ECA Archives – Decentralization Net

Webinar: Are the linkages between businesses and local budgets for local economic development sufficiently strong?

October 8, 2022 LPSAManager

Subnational governments in the region have overall mandate of promoting local economic development. Yet, there are questions about fiscal and administrative powers and capacities of local governments to promote local economic development in their jurisdiction. […]

Webinar: Service delivery and crisis management

October 8, 2022 LPSAManager

During the COVID-19 pandemic, local governments throughout the EECA region faced numerous challenges in terms of responding to emergencies. What started as a health crisis, followed with the war in Ukraine, turned into the biggest […]

Webinar: National decentralization policies and territorial structure

October 8, 2022 LPSAManager

The implementation of decentralization and localization has been a major public service reform in the transition countries of EECA region. A key element in their decentralization efforts is territorial administrative reforms. The issue of how […]

Webinar: Direction of decentralization in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

October 8, 2022 LPSAManager

The European Charter of Local Self-Government (ECLSG) lays down standards for protecting the rights of local authorities and requires states which have ratified it to comply with a number of conditions, principles and practices. States […]

Webinar Series: Decentralization and Local Development in Europe and Central Asia

July 29, 2022 LPS Alliance

Effective decentralization and localization—including subnational governance systems that empower and encourage local leaders to promote inclusion and equity—form important preconditions for resilient, inclusive, sustainable, equitable and efficient development. With this understanding in mind, in 2021 […]

Fiscal Equalization of Croatia’s Local Government Finances

July 18, 2021 Tianyu Chen

Fiscal decentralization and equalization are important tools to empower local government agencies in terms of financial autonomy and capacity building. The Ministry of Finance of Croatia adopted a fiscal equalization formula in 2018 with the […]

Decentralization and fiscal performance in Central and Eastern Europe

April 11, 2021 LPS Alliance

Decentralization (or devolution) has potential advantages and disadvantages: while (fiscal) decentralization may strengthen the allocative and technical efficiency of the local public sector (as well as potentially strengthen responsiveness and accountability), the design of intergovernmental […]