February 2026 – Decentralization Net

Rethinking the Future of Decentralization and Multilevel Governance

February 27, 2026 LPSAManager

The Local Public Sector Alliance (LPSA) in partnership with a strong coalition of partners – including the Forum of Federations, NYU’s Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, NYU Center on International Cooperation (CIC), the Commonwealth […]

LPSA convenes in New York to shape its strategic direction

February 26, 2026 LPS Alliance

Yesterday, Wednesday, February 25, 2026, the Board of Directors, Global Secretariat, and Advisory Board of the Local Public Sector Alliance (LPSA) met in person for the first time in the organization’s history at NYU’s Wagner […]

Reimagining democracy from the ground up

February 17, 2026 Limabenla Jamir

In their newly-published open access volume, Citizen Participation in Local Governance: An Urban–Rural Perspective (Springer, 2026), Karl Kössler and Eva Schläppi bring together insights from 18 partner institutions across six continents to examine one of […]

Local public finances and the SDGs: How are European cities rewiring budgeting for a sustainable future?

February 17, 2026 Marina Jandrevska

As the 2030 deadline for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) approaches, the global community faces a sobering reality: only 18% of targets are currently on track. While political commitment to the 2030 Agenda remains strong, […]

How India’s Sixteenth Finance Commission chose stability over disruption

February 8, 2026 LPS Alliance

The Finance Commission of India (FC) is one of India’s most credible institutions. It is a constitutional body whose function is to make recommendations to the Government of India on how to divide tax revenues […]

Leadership transition at the Local Public Sector Alliance

February 4, 2026 LPS Alliance

The Local Public Sector Alliance recently marked an important transition in its governance and leadership. In December 2025, Astrid Haas concluded her tenure on LPSA’s Board of Directors as she turns her full attention to […]