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Editorial:
Dear Development Partners,
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
The secretariat of the DPWG is looking forward to receiving your feed-back about the structure and the content of the proposed newsletter, the design of the logo or any other topic on which you would like to comment.
Hope you have a nice day!
DPWG-LGD Agenda and Activities:
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The DPWG-LGD organizes an event at the EDD - European Development Days, November 15 to 17, 2008 in Strassbourg.
The DPWG-LGD presents a side event at the EDD with a panel to be composed by representatives of two donor countries (Denmark and the Netherlands) and two African partner countries (Tanzania and South Africa), discussing the harmonization and alignment approaches for strengthening local governance and decentralisation in South Africa and Tanzania. More information on the EDD: http://www.eudevdays.eu/
As soon as we will have defined further details of the panel, we will give you more information.
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The DPWG-LG&D Secretariat was recently inaugurated. Funded by the German Ministry for Economic Development and Cooperation (BMZ), the Secretariate is working at the InWEnt-office in Bonn, Germany and is composed by: Nina Helm, Senior Project Manager, and Cornelia Parisius, Project Manager (see contacts above).
- Linking our programmes: in accordance with the Survey on Support to Local Governance and Decentralisation (2006) and at the request of the DPWG-LGD, the members should communicate among themselves the LG & D- programmes carried out by the donor organizations. InWEnt is making a first step in order to contribute to a more harmonised, transparent and effective approach (as, e.g. joint evaluations), giving a review on its current and new programmes on LG & D. We would higly welcome analogical iniciatives from the other members of the WG.
See InWEnt programme
- InWEnt offers 2-day training seminars on Aid Effectiveness and Donor Harmonization
English-speaking professionals in the field of Development Cooperation can benefit greatly from the 2-day training seminars on Aid Effectiveness and Donor Harmonization conducted by InWEnt at its training center in Bad Honnef, Germany (near Bonn).
Through analyses of the donor landscape, multi-level approaches, case studies and the personal experience of the participants, the training focuses on improving coordination and cooperation among stakeholders. The goal is to make development policy interventions more effective and efficient at all levels. Participants will identify potential means of achieving a sustainable and significant European contribution for their particular fields of responsibility.
Upcoming courses in 2008:
June 9 & 10
August 11 &12
October 13 & 14
Attendance fee: 428,40 Euros (does not cover the expenses for accomodation and full board = 65 Euros per day).
See abstract
If required, the training can also be conducted in other locations. In such cases, the fee is negotiable. For more information and registration via the DPWG-LGD Secretariat, please contact: Cornelia Parisius: secretariat_dpwg_lgd@inwent.org, Tel.: +49 - (0)228 - 4460 1676
News from our partner organisations:
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The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) in collaboration with the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF), the Municipal Development Partnership (MDP Harare and Benin), a number of country offices of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP country offices) and the Government of the Republic of Cameroun, is organizing in Yaoundé, Cameroon 28-30 May 2008, the Ministerial Conference on Leadership Capacity Development for Decentralized Governance and Poverty Reduction in Africa on the theme “From Policy to Implementation: Challenges and Strategies for Effective Implementation of Decentralized Governance in Africa”
http://www.unpan.org/directory/conference/guest/browseoneconference.asp?conference_id=4883
A pre-conference seminar for Elected Women Local Government Leaders on the theme of “Strengthening Women’s Leadership in Local Government for Effective Decentralized Governance and Poverty Reduction in Africa: Roles, Challenges and Strategies” will also be held at the same venue from 26 to 27 May 2008.
The details of the two can be found on
http://www.unpan.org/directory/conference/guest/browseoneconference.asp?conference_id=4885
- The ECDPM (European Centre for Development Policies Management) InBrief "Building capacities for monitoring and evaluating decentralisation and local governance. Experiences, challenges, perspectives"by Christiane Loquai and Sonia Le Bay is now available for download in English and French on the ECDPM website:
English: www.ecdpm.org/inbrief19
To find out more and read the case studies, please visit:
English: www.ecdpm.org/m&ecasestudies
Hard copies of this publication can be obtained from Mrs. Jacquie Dias: jd@ecdpm.org
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"African finance ministers, heads of multilateral development agencies, business leaders and civil society representatives were attending the Annual Meeting of the African Development Bank (AfDB). The Group held wide-raging discussions on 11 May 2008 in Maputo, Mozambique, on critical development issues in preparation for the 3rd. High Level Forum on Aid effectiveness scheduled to take place in September 2008 in Accra, Ghana."
Read more here.
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