Municipalities in figures: needs and realities (Mali)

The experiences of SNV Mali and PACT/GTZ

This publication is for all actors in development, working in the field of decentralisation and local governance, especially practitioners and policymakers working on issues connected with capacity building in the area of monitoring, evaluation and democratic control of local governance structures. It has been prepared in the context of an exercise that aimed to document, analyse and learn from experiences with different approaches and instruments for building the capacities of different actors in decentralisation and local governance, and in particular, the capacities of local government to monitor and evaluate the outcomes of these complex reform processes.

This learning exercise started in Mali. It has been a joint initiative by the Réseau de Réflexion et d’Echange sur le Développement Local (REDL)2 (a Malian network of development organisations and programmes working in the field of decentralisation and local development), the Netherlands Development Organization (SNV-Mali), the Malian Ministry of Territorial Administration and Local Government (MATCL) and the European Centre for Development Policy Management, an independent foundation based in Maastricht in the Netherlands.

The purpose of this exercise has been to jointly map and document relevant experiences in the West African region and share ‘good practice’ and lessons learned. A total of 11 case studies from different countries of the West African region were prepared during this exercise, and a seminar held under the auspices of the MATCL in Bamako on 17 and 18 May 2006 provided a forum for a structured exchange of experiences.

Full document to download on Pelican Initiative platform (35 page 365 Ko) www.dgroups.org/groups/pelican/docs/Mali_Draft_EN.pdf

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