LPSA’s Thematic Working Group (TWG) on Subnational Finance aims to bring together government officials, policy practitioners, scholars, civil society organizations, and citizens who share an interest and expertise on fiscal decentralization, multilevel government finance, intergovernmental fiscal relations, and subnational financial management.
The next public meeting of the TWG on Subnational Finance will be held on October 9, 2024, (9:00 EDT/ 14:00 BST/ 15:00 CEST). The focus of the upcoming meeting will be: Intergovernmental Transfers and Equalization Systems.
Registration is required for this meeting – Register here!
| Agenda Item | Contributor |
| 1. Welcome & Introduction; Overview of Local Transfer and Equalization Systems in South-East Europe | Elton Stafa Project Manager, NALAS Subnational Finance Working Group Co-Chair |
| 2. Managing the Urban-Rural Interplay in the Design of Intergovernmental Transfers | Karl Kössler PhD, Eurac Research; Scientific Coordinator of the LoGov Project (EU-H2020 “Local Government and the Changing Urban-Rural Interplay) |
| 3. The Serbia Experience: The Equalization System in Serbia | Aleksandar Marinković Standing Conference of Towns and Municipalities of Serbia |
| 4. Discussant | Thomas Prorok KDZ Centre for Public Administration Research |
| 5. Moderated Q&A | Elton Stafa |
| 6. Closure & Preview of the Next SNF Webinar | Elton Stafa |
We need your help to make this meeting a success: If you have any updates about fiscal decentralization or subnational financial management in your country; updates about new research; or information about multilevel government finance and intergovernmental fiscal relations that you would like to mention during the open meeting, please email the Working Group co-chairs at finance@decentralization.net. so that a brief announcement can be made at the beginning of the meeting.
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