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Enhancing Local Democracy in South Eastern Europe: Donor Assistance Overview

Explore donor assistance for local democracy in South Eastern Europe, key recipients, major fields of emphasis, and donor contributions. Gain insights into projects supporting local governance and critical sectors.

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Enhancing Local Democracy in South Eastern Europe: Donor Assistance Overview

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  1. Donor Assistance for Supporting Local Democracy in South Eastern Europe Vera M. Budway-Strobach Program Manager PASOS vbudway@pasos.org October 15, 2005

  2. Donors’ Assistance Database for 2003for the Stability Pact Beneficiary Countries on Local Democracy • Donor Assistance Mapping Exercise project on Local Democracy (DAME), undertaken by : • Open Society Institute – Local Government and Public Service Reform Initiative (OSI-LGI), under the auspices and in close cooperation with • the OECD / Development Assistance Co-operation (OECD/DAC) and the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe (SP) • http://lgi.osi.hu/projectsdb/ • http://www.stabilitypact.org

  3. Local Government Assistance in Perspective

  4. Recipients of Local Government Related Assistance

  5. Donors

  6. Donors

  7. Major Fields of Emphasis

  8. Largest Receivers in Major Fields

  9. Key Conclusions • The amount of specific local government aid in terms of the total amount of donor assistance to the Stability Pact countries is 10 - 15 % • The biggest recipients of local government assistance are Albania and Serbia and Montenegro with 31% and 22% of all local govt. assistance,respectively • Croatia, FYRMacedonia, Romania, and Moldova follow, all amounting to between 6% and 13% of all local government assistance • 20 donor countries were active in funding local government assistance projects in the region (EC, IFIs counted as separate donors) • There is a large concentration among donors: more than 2/3 of assistance funds were provided by Germany, Greece, EC, and IDA. • More than 1/3 of local government related assistance supported water supply and sanitation projects. • 1/5 of aid funds were spent on both education and government/civil society projects. The remaining 1/4 was spent on other fields such as health and population programs

  10. Donor Assistance for Supporting Local Democracy in South Eastern Europe Vera M. Budway-Strobach Program Manager PASOS vbudway@pasos.org October 15, 2005

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