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Local Governance


Description
“Local Governance” explores the central role that local governance plays in a democracy. It describes what local governance is and what it does, while focusing on local governments as one of the central actors of governance. It explains why local governance should be more inclusive of women, youth, Indigenous people, and people from minority groups, and gives examples of how that is happening around the world. It also describes ways that local governance can encourage the participation of the people it represents.
Content
  • About this Course
  • Pre-Test
  • Section 1: Local Governance – What, Why and How
  • About this Section
  • Unit 1: Local Governance Concepts and Definitions
  • Unit 2.1: Decentralization
  • Unit 2.1: Test
  • Unit 2.2: Decentralization Reforms
  • Unit 2.2: Test
  • Unit 3.1.1: Decentralization Case Studies
  • Unit 3.1.1: Test
  • Unit 3.1.2: Decentralization Case Studies
  • Unit 3.1.2: Test
  • Unit 3.1.3: Decentralization Case Studies
  • Unit 3.1.3 Test
  • Unit 4.1: Different Types of Government Systems and Decentralization
  • Unit 4.2: Different Types of Government Systems and Decentralization
  • Unit 4: Test
  • Unit 5: Local Government Basics
  • Unit 6: Local Governments are Political Institutions
  • Unit 6: Test
  • Unit 7: Local Government Video
  • Unit 7: Test
  • References and Further Learning
  • Section 2: What is Local Governance Good for?
  • About this Section
  • Unit 1: What Local Governance is Good for
  • Unit 1: Test
  • Unit 2: How Local Governance Contributes to Democratic Development and SDGs
  • Unit 3: Local Governance Networking, Development Assistance
  • Unit 4: Building Local Democracy
  • Unit 5: Local Governance Website Explorations
  • Website #1 The Swedish International Centre for Local Democracy (ICLD)
  • Website #2 Development Partners Network on Decentralisation and Local Governance
  • Website #3 Commonwealth Local Government Forum (CLGF)
  • Website #4 The World Organization of United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG)
  • Unit 5: Test
  • References and Further Learning
  • Section 3: Challenges, and Trends in Local Governance
  • About this Section
  • Unit 1: Trends in Local Governance
  • Unit 1: Test
  • Unit 2: Local Governance and Corruption
  • Website Exploration: Transparency International
  • Video: “How Integrity Pacts Protect the Public Interest”
  • Unit 2: Test
  • Unit 3: Local Governance and COVID-19 Pandemic
  • Unit 4 – Local Governance and Climate Change
  • Unit 4: Test
  • Unit 5: Localism Movement
  • Unit 5: Test
  • References and Further Learning
  • Section 4: Citizen Participation in Local Government
  • About this Section
  • Unit 1: Participation and Democracy
  • Unit 1: Test
  • Unit 2: Representative Democracy and Direct democracy
  • Unit 2: Test
  • Unit 3: Categorising Participation
  • Unit 3: Test
  • Unit 4: Exploring participation (Videos)
  • Video 1: “What is a Responsive Citizen?”
  • Video 2: “What Is Participatory Democracy?”
  • Video 3: “Deliberative Engagement Part 1: What is it?”
  • Video 4: “Growing Participatory and Deliberative Democracy Animation”
  • Video 5: “Citizens, Assemble! Deliberative Democracy in 3 Minutes”
  • Unit 4: Test
  • Unit 5: Exploring participation (Websites)
  • Website 1: “Participatory Methods”
  • Website 2: “Participedia”
  • Website 3: “International Association for Public Participation (IAPP)”
  • Unit 5: Test
  • Unit 6: Referendums and Citizen Initiatives
  • Video 1: Issue Elections: Referendums and Initiatives
  • Video 2: “Referendums: A Tool for Unity or Division?”
  • Unit 6: Test
  • Unit 7: Using Digital Tools
  • Unit 7: Test
  • Unit 8: Making Local Governance More Inclusive
  • Unit 9: Women in Local Government
  • Experiences of Female Elected Representatives in Nepali Local Governments
  • Young Women's Representation and Participation in Local Governance
  • Unit 9: Test
  • Unit 10: Youth in Local Government (Reading)
  • Unit 10: Test
  • Unit 11: Youth in Local Government (Videos)
  • Youth Activist Joining Local Government: A Mexican Experience
  • Former Stockton Mayor on Becoming Youngest Mayor of Any Major US City
  • One Taiwanese Activist's Time in Local Government
  • Unit 11: Test
  • Further Learning and References
  • Section 5: Measuring Local Democracy
  • About this Section
  • Unit 1: Normative Basis for Assessing Local Democracy
  • Unit 1: Test
  • Unit 2: IDEA’s State of Democracy Assessment Frameworks (SoD)
  • The Global State of Democracy (SoD)
  • The Global State of Democracy (SoD)
  • IDEA TALKS Edna Co on Democracy Assessments in the Philippines
  • State of Local Democracy (SoLD)
  • Interview with Rufa Cagoco-Guiam
  • Unit 2: Test
  • Global State of Democracy (SoD) Indices
  • Unit 3: Democratic Accountability in Service Delivery
  • Watch Videos
  • Make a Difference in your Community
  • Assess Democratic Accountability in your Community
  • Unit 3: Test
  • References and Further Learning
  • COMPLETE THE COURSE
  • Complete the Course
  • Post-Test
Completion rules
  • All units must be completed
  • Leads to a certificate with a duration: 1 year