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Tools to Support Transparency in Local Governance

Tools to Support Transparency in Local Governance

Presentation at the Workshop on

Transparency and Accountability,

5th Global Forum on Re-inventing Government

Mexico City, November 2003


The context and challengeThe context and challenge

Global trend towards urbanisation Increasing poverty and insecurity Unsustainable urbanization patterns requiring preventive

and adaptive approaches Limited local government implementation capacity is main

bottleneck New approach to ‘good governance’

Local authorities as ‘enablers’ Emphasis on partnership for service delivery Focus on inclusiveness of access to city benefits and

decision making Promising innovations, but need to scale up


The missing linkThe missing link

“The key ingredient to realizing more inclusive cities is neither money nor technology, nor even expertise or legislative change (although all these are important), but good urban governance.”The Global Campaign on Urban Governance, Concept Paper, 2nd Edition, March 2002

Civil SocietyCivil Society Private Sector

“Urban governance is the sum of the many ways individuals and institutions, public and private, plan and manage the common affairs of the city. It is a continuing process through which conflicting or diverse interests may be accommodated and cooperative action can be taken. It includes formal institutions as well as informal arrangements and the social capital of citizens.”

Local Government


Proposed Principles of Good Urban Governance

Proposed Principles of Good Urban Governance

SustainabilitySustainability SubsidiaritySubsidiarity EquityEquity EfficiencyEfficiency Transparency and AccountabilityTransparency and Accountability Civic Engagement and CitizenshipCivic Engagement and Citizenship SecuritySecurity


Examples of Practical MeasuresExamples of Practical Measures Consultations to build strategic vision for community Local Agenda 21 processes City Statute: legislation to promote inclusion Transparent fiscal transfers for weaker local authorities Equal access for women to local level decision-making Clear cost and quality targets for provision of public services City Convenants on timeliness of administrative services Participatory budgeting City Youth Parliaments - Junior City Councils Integrity Pacts between Local Govt and companies bidding Community based crime prevention approaches Town Hall meetings Open and constructive media debate on local issues

and many more practical measures …


Urban Governance Toolkit Series

Urban Governance Toolkit Series

Participatory Urban Decision Making (PUDM) - Participatory Urban Decision Making (PUDM) - Sept. 2001 - Sept. 2001 - E & SE & S

Transparency in Urban Governance (with Transparency in Urban Governance (with Transparency International) - 2003 - Transparency International) - 2003 - EE

Participatory Budgeting (with UMP-LAC PB Participatory Budgeting (with UMP-LAC PB network) - 2003 - network) - 2003 - E & SE & S

Local-to-Local Dialogues (with Huairou Local-to-Local Dialogues (with Huairou Commission, 2003) - Commission, 2003) - EE

Urban Governance approaches to Water and Urban Governance approaches to Water and Land issues (2004)Land issues (2004)

Vulnerability AssessmentBuilding NGO/CBO Capacity

Civil SocietyCode of Ethics

for Professional Associations

Private Sector

Urban Governance IndexUrban Poverty ProfileUrban Bribery Index

City Consultation Urban Pact

Report Cards

Building BridgesConflict Management

Participatory BudgetingLocal-to-Local Dialogues

Integrity Pact Commercialization of Services

Local GovernmentMunicipal Front Office

Independent AuditDebt Management

Disclosure of Assets Local Leadership Training

ParticipatoryUrban

Decision Making

III: Strategy Formulation and Implementation

•Action Planning•Programme Formulation•Demonstration Project•EMIS•Conflict Resolution

II: Issue Prioritisationand StakeholderCommitment

•Proposition Paper•Facilitation•City Consultation•Urban Pact•Stakeholder Working Group

IV: Follow Up andConsolidation

•Monitoring Tools•Programme Evaluation•Institutionalisation

I: Preparatory and Stakeholder Mobilsation

•Municipal Checklist•Stakeholder Analysis•Profiling•Vulnerability Assessment•Gender Responsive Tools

The Participatory Process and Tools which Support It

Feedback


Local Transparency:Expected Development Outcomes

Local Transparency:Expected Development Outcomes

More equitable and effective service delivery Increased accountability, civic engagement and

strengthened citizenship Enhanced legitimacy of local government Improved policy design and implementation Greater leveraging of resources from stakeholders Increased urban investment Reduced corruption


Transparency Toolkit:Intervention StrategiesTransparency Toolkit:Intervention Strategies

Assessment and Monitoring: understanding the degree of transparency in local governance, while creating a base-line against which progress in improving transparency can be measured;

Access to information: measures to improve stakeholders’ access to information;

Ethics and integrity: tools for clarifying what is expected from professionals and elected leaders;

Institutional reforms: including both administrative procedures and structural innovations;

Targeting specific issues: using specific issues as an entry-point for improving transparency.


Other features… Other features…

35 tools in 5 categories The toolkit explains, for each tool:

the purpose; the impact on transparency; how the tool works in practice; and a case study to illustrate successful application of the tool

Users are encouraged to add more tools and case studies for inclusive in future edition of the toolkit

Publication by end 2003 Outline handouts available at this workshop.


Thank you!Thank you!

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