.

FLACMA : Federaciَn Latinoamericana de ciudades, municipios y asociaciones de gobiernos locales

| 2012-
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Federaciَn Latinoamericana de ciudades, municipios y asociaciones de gobiernos locales (FLACMA)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: municipal government, international co-operation, local government, caribbean region, latin america
Founded in 2004, the Latin American Federation of Cities, Municipalities and Associations of Local Governments (FLACMA) has over 16,100 members in local governments, being the largest and most representative organisation in Latin America and Caribbean.
 

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