Guidance and systemization of experiences
To what extent can decentralization help to institutionalize citizen engagement in governance and promote sustainable peace? This study analyses the concept of decentralization and looks at the challenges of implementing it in several post-conflict countries. It argues that participatory governance at the local level facilitates the involvement of local communities in policy decisions. This creates a shared commitment to peaceful progress that reduces the likelihood of violent conflict. Peace cannot be lasting unless both men and women, as well as those in minority groups, participate in shaping post-conflict reconstruction and are able to enjoy its benefits equally. However, effective decentralization for participatory governance requires political will, civic will, capacity development at the local level and careful implementation.
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In 2013, the City of Barcarena initiated the process of aligning government planning to the UN Development Agenda with the preparation of the 2014-2017 Multi-Year Plan. The 2018-2021 Pluriannual Plan...
Developed by Prefeitura de Barcarena
Posted by Patricia Menezes
Guidance and systemization of experiences
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Local Development plays an important role in the development of local economies, enhancing jobs and livelihoods creation as well as in the provision of basic services to the population, all having a s...
Developed by United Nations Development Programme (UN...
Posted by Mylène Lavoie
Guidance and systemization of experiences
