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What is
Good Local Governance ?
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When Local government is
implementing practices and processes which give citizens
an opportunity to express their views and participate in
establishing priorities for rural development and public
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PPDG
works with the Local Popular Councils and Local
Executive councils in Beni Suef and Qena to strengthen
their relationship with their constituencies, help them
to become more representative of the needs and
priorities of the communities they serve; enhance their
working knowledge of best practices and processes needed
for more accountable and responsive institutions; and
enable them to work with media to better inform citizens
of local government services. |
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When Civil
Society Organizations have a strong understanding of
their role in ensuring good governance and are holding
local government accountable for public service
delivery.
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Through building and enhancing the
capacities of local Civil Society Organizations, PPDG
aims at enhancing the awareness of the CSOs about best
practices and processes for a more accountable,
responsive, and participatory government; prompting a
clearer understating of their roles and responsibilities
in terms of the laws and regulations
governing their activities;
and fostering their ability to better represent their
constituencies. |
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When Local
citizens, especially women and youth, are taking opportunities to express their views and priorities
for rural development
and public service delivery. |
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An integral aspect of the
PPDG approach towards promoting good governance is
empowering youth and women to take a leading role in
their communities. The project aims at enhancing their
understanding of their rights and responsibilities as
citizens; build their capacity to effectively
participate in local development; increase their
influence on the existing governing institutions by
voicing up their views and priorities for local
development plans and services. |
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When the
media provides citizens with objective, balanced, and fact-based information on social and political
affairs in the local context.
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PPDG
views
local media as an effective catalyst for supporting
accountable and transparent local institutions. In doing
that, the project support the capacity of local media
institutions to providing citizens with objective,
balanced, and fact-based information on local affairs.
In addition, the project equips local media
professionals with relevant working knowledge of the
laws and regulatory frameworks governing their
activities and best practices and processes of local
journalism from other regions and countries from the
developing world. |
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STARTING DATE:
July 2006
TARGET
GROUP:
Local Popular
Councils, Local Executive Councils, Civil
Organizations,
Local Media, Youth
and
Women.
LOCATION:
Qena
(Kous & Armant)
and Beni Suef (Ahnasia
& El Fashn)
Governorates
GOAL:
Improved local governance in Qena
and Beni Suef
Governorates.
PARTNERS:
Partners in Development (PID)
& The
International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX)
FUNDED BY:
USAID
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