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United Nations Capital Development Fund

United Nations Capital Development Fund. Information, Communication and Accountability in UNCDF Local Development Programmes. 10 th Inter-Agency Roundtable on Communication for Development UN Conference Centre, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 12-14 February 2007.

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United Nations Capital Development Fund

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  1. United NationsCapital Development Fund Information, Communication and Accountabilityin UNCDF Local Development Programmes 10th Inter-Agency Roundtable on Communication for Development UN Conference Centre, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 12-14 February 2007

  2. UNCDF, Local Development and Communications • UNCDF's Local Development Programmes (LDPs) build the capacity of local governments and subnational authorities, and make investments in local communities to improve their access to social services and economic infrastructure. • UNCDF operates under the principle of subsidiarity, ensuring that decision making responsibilities are entrusted to institutions as close as possible to those affected by these same decisions. • These institutions should be accountable and involve, to the fullest extent possible, the broad participation of stakeholders representing different sectors of society. • These stakeholders should be able to monitor, provide feedback and influence the decision-making processes that determine how public resources are allocated. • Effective and efficient Communication is vital to ensuring the viability of this development approach.

  3. Accountability and Communication in Local Governance Three dimensions of Local Government accountability: • Downward accountability, of local government to citizens. • Horizontal accountability within local government and administration. • Upward accountability, of local government to central government. • Accountability lies at the heart of any improvements in local government delivery of public goods and services. Accountability is only made possible through effective two-way communication. • The public provision and effective communication of information, by whatever means, enables local citizens and others to track local government activities and increases the extent to which LG officials become more accountable. • When citizens are empowered to participate in the public debate on issues that affect their lives, they are more likely to hold their local authorities accountable. • Challenges: Illiteracy; access; dispersed populations; lack of experience in and trust of Government.

  4. Local Government Areas of Communication

  5. Local Government Areas of Communication

  6. Local Government Communication Channels

  7. Local Government Communication Channels

  8. Challenges and Constraints • Ad hoc approach at present to inclusion of C4D in Prodocs. • Some projects have communications specialists on support team at country level, but mostly focused on external communications with donors and Government. • Not regularly included as a development indicator in evaluations. • No full-time C4D advisors on staff.

  9. Decentralization Music Video End presentation with 3-minute video on promoting participation in Malawi.

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