Local Governance Assessment

The Learning Project “Local Government Assessment” is based on the initiative that started at the F2F meeting in New Delhi in 2009 and has the main purpose of developing a roster of Local Governance Assessment tools that serve beneficiaries (i.e. local stakeholders), implementers and SDC to inform about governance results (successes and shortcomings) and to provide mutual learning and information for future action. It is also envisaged that the results of the assessment serve as a baseline on governance issues. The LP prepared five case studies from South Africa, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Nicaragua, Bangladesh and Afghanistan together with a synthesis paper.

The roster was further discussed and developed at the F2F in Sarajevo in 2011.

Summary (Blog F2F Sarajevo)


Key publications


Local Governance Assessments: A Capitalisation of SDC Experience
February 2011
Pascal Arnold, Pascal Fendrich, Sarah Byrne (Intercooperation) and Andres Mejia Acosta (Institute of Development Studies) With inputs from - Jens Engeli/Tirtha Sikder, Intercooperation Bangladesh - Snezana Misic, MDPi Bosnia and Herzegovina - Ephrem Tadesse, SDC South Africa - Rudi von Planta, SDC Nicaragua - Abdul Bari, SDC, Afghanistan - Hans Peter Reiser, SDC - Christoph Fuchs, SDC - Kuno Schläfli, SDC
Download (PDF, 2227 KB): [en]  

LGA Guideline and Toolkit DTC
January 2012
Author: P. van Hoof and SDC
Download (PDF, 241 KB): [en]  
Annex 1.1: Urban Governance Index UN-Habitat
Download (PDF, 1355 KB): [en]  
Annex 1.2: Citizen report card Manual
Download (PDF, 2488 KB): [en]  
Annex 1.3: Local Governance Self-Assessment - Sharique Bangladesh
Download (PDF, 920 KB): [en]  
Annex: 1.4 Local Governance Barometer Übersicht
Download (PDF, 78 KB): [en]  
Annex 1.5: GOFORGOLD PMT Handbook_Version 2
Download (PDF, 1486 KB): [en]  
Annex 1.6: GOFORGOLD handbook-Dari
Download (PDF, 312 KB): [en]  


Other products

Learning Project Local Governance Assessment
Author: Hans Peter Reiser, Christoph Fuchs
Download (PPTX, 1758 KB): [en]  
Selecting the most appropriate LGA tools
Author: Paul van Hoof
Download (PPT, 440 KB): [en]  

Local Governance Assessment - Posters on case studies - 1
Download (PDF, 125 KB): [en]  

Local Governance Assessment - Posters on case studies - 2
Download (PDF, 70 KB): [en]  

Local Governance Assessments - A Capitalization of SDC Experience
Download (PPT, 459 KB): [en]  

Learning Project Local Governance Assessment - Working Sessions 1 and 2 (7 March)
Author: Hans Peter Reiser, Christoph Fuchs
Download (PPTX, 90 KB): [en]  

Learning Project Local Governance Assessment - Working Session 3 (8th March)
Author: SDC - Christoph Fuchs, Hans Peter Reiser
Download (PDF, 71 KB): [en]  

Local Governance Assessment Learning Project WS2 - Selecting the most appropriate LGA tools for SDC
Moderated by Paul van Hoof
Download (PDF, 94 KB): [en]  

Local Governance Assessment - Working Group 3 Power Analysis-questions
Download (PPT, 157 KB): [en]  

Intercooperation's Local Governance Programme - SHARIQUE Bangladesh
March 2011
Author: Intercooperation
PILOT on Power relations and analysis Funded by: SDC
Download (PPT, 326 KB): [en]  

Factsheet on "Local Governance Assessment"
December 2010
Download (PDF, 116 KB): [en]