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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, […]

The Role of Local and Regional Governments In Development Cooperation

May 10, 2023 LPS Alliance

The context in which international development cooperation is taking place has changed over the last decade. Global poverty rates have declined, but economic and social inequalities remain widespread challenges —notably gender-based inequalities. Some of the […]

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 […]

African School on Decentralisation 2023

April 10, 2023 LPSAManager

Interested in learning more about the basic concepts and practice of decentralization in African countries? The African School on Decentralisation, presented by African and international scholars and practitioners, aims to give content to, and promote […]

African School on Decentralisation 2023

April 9, 2023 LPS Alliance

The theme for the 2023 African School on Decentralisation (ASD) is ‘Giving effect to the African Charter on the Values and Principles of Decentralisation, Local Governance and Local Development’. This year’s African School on Decentralisation […]

Localizing development ? When does “local” means “local” ?

March 21, 2023 LPSAManager

Where did all the “localization” terms come from and what are the differences? People tend to use them sloppily, or interchangeably in ways that undermine the important distinctions they stand for. These terms emerge from […]

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 […]

DCID’s Fiscal Decentralization Course 2023

March 14, 2023 LPSAManager

After having being put on hold for several years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Duke University’s Center for International Development (DCID) has relaunched its in-person executive education training program on Fiscal Decentralization and Local Government […]