Events Archives – Decentralization Net

LPSA Seminar: Decentralization, National Oversight and Accountability — A Kenya–South Africa Dialogue

July 3, 2026 Jacqueline Muthura

The LPSA Expert Working Group on Sub-Saharan Africa (LPSA Africa) is a regional working group of the Local Public Sector Alliance that brings together government officials, policy practitioners, scholars, civil society organizations and citizens who […]

LPSA GEWE Working Group Meet & Greet – UCLG World Congress, Tangier 2026

May 15, 2026 Jacqueline Muthura

The Local Public Sector Alliance’s (LPSA) Thematic Working Group on Gender Equity and Women’s Empowerment (GEWE) invites members and allies to an informal networking session on the margins of the UCLG World Congress in Tangier, […]

Winter School on Federalism and Governance 2025

October 19, 2024 LPS Alliance

The Winter School on Federalism and Governance is a shared cross-border project of the Institute for Comparative Federalism of Eurac Research, the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences of the […]

Upcoming Course: Inclusive Service Delivery & the SDGs

December 3, 2022 Laura Rincón

How can inclusive local service delivery contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? How can the different layers of government work together to ensure that basic services also reach marginalized people? And how can public […]

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 […]

Upcoming Course: Citizen Participation & Inclusive Governance

June 6, 2022 Laura Rincón

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 in Regional Planning and Policymaking

May 28, 2022 LPS Alliance

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 […]

Upcoming Course: Multilevel Water Governance

February 19, 2022 LPS Alliance

How can a multilevel approach contribute to more effective management and governance of water resources? How can water systems be financed in an efficient way? How to relate water planning to climate change and food […]

Global Decentralization and Local Development Webinar Series: Updates

January 7, 2022 LPS Alliance

On June 1, 2021, the Local Public Sector Alliance—in collaboration with the World Bank Subnational Governance and Decentralization Global Solutions Group, UNDP, UNCDF and other partners—announced the Global Decentralization and Local Development Webinar Series for […]

Decentralization and Local Development in the Middle East & North Africa (MENA)

November 14, 2021 LPS Alliance

Effective decentralization and localization—including subnational governance systems that empower and encourage local leaders to promote inclusion and equity—form an important precondition for resilient, inclusive, sustainable, equitable and efficient development. The Local Public Sector Alliance is […]