| 2013
- Author(s):
- Publisher: Commonwealth local government forum (CLGF)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: commonwealth, social development, economic development, international co-operation, conferences, local government, governance
This website provides information on the Commonwealth Local Government Conference of 14-17 May 2013 in Kampala, Uganda. It is entitled: "developmental local government." Information includes video, a programme outline, key speakers, an online registration form, and news.
| 2012
- Author(s):
- Publisher: African union
- Pages: --
- Keywords: au, international co-operation, economic development, local government, decentralization in government
The African Union organized an Expert consultation on the elaboration of an African Charter on Decentralization and Local Development in Yaounde, Cameroon, from 7 to 9 May 2012. The elements that need to be taken into account in the process of drafting the charter were identified.
| 2012
- Author(s):
- Publisher: Food and agriculture organization of the United nations (FAO)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: administrative reform, public administration, economic development, guidelines, food security, poverty alleviation, governance, land tenure
These voluntary guidelines assist in improving the governance of tenure, and thus contribute to alleviating hunger and poverty, empowering the poor and vulnerable, enhancing the environment, supporting national and local economic development, and reforming public administration.
| 2012
- Author(s):
- Publisher: Idasa
- Pages: --
- Keywords: guidelines, community participation, governance, education
This toolkit provides a set of easy-to-follow steps, concepts and guidelines to help local communities to focus and understand Best Practices in Schools and Governing Bodies to meet basic standards. It is a generic guide that is adaptable to different situations, countries and systems.
| 2012
- Author(s):
- Publisher: All African minsterial conference on decentralization (AMCOD). Secretariat
- Pages: --
- Keywords: decentralization in government, international days, economic development, social development, local government, governance, africa
At the twentieth ordinary session of the African Union, held in Addis Ababa in Ethiopia, from 23 - 27 January 2012, AMCOD instituted an Africa Day of Decentralization, Local Governance and Local Development, which is meant to be celebrated on 10 August each year.