Reconstructing Local Governance

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Reconstructing Local Governance

• LORC FORUM
• November 30, 2006

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Local governance changeTowards good governance

• Local governance without decentralization is no
  means of good governance.
• Local democracy elected council, citizen
  participation, etc.
• Efficiency and Effectiveness
• Rule of law concretely and clearly provided,
  keeping the due process
• Exclusion of corruption public ethics

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Decentralized Local Governance

• Decentralization reform has to enforce the
  strengthening citizen participation and the
  empowerment to local public and non profit
  sector
• There must be proper governance democratic and
  effective local people control needed
• Local people have to observe and control the
  local government which has more power in
  decentralization initiative.

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How to reconstruct the local governance

• Local governments reform by themselves is only
  limited lack of driving force in it
• Local people can influence the operation of the
  decentralized system through the campaign of
  participatory in election
• Private sector and non profit sector affect the
  local governance to be evolved

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Local governance Three steps of evolution

• First step Responsive type of local governance
• Second step Network type of local governance
• Third step Partnership type of local governance

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Responsive local governance

• Good governance of local government
• Effective and efficient public service provision
• Responsibility and accountability for localities
  or region
• Empowerment for local citizen providing the
  chance of participation

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Network governance

• Cooperation and Responsiveness of local actors
  community action group, private company, NGOs
• Networking among local government and many local
  actors
• Organizing the issue network and then policy
  network in specialized area.

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Partnership governance

• Citizens maturity of power and control
• Equal partnership between local actor and
  government
• Cooperation of provision of public services
• Effective and efficient use of local resources
• Establishment of sustainable community

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Capacity building of local public and
organization

• Capacity building of understanding public
  service, public sphere, and public interest
• Training the skills or know-how of administration
  and citizen participation in the community
• Motivation or incentive of studying by themselves

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Local GovernanceIn the Community

• Next step decentralization delegation of power
  to the community action group
• Organizing the partnership among the NGO/NPOs,
  private sector, public sector
• Maintaining the community sustainability local
  public services through partnership
• Reestablishing the democratic control of
  partnership