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dlgnews - issue no 10
February 2013

This issue starts with various News from the Network: - A presentation from Dr. François Paul Yatta on: Developments and trends in the medium and long term in West Africa. - Details on the Regional Governance Seminar held by the Western Balkans Division in Sarajevo - HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation presents a video on a methodology for introducing gender responsive budgeting in local governments. - SDC in Serbia shares information about a new project aiming at strengthening the oversight function of Parliament in Serbia. - An introduction of decentralised wastewater management from Bosnia and Herzegovina. - Focal Point News and a reminder regarding the registration for our F2F in Egypt, 13 – 16 of May.
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Presentation of Mr. François Yatta
February 2013
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UNDP - Project Document Serbia
February 2013
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UNDP Fact Sheet - Strengthening the Oversight Function and Transparency of the Parliament
February 2013
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OECD - Citizen-State Relations
February 2013
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DCD/DAC (2012) 28 - Draft on orientations and principels
February 2013
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NADEL all training courses spring 2013
February 2013
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dlgnews - issue no 9
October 2012
This issue includes information about: • The Train4Dev/DeLog training course on “Harmonisation, Decentralisation and Local Governance” that took place this year in Thun, Switzerland • Details of the future training in-country training that will be held in Benin • A view of preparing the network for the third F2F, which will take place in May, 2013 in Egypt • Work done by network members during 2010 – 2011: “Lessons from five learning projects implemented by the Democratization, Decentralization and Local Governance Network” and a summary of the Concept notes for applied research and innovative approaches • SDC COOF in BiH presents a publication on “Citizen participation in South Eastern European countries” • dldp shares a report on: “Supporting Experiences in Inter – LGU Cooperation in Albania: Report on the Outcomes of dldp and Partner’s Contributions” • LoGIn’s con-tribution on the “Appreciation Courses for development professionals” and the portal launch: “Practice in Participation” • DESPRO Ukraine, shares the video “Life in the new coordinates” • the IDS Governance Team shares its 2012 Annual Report.
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Report DeLog Thun
September 2012
Author: Emmely Benschop, Melissa Dalleau, Elena Fanetti
Training course Harmonisation, Decentralisation and Local Governance Hotel Freienhof, 27-30 August, 2012 Thun, Switzerland
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Programme DeLog Benin
September 2012
Séminaire DeLoG au Bénin : Efficacité de l’aide, décentralisation et gouvernance locale. Programme de déroulement – Première proposition
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Capitalisation of Experiences Learning Projects
July 2012
Author: Katharina Walker and Matthias Boss - KEK - CDC Consultants
Lessons from five learning projects implemented by the Democratization, Decentralization and Local Governance Network
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Summary of Concept Notes
September 2012
Concept notes for applied research and innovative approaches
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dldp Report
July 2012
Supporting Experiences in Inter-LGU Cooperation: Report on the Outcomes of dldp and Partners’ Contributions
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dlgnews - Issue no 8
May 2012

This issue is dedicated to informing about: Two learning projects of the dlgn “Civil society participation and accountability on local governance processes” and “Outcome Measurement in local governance programmes”. • A short article on the effect that cuts to state and local governments can have on women from the Economic Policy Institute Blog • A report from ALDA on the best practices of cooperation between Local Authorities and Civil Society Organisations in development cooperation. • News from DeLoG about the presentation of the evaluation of the European Commission’s (EC) support to decentralisation • A summary of the SDC Policy Paper on decentralisation processes in developing and transition countries • A presentation of International IDEA’s new Political Finance database. • Two competence centers for dlg present themselves: KEK-CDC Consultants and fast4meter, Switzerland. • Network news include the Evaluation of Land Reform in Madagascar and a paper on inter municipal cooperation in Albania. Training Opportunities for 2012 on topics related to dlg.
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DOCUMENTS RELATED TO dlgnews - Issue no 8

Factsheet LP 1
May 2012
Civil society participation and accountability in local governance processes
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Factsheet LP 2
May 2012
Outcome Measurement in Local Governance Programmes
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Presentation of the evaluation of the EC support to decentralisation
May 2012
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EvalBrief
December 2011
Author: SDC - Corporate Controlling Section
Decentralisation Processes in Development and Transition Countries: Evidence-Based Lessons Learnt
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Rapport-Evaluation-Reforme-Fonciere
May 2012
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paper in inter LGU cooperation
May 2012
Inter LGU cooperation in local strategic planning and LGU funding instruments in Albania
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dlgnews - Issue no 7
February 2012
Editor’s notes / Dlgn engagement in Cooperation Strategies / Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness / Network News / Training Opportunities / Publications
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DOCUMENTS RELATED TO dlgnews - Issue no 7

Etat de la gouvernance locale en province de Ngozi en 2010 : Avancées et Défis
November 2011
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India and Switzerland Sign MOU for Mutual Cooperation on Local Governance
December 2011
Author: FDFA
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Document of Conclusions
November 2011
Side event “Aid effectiveness at the sub-national level”. 4th High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness
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Training programme 2012 The Hague Aacdemy
2012
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Busan and Beyond
November 2011
Author: DeLoG
Localising Paris Principles for More Effective Support to Decentralisation and Local Governance Reforms
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Evaluation de la Réforme foncière à Madagascar
November 2011

Rapport final synthétique
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dlgnews - Issue no 6
December 2011
Highlights of the Annual Report from the Focal Point / “Beyond Aid” a speech of the World Bank addressing transformed global realities / Workshop Governing the State with James Putzel / Will EU deliver smarter support to governance? / Competence Centers on dlg in Switzerland / Network News / Training Opportunities
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DOCUMENTS RELATED TO dlgnews - Issue no 6

International Training Course on Social Enterprise Development
November 2011
Author: IIRR
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Application Form
November 2011
Author: IIRR
for the International Training Course on Social Enterprise Development
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Central points of the discussion with Prof. James Putzel
August 2011
Author: Swisspeace
Central points of the discussion with Prof. James Putzel LSE “Why Donors Need a Better Definition of State Fragility” 2nd Meeting of the Experts Group on governing the state in fragile contexts
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Presentation of Prof. James Putzel
August 2011
Author: Swisspeace
Why Donors Need a Better Definition of State Fragility
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dlgnews - Issue no 5
September 2011
The Joint Training Programme on DLG organised by DeLoG / Article written by Erika Schläppi on “Decentralization / “Member Review”, with the reflections of Norbert Pijls on the DVD Learning Tool / Three Competence Centres working on dlg in Switzerland share their experience and expertise
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DOCUMENTS RELATED TO dlgnews - Issue no 5

DeLoG Concept Note - Train4Dev Course: Harmonisation, Decentralisation and Local Governance
September 2011
Author: DeLoG
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DeLoG Subgroup Meeting - train4dev Course: Harmonisation, Decentralisation and Local Governance
September 2011
Author: DeLoG
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DeLoG – Train4Dev Expert Group - Defining structure, roles and responsibilities
September 2011
Author: DeLoG
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dlgnews - Issue no 4
July 2011
Plans of the dlgn for the coming months including staff rotation at SDC HQ / publication of the LearnBuch on Municipal Finances / 2011 Status Report on Network Development from the SDC Board of Directors / synthesis of Guidance and Key Policy Messages on Aid, Accountability and Democratic Governance of the OECD-DAC-GOVNET Programme on Improving Support to Domestic Accountability / presentation on 30 years of Decentralisation in Madagascar made by the Bernese social anthropologist Gion Cabalzar / News sent by dlgn members about activities in Kosovo, Albania, Serbia, Bangladesh and South Asia (LogIn) / Training opportunities
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DOCUMENTS RELATED TO dlgnews - Issue no 4

Briefing note on 2011 Status Report Network Development
July 2011
Author: SDC - Adrian Gnägi
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DRAFT - Synthesis of Guidance and Key Policy Messages on Aid, Accountability and Democratic Governan
June 2011
Author: OECD-DAC-GOVNET
OECD-DAC-GOVNET Programme on Improving Support to Domestic Accountability
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OECD-DAC-Govnet Programme on Improving Support to Domestic Accountability
June 2011
Author: SDC - Alexander Widmer
Presentation and Discussion in SDC‘s DLG and PED Networks
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Gender, Power and Politics in Bangladesh: a baseline study for the Upazila Support Project
April 2011
Author: IDS - Naomi Hossain and Salma Akhter
FINAL DRAFT Report prepared on behalf of the UNDP Bangladesh Local Governance Cluster
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dlgnews - Issue no 3
April 2011
- Looking back at the dlgn F2F / looking into the future of dlgn - Reflecting on the link between Decentralization and Fragility - Sharing news from our colleagues from LoGIn, the South Asian Hub - Providing with links to interesting training opportunities on Decentralization and Local Governance in the Netherlands, Switzerland and in South Asia
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dlgnews - Issue no 2
February 2011
Editor’s notes / Network of Associations of Local Authorities of South-East Europe (NALAS)/ On our way to Sarajevo – update on the learning projects / Network News
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dlgnews - Issue no 1
January 2011
Inside this Issue: - Editor’s notes - Does decentralization impact development? - Network News - The experience of dlgn members – LoGIn
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DOCUMENTS RELATED TO dlgnews - Issue no 1

First draft of an input paper situating position of DPWG-DLG
December 2010
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Evaluating Democracy Support
August 2007
Author: IDEA / Sida
Methods and Experiences
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Mapping members of the dlgn
April 2011
Author: Skat - Bertha Camacho
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Crossroads of Knowledge on decentralization
December 2010
Benoît Girardin and Philippe de Rham reflect on the contributions of development cooperation to the adaptation of political systems and in particular to decentralization.
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Public provider Partnerships (PpP)_discussion note
February 2012
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Public provider Partnerships (PpP)_lift out
February 2012
Institutional Principles to Ensure Water Supply & Sanitation Rights for All
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