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[ June 11, 2026 ] Vietnam’s ambitious subnational governance restructuring Asia
[ May 20, 2026 ] Local Governance for Children: Beyond Administrative Reform Europe & Central Asia
[ May 15, 2026 ] Local governments, local taxes, and incentivizing economic growth Cities and urban development
[ May 15, 2026 ] Rethinking the future of decentralization and multilevel governance Community
[ May 7, 2026 ] The real financing issue in ECD and childcare isn’t finance Africa

Coming soon: LPSA’s Thematic Working Group on Gender Equity and Women’s Empowerment

October 22, 2023 LPS Alliance

The Local Public Sector Alliance is a global alliance of advocates for inclusive governance and sustainable development. As central governments are often far removed from people’s day-to-day lives, local governments provide a key mechanism to […]

Fixing the financial ecosystem for local governments may require non-fiscal solutions

October 10, 2023 LPS Alliance

We live in a time of great economic, social and geopolitical uncertainty. Developing countries have been dealt a particularly bad hand and need to accelerate three transitions in this uncertain time, including—first, urban and rural […]

Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers as Development Finance

October 5, 2023 LPS Alliance

On October 5-6, 2023, hosted by the Ayuntamiento de Malaga together with UNCDF, UCLG, FMDV, the Third Malaga Conference brought together diverse actors, including mayors, government officials, development practitioners, capital market authorities and commercial banks […]

Coming soon: LPSA’s Thematic Working Group on Local Democracy

September 25, 2023 LPS Alliance

When a country is committed to inclusive governance, democracy, and community-led development, it will empower its citizens to address their collective challenges as close to the people as efficiently possible by empowering their local governments […]

Nominations Open for LPSA’s Advisory Board Chair

June 26, 2023 LPS Alliance

During the most recent LPSA Advisory Board meeting (in June 2023), LPSA Advisory Board Chair Serdar Yilmaz announced that he will be stepping back from his function at the Alliance as he will be taking […]

Nominations for LPSA Working Group Co-Chairs now open

May 31, 2023 LPS Alliance

The Local Public Sector Alliance (LPSA) is a global professional network for advocates of inclusive and efficient decentralization and localization grounded in the recognition that decentralization and localization are critical for achieving resilient, inclusive, sustainable, […]

LPSA is looking for Regional and Thematic Program Managers / Coordinators

April 21, 2023 LPS Alliance

The grand challenges that countries face in the 21st century cannot be dealt with by any single government level alone. This is true for a wide range of challenges, from addressing the concentration of wealth […]

Two Decades of (Fiscal) Decentralization in Indonesia: Lessons for Decentralization Champions in Asia

April 17, 2023 LPS Alliance

Fiscal decentralization in Indonesia has come a long way in the past two decades. The adoption of two laws, the Law on Regional Government (Law No. 22 of 1999) and on Financial Balance between Central […]

Announcing the winner of the Global Outstanding Decentralization Paper Award

March 18, 2023 LPSAManager

As part of the Local Public Sector Alliance’s efforts to promote high-quality, policy-relevant research on issues related to decentralization and local development around the world, in 2021/22, the Alliance offered a number of awards for […]

Local Public Sector Alliance – Our First (Official) Year in Review

February 26, 2023 LPS Alliance

Dear Friends and Colleagues- The Local Public Sector Alliance was launched in June 2021 to promote inclusive, equitable societies and sustainable global development by enhancing the understanding of decentralization and localization as complex, cross-cutting and […]