Strengthening democratic local governance
The project aims at supporting the democratic transition and the peace efforts in Myanmar. Using a decentralized budget support approach to all townships of one state in the Southeast of the country, it will strengthen township’s participatory planning and budgeting capacity. The project will also deepen the community’s capacity to demand public services. Additionally it will support national level policy discussions based on this experience.
Paese/Regione | Tema | Periodo | Budget |
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Myanmar |
Governance
Decentralizzazione
Gestione delle finanze pubbliche |
01.01.2023
- 30.12.2026 |
CHF 14’010’000
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- Programma di sviluppo delle Nazioni Unite
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Settore in base alle categorie del Comitato di Aiuto allo sviluppo (DAC) dell'OCSE GOVERNO E SOCIETÀ CIVILE
GOVERNO E SOCIETÀ CIVILE
Sotto-Settore in base alle categorie del Comitato di Aiuto allo sviluppo (DAC) dell'OCSE Decentralizzazione / governance locale / democratizzazione (obbligo di responsabilità incluso)
Gestione delle finanze pubbliche
Temi trasversali Prevenzione delle crisi
Il progetto sostiene in via prioritaria miglioramenti nell'organizzazione partner
Tipo di aiuto Contributo al progetto e al programma
Numero del progetto 7F09544
Contesto |
As the country is going through a historical political transition, marked by a change of government through credible elections and by the launching of a peace process, the project aims at strengthening democracy and peace efforts at subnational levels. The project will focus in particular on making local processes more transparent, inclusive, accountable and participatory in order to improve citizens’ satisfaction with public service delivery. On the one side, UNDP will strengthen the state and township authorities to conduct participatory planning and budgeting, using discretional grants to the township level as an entry point that mimics fiscal transfers. On the other side, an (I)NGO subcontracted by UNDP will support the demand side to engage meaningfully and actively in those processes, with specific support to women and vulnerable groups. Newly elected ward and village tract administrators will be in particular empowered to better represent their communities’ priorities in their biweekly meetings with the township administration, characterized currently by top-down interactions. The commonly agreed use of the discretional grants will provide concrete and visible improvements of public services. This project will be implemented in all townships of a state in SDC’s focus area in Myanmar, either Mon or Kayin, giving a minimum coverage to be relevant to inform and help shape future national policy development on local governance and decentralization. It is timely, as the government has just announced a decentralization of its general administrative department (GAD). The project also aims at strengthening good governance practices in ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) areas, to the extent possible, and support better coordination between EAOs and state and township administration. How to do so will need to be further elaborated during the inception phase. |
Direzione/Ufficio responsabile |
DSC |
Partner del progetto |
Partner contrattuale Organizzazione delle Nazioni Unite (ONU) |
Budget | Fase in corso Budget Svizzera CHF 14’010’000 Budget svizzero attualmente già speso CHF 0 |
Fasi del progetto | Fase 99 01.01.2023 - 30.12.2026 (Fase in corso) Fase 1 01.12.2016 - 31.12.2022 (Active) |