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LOCAL AND ECONOMIC GOVERNANCE

LOCAL AND ECONOMIC GOVERNANCE. September 22, 2011. OVERVIEW OF THE PROGRAMS: Promoting Local and Economic Governance through Policy Advocacy. 1. One Stop Shop (OSS) for Business Licensing. Improved Business Climate. 2. Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA). Increased Local Economic Activities.

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LOCAL AND ECONOMIC GOVERNANCE

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  1. LOCAL AND ECONOMIC GOVERNANCE September 22, 2011

  2. OVERVIEW OF THE PROGRAMS:Promoting Local and Economic Governance through Policy Advocacy 1. One Stop Shop (OSS) for Business Licensing Improved Business Climate 2. Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) Increased Local Economic Activities Improved Local Governance 3. Strengthen SME Association Better Public Services 4. Budget Advocacy Program Improved Local Policies and Budgets 5. Analytical Work

  3. Our Approaches • Work with local partners (NGOs, MBOs, universities) • Intervene both demand and supply sides • Combine technical and political approaches • Promote gender equality and pro-poor/SME policies • Analytical work to support advocacy (evidence-based advocacy)

  4. TAF’s Local & Economic Governance Program Locations

  5. Civil Society Initiative Against Poverty II Working with local Moslem-Based Organizations (MBOs) and other Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in enhancing local policies that will improve governance and quality of public services for the poor and women • Timeframe: 4 years • Funding: DFID/UK AID • Geographical Coverage: 5 provinces and 30 districts/municipalities • Local partners: 16 NGOs/MBOs/universities • Local Implementation Strategy: • Facilitation to build coalition among non-gov’t stakeholders and identify reform areas • Conduct analytical work as basis for reform • Build the capacity of the CSOs and LGs • Advocate for sustainable reforms • Examples of Areas of Interventions: • Pro-poor Policies: health insurance scheme, free education services up to senior high school • Access to Information: Provincial Information Commission, local information officers (PPID) • Gov’t programs monitoring: road quality survey, poverty programs monitoring • Local Budget Study - 41 districts/municipalities & 5 provinces

  6. Lessons Learned • Long-term engagement • Good facilitation quality of local partners – advocacy NGO >> university • Flexibility in programming  high impact and locally-relevant reforms • Methodologically sound analytical work as basis for reform • Inter local governments and inter partners cross-learning >> TA, conventional training • Understand power structure and incentives/disincentives of stakeholders • Strong leadership is important, but not a necessary condition nor sufficient • Working with and build coalition of agents (not necessary the institutions), e.g., • Young or about-to-retire civil servants • Bappeda • At least 2 reform-minded DPRD members • Local activists (NGOs, journalists, etc.) • MBOs and political leaders • Critical junctures: • Local elections • National government’s policy/program • Advocate for national-level policy reforms based on field-level data and analyses • Participation is important, but existing channels may not be the right ones

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