LOGIN endeavours to influence reform agendas for greater decentralisation and strengthened local governance. LOGIN’s activities are organised around five key, inter-related learning themes in local governance.
LOGIN endeavours to influence reform agendas for greater decentralisation and strengthened local governance. LOGIN’s activities are organised around five key, inter-related learning themes in local governance.
Greater decentralisation creates increased spaces for local governments to become key players in the decision-making process. To ensure that local governments are effective actors in the governance arena, their institutions, systems and procedures must be strengthened. This includes building the capabilities of various stakeholders involved.
Different stakeholders at each level may require capacity building. They could be elected representatives, technical experts, researchers or even civil society activists. Depending on the country context, capacity building for local governance may encompass strengthening capabilities in developing policy frameworks, undertaking local needs-based functions, designing policy reforms for improved public services, creating spaces for citizen-centric development and innovating on multiple aspects of local governance.
For LOGIN members, strengthening the capacity of local governments is key to ensuring good governance. To this end, LOGIN provides its members with varied learning possibilities that facilitate knowledge exchange and trainings to help address the capacity needs of local governments in their countries.
To see the list of past and ongoing activities under this theme, visit Learning Activities.
Good governance requires not only ‘supply side’ improvements, such as policy and institutional reforms, but also sustained demands from citizens claiming their rights and entitlements. Civic engagement in local governance involves bringing the voices of citizens in the formulations of laws and policies. It encompasses the creation of an enabling environment for citizen-state dialogue and conflict resolution, mobilisation of institutions supporting citizen participation in legislative processes, and the facilitation of a groundswell towards influencing policies through evidence-based advocacy. Deeply entwined with this idea is the goal of public accountability, a key strategy in addressing government deficits, mitigating corruption and improving the efficacy of development initiatives.
Civic engagement has the potential of playing out differently in different country contexts, depending on the extent of decentralisation, democratisation, existing role of civil society in local governance processes and the existing required levels of transparency and accountability.
Civic engagement has emerged as a learning priority for LOGIN members. LOGIN is committed to expanding and deepening citizen participation in local governance, creating awareness of citizens’ rights and their access to public information. For LOGIN, areas of focus include citizen-centric mechanisms for improved governance, increased transparency and equitable state-society relations.
To see the list of past and ongoing activities under this theme, visit Learning Activities.
Fiscal decentralisation is a critical component of decentralisation, defining how revenues and expenditures are organised between and across different levels of the government. If local governments are to carry out decentralised functions effectively, they must have adequate levels of revenues as well as the autonomy to take decisions regarding expenditures.
Fiscal decentralisation reflects on the relationship between the central/federal government and local government, the levels of devolution of funds, as well as the local government’s authority to raise revenues and incur expenditures independently. In most countries, fiscal decentralisation remains a challenge because of the lack of political will, mismatch between funds, functions and functionaries as well as design issues with regard to inter-governmental fiscal transfer systems.
Strengthening the policy and legislative framework for fiscal decentralisation, and building the capacity of local governments on fiscal management have assumed great significance amongst the network members. For LOGIN, areas of focus include the systematic devolution of fiscal management and authority, citizen-centric budgeting, public expenditure tracking systems and social audits, as well as the maintenance of fiscal discipline.
To see the list of past and ongoing activities under this theme, visit Learning Activities.
Improvement in local governance means nurturing a system where all citizens can individually and collectively participate in influencing and shaping the decision-making process. It is critical to empower women and other marginalised sections of the society to voice their requirements and demand the expected level of services from local governments.
Strengthening the role of women and other marginalised people in local governance includes ensuring their adequate representation in local governments: getting their needs included in local governance procedures and supporting their participation in the planning and budgeting process. This also includes sensitising the local governments and the larger community on addressing the specific challenges faced by the marginalised groups, and ensuring social justice.
LOGIN’s members aim towards institutionalising people's participation in local governance. To this end, LOGIN is providing various learning opportunities that support the systematic capacity development of women and other marginalised groups to ensure their participation in local governance.
To see the list of past and ongoing activities under this theme, visit Learning Activities.
Governments are the primary providers of public services and the key players in infrastructure development. Many countries have placed the delivery of public services, including basic services such as education, health and water, in the domain of local governments.
Decentralisation of public service delivery is based on the idea that it improves quality and brings services closer to the people. Especially since local governments have better knowledge of local priorities and needs, and are sensitive to variations in these requirements. Decentralisation of service delivery also leads to efficiency, as it ensures fiscal prudence while safeguarding local preferences in budgetary allocations. The challenges, however, remain in terms of the capacity and authority of local governments to delivery effective public services, as well as access to and quality of services being delivered. These challenges are faced by most countries in one form or another.
For LOGIN's members, building the capacity of local governments to ensure inclusive and accessible public services, as well as strengthening policy and institutional frameworks to support decentralised service delivery is paramount. To this end, LOGIN is working towards enabling rights-based approaches to service delivery in a time-bound manner, with motivated approaches and independent measures of performance.
To see the list of past and ongoing activities under this theme, visit Learning Activities.
Greater decentralisation creates increased spaces for local governments to become key players in the decision-making process. To ensure that local governments are effective actors in the governance arena, their institutions, systems and procedures must be strengthened. This includes building the capabilities of various stakeholders involved.
Different stakeholders at each level may require capacity building. They could be elected representatives, technical experts, researchers or even civil society activists. Depending on the country context, capacity building for local governance may encompass strengthening capabilities in developing policy frameworks, undertaking local needs-based functions, designing policy reforms for improved public services, creating spaces for citizen-centric development and innovating on multiple aspects of local governance.
For LOGIN members, strengthening the capacity of local governments is key to ensuring good governance. To this end, LOGIN provides its members with varied learning possibilities that facilitate knowledge exchange and trainings to help address the capacity needs of local governments in their countries.
To see the list of past and ongoing activities under this theme, visit Learning Activities.
Good governance requires not only ‘supply side’ improvements, such as policy and institutional reforms, but also sustained demands from citizens claiming their rights and entitlements. Civic engagement in local governance involves bringing the voices of citizens in the formulations of laws and policies. It encompasses the creation of an enabling environment for citizen-state dialogue and conflict resolution, mobilisation of institutions supporting citizen participation in legislative processes, and the facilitation of a groundswell towards influencing policies through evidence-based advocacy. Deeply entwined with this idea is the goal of public accountability, a key strategy in addressing government deficits, mitigating corruption and improving the efficacy of development initiatives.
Civic engagement has the potential of playing out differently in different country contexts, depending on the extent of decentralisation, democratisation, existing role of civil society in local governance processes and the existing required levels of transparency and accountability.
Civic engagement has emerged as a learning priority for LOGIN members. LOGIN is committed to expanding and deepening citizen participation in local governance, creating awareness of citizens’ rights and their access to public information. For LOGIN, areas of focus include citizen-centric mechanisms for improved governance, increased transparency and equitable state-society relations.
To see the list of past and ongoing activities under this theme, visit Learning Activities.
Fiscal decentralisation is a critical component of decentralisation, defining how revenues and expenditures are organised between and across different levels of the government. If local governments are to carry out decentralised functions effectively, they must have adequate levels of revenues as well as the autonomy to take decisions regarding expenditures.
Fiscal decentralisation reflects on the relationship between the central/federal government and local government, the levels of devolution of funds, as well as the local government’s authority to raise revenues and incur expenditures independently. In most countries, fiscal decentralisation remains a challenge because of the lack of political will, mismatch between funds, functions and functionaries as well as design issues with regard to inter-governmental fiscal transfer systems.
Strengthening the policy and legislative framework for fiscal decentralisation, and building the capacity of local governments on fiscal management have assumed great significance amongst the network members. For LOGIN, areas of focus include the systematic devolution of fiscal management and authority, citizen-centric budgeting, public expenditure tracking systems and social audits, as well as the maintenance of fiscal discipline.
To see the list of past and ongoing activities under this theme, visit Learning Activities.
Improvement in local governance means nurturing a system where all citizens can individually and collectively participate in influencing and shaping the decision-making process. It is critical to empower women and other marginalised sections of the society to voice their requirements and demand the expected level of services from local governments.
Strengthening the role of women and other marginalised people in local governance includes ensuring their adequate representation in local governments: getting their needs included in local governance procedures and supporting their participation in the planning and budgeting process. This also includes sensitising the local governments and the larger community on addressing the specific challenges faced by the marginalised groups, and ensuring social justice.
LOGIN’s members aim towards institutionalising people's participation in local governance. To this end, LOGIN is providing various learning opportunities that support the systematic capacity development of women and other marginalised groups to ensure their participation in local governance.
To see the list of past and ongoing activities under this theme, visit Learning Activities.
Governments are the primary providers of public services and the key players in infrastructure development. Many countries have placed the delivery of public services, including basic services such as education, health and water, in the domain of local governments.
Decentralisation of public service delivery is based on the idea that it improves quality and brings services closer to the people. Especially since local governments have better knowledge of local priorities and needs, and are sensitive to variations in these requirements. Decentralisation of service delivery also leads to efficiency, as it ensures fiscal prudence while safeguarding local preferences in budgetary allocations. The challenges, however, remain in terms of the capacity and authority of local governments to delivery effective public services, as well as access to and quality of services being delivered. These challenges are faced by most countries in one form or another.
For LOGIN's members, building the capacity of local governments to ensure inclusive and accessible public services, as well as strengthening policy and institutional frameworks to support decentralised service delivery is paramount. To this end, LOGIN is working towards enabling rights-based approaches to service delivery in a time-bound manner, with motivated approaches and independent measures of performance.
To see the list of past and ongoing activities under this theme, visit Learning Activities.