South Africa’s current intergovernmental architecture was an important element of the country’s successful post-apartheid transition. A broadly unitary state, South Africa nonetheless adopted some of the framework and language of a federal system. The Constitution […]
Regions and cities play a key financial role in the carbon-neutral transition and the global response to climate change. This is, in large part, due to their jurisdiction over crucial adaptation and mitigation-relevant policy areas […]
What strategies and tools can be used to involve citizens in local policies? How to ensure that minorities and marginalised groups are included? What are the preconditions for successful citizen participation? And how can citizens […]
Citizen engagement is recognized as a crucial task for socially robust, fit-for-purpose and inclusive policymaking. The Competence Centre on Participatory and Deliberative Democracy aims to respond to the increasing demand from the European Commission, EU institutions […]
As a global alliance of advocates for inclusive and efficient decentralization and localization, the Local Public Sector Alliance (LPSA) aims to promote inclusive, equitable societies and sustainable global development by elevating the debate on decentralization […]
The Development Partners Network on Decentralisation & Local Governance (DeLoG) cordially invites you to participate to this upcoming webinar on functional assignment. During the webinar, we will discuss how to effectively assign functional responsibilities in multilevel governance systems. […]
As a global alliance of advocates for inclusive and efficient decentralization and localization around the world, the Local Public Sector Alliance (LPSA) aims to promote inclusive, equitable societies and sustainable global development by enhancing the […]
Conventional security discourses did not predict the magnitude and endurance of resistance efforts in Ukraine, considering the asymmetry between Russia and Ukraine in terms of military capacity. Based on our own research on local democracy […]
As part of the global webinar series on decentralization and local development around the world, the Local Public Sector Alliance (LPSA) hosted the ”Decentralization and Local Development in the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) […]
DeLoG’s newly revised and tutored e-Learning Course on “Enhancing the Effectiveness of Decentralization and Local Governance Reforms” will take place from 04 April – 29 May 2022. To join the course, please sign up here […]
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