Lokale myndigheders rolle og 2015 Målene

Time: Friday, 3 December at 09.20 – 11.00 hours

Venue: Danish Institute for International Studies, Main Auditorium, ground floor, Strandgade 71, Christianshavn, 1401 Kbn K

There is growing consensus that democratic governance creates the conditions for sustainable development and poverty reduction.

Time: Friday, 3 December at 09.20 – 11.00 hours

Venue: Danish Institute for International Studies, Main Auditorium, ground floor, Strandgade 71, Christianshavn, 1401 Kbn K

There is growing consensus that democratic governance creates the conditions for sustainable development and poverty reduction.

Similarly, it is increasingly accepted that achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and eradicating poverty needs to be done at the local level and thus requires the involvement of local authorities.

Local authorities can play a major role in this effort by ensuring more effective and accountable local infrastructure and service delivery for the poor and by improving the dialogue among the state, citizens, their communities and the private sector.

Too often, however, sub-national levels of government are not involved in consultations on national poverty reduction strategies or sector policies. Nor are they given the mandate or institutional and financial capacity to plan and deliver local development interventions such as social services and local infrastructure.

Do local governments have a comparative advantage in contributing to local development and the achievement of the MDGs? If so, why has their role been limited in most countries to date? How can their role be stepped up?

UNCDF is the UN’s capital investment agency for the world’s 49 least developed countries. It is a key actor in support for building local capacity, promoting institutional reform and policy change, and providing grant-funded investment capital.

UNCDF’s policy support includes the introduction of participatory planning and budgeting systems at the local level that seek to ensure a voice for women and other disadvantaged groups in local public decision-making. UNCDF also work within, and support, the national system of central-local government institutional and fiscal relations.

(Nu afdøde Poul Grosen var chef for UNCDF – som VK-regeringen siden har inddraget støtten til, red.)

Speakers

* David Morrison, Executive Secretary for United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF)
* Esbern Friis-Hansen, Senior Researcher, DIIS

PROGRAMME

09.20-09.30
Arrival and Coffee

09.30-09.40
Introduction by Esbern Friis-Hansen, Senior Researcher, DIIS

09.40-10.10
Local Development and MDGs: What Role for Local Governments? by David Morrison, Executive Secretary for United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF)

10.10-11.00
Open Discussion

The seminar will be held in English.

Participation is free of charge, but registration is required. Please use our online registration form on http://www.diis.dk/sw102188.asp

And do so no later than Thursday, 2 December 2010 at 12.00 noon.

Please await confirmation by e-mail from DIIS for participation.

Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), The Conference Section, Strandgade 56, 1401 Kbn K, tlf. 32 69 87 51, e-mail: [email protected] og web: www.diis.dk