Newsletter
DPWG-LGD Newsletter No. 6
As announced in our last Newsletter, we are pleased to inform you that the specific guidelines Specific Guiding Principles (PDF 256 KB) for the informal DPWG-LGD have now been successfully validated and adopted on December 17th 2009.
We are now hoping that the promising results from our desk study on Fiscal Decentralisation and Options for Donor Harmonisation Fiscal Decentralisation (PDF 1.3 MB) will lead to harmonised apporaches and activities of the DPWG-LGD in the particular area of fiscal decentralisation in the future.
Our first Lead Donor Workshop successfully took place in Kampala from October 6th-8th 2009. Please take the opportunity to take a close look at our Ugandan Workshop Report on Harmonisation, Decentralisation and Local Governance: Enhancing Aid Effectiveness Uganda Report (PDF 1,25 MB) and to discuss the results and recommendations with us.
In this context we would like to announce that we are planning a regional workshop in Burkina Faso in the first semester of 2010 (instead of Senegal which was cancelled due to unacceptable conditions). In order to share relevant information concerning the topic of local governance and decentralisation with other members of the DPWG-LDG and a broader general public, this newsletter again provides news, events and publications from our partners.
Feel free to send us any information you would like to share in our next newsletter. We are glad to receive your messages at any time.
Contact: nina.helm@inwent.org
›› PDF-Newsletter No.6 1/2010 (PDF 140 KB)
DPWG-LGD Newsletter No. 5
Our 4th annual meeting last May in Bratislava highlighted complex issues of local governance and
decentralization and we would like to thank all of the 35 participants who discussed them with us.
These debates will help us to keep working efficiently on harmonization and coordination. (For more
information please see minutes and list of participants.
We are pleased to inform you that the first lead donor meeting will take place in Uganda from 6-8
October 2009 and that positive contacts have been established in Senegal for the organization of a
second meeting in the next months.
The draft for specific guidelines is revised and ready to be validated until 14 September 2009
(150709 Revised Specific Guidelines.pdf)
This newsletter also presents news, events and publications from our partners.
Feel free to send us any information you would like to share in our next newsletter.
Contact: nina.helm@inwent.org
›› PDF-Newsletter No.5 09/2009 (PDF 140 KB)
DPWG-LGD Newsletter No. 4
Our aim this year is to establish a sound basis for future joint activities by finding common ground in various fields of decentralization and local governance. Therefore we are looking forward to interesting and productive discussions on fiscal decentralization, capacity development and our specific guidelines at our annual meeting in Bratislava and hope to get good results in the follow-up of these discussions.
We are also very excited about 2 lead donor workshops in Sub-Sahara Africa and hope that this will be a further step towards harmonized activities and alignment among Development Partners. If you come across interesting information in your daily work that you wish to share with the group in the next newsletter, we are happy to receive your messages at any time: nina.helm@inwent.org
›› PDF-Newsletter No.4 04/2009 (PDF 89.2 KB)
DPWG-LGD Newsletter No. 3
In October and November we carried through two different activities, with excellent results: First, we
met for the workshop on joint training in the field of decentralisation and local government and
agreed on deepening our collaboration (see report).
Second, during the European Development Days we held the panel on "Harmonisation and
Alignment in the field of Local Governance and Decentralisation" discussing experiences from Africa.
(see minutes)
Again, I would like to remind you that this newsletter is designed to improve our networking more
closely. If you wish to share any relevant information concerning your organisation with other
members of the DPWG-LGD or a broader general public, we are happy to receive your messages at
any time: nina.helm@inwent.org
Another information: Cornelia Parisius left the secretariat in November 2008, her successor will be
another Nina, Ms. Nina Wade (to keep it even easier for you to contacting us:-)
›› PDF-Newsletter No.3 12/2008 (PDF 243 KB)
DPWG-LGD Newsletter No. 2
Our last meeting in Paris (June 25 to 27) was a big success, as we advanced in defining our guiding principles and identified five issues to be deepened in working groups: 1. integral framework, 2. indicators, 3. capacity building, 4. fiscal decentralisation, 5. sequences. The meeting showed also that our informal character is very useful for the open exchange and unbureaucratic proceedings. (see minutes below).
As we have seen, there is a lot of work to be done, specially in terms of networking. If you wish to share any relevant information concerning your organisation with other members of the DPWG-LDG or a broader general public, I am happy to receive your messages at any time: nina.helm@inwent.org
›› HTML-Newsletter No.2 8/2008
›› PDF-Newsletter No.2 8/2008 (PDF 871 KB)
DPWG-LGD Newsletter No. 1
At the request of the participants of the Berlin conference in September 2007, the secretariat of the DPWG-LGD has initiated a quarterly newsletter. I am pleased to enclose the first edition and a first design of the logo for your consideration. The newsletter targets a wide audience and will be available by subscription via e-mail.
We would like to invite you to send us information, activties, data etc. of all kind you whish to share within our group and with a wider audience. This is your newletter - please feed it !
The newsletter not only aims to improve internal communications and knowledge management within the group but also to enhance external visibility in order to better influence international debates. We believe improved external and internal communications will have a strong impact on the functional efficiency of our group.
If you wish to share any relevant information concerning your organisation with other members of the DPWG-LDG or a broader general public, I kindly ask you to send it to me at: secretariat_dpwg_lgd@inwent.org
›› HTML-Newsletter No.1 5/2008
›› PDF-Newsletter No.1 5/2008 (PDF 806 KB)
