Reward - COPEGOL - Local Government Competition for Excellence

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Reward

The COPEGOL reward is a sign of support and recognition given to the initiators of remarkable and innovative practices of governance. It prizes the creativity, effort and excellence of local governments that conceived and implemented them.

The award for the six highest scoring practices could consist of the following rewards:

1. Technical or material assistance that could take the following form, upon the choice of the winners:

a. Trainings, depending on the needs expressed by the rewarded districts sectors. It could be, for example, trainings related to:

• Literacy
• Accounting
• Communication to citizens, including publication of key documents, and/or dissemination of key information
• Citizen participation and feedback, transparency, and accountability in terms of:

• Planning (for elected officials, senior technical officials, and frontline workers)
• Budgeting and financial management (for elected officials and senior technical officials)
• Service delivery and contract management (for elected officials, senior technical officials, and frontline workers;

• Any other trainings needed to achieve objectives stated in the Capacity Building Plans

b. Specific material and equipment that would facilitate and improve the implementation of the winning practice in particular, and of the local council in general (office furniture, computerization of key information systems, hardware and software);

2. Cash reward to implement one of the development priorities of the winning district or sector, as stated in its development plan;

3. Study tours (other locations within the country or other countries).

4. Media campaign: winning sectors will have their practices featured in various media outlets (newspapers and magazines, TV news reports, radio broadcasts, web). The goal of this kind of media coverage is both to increase the visibility of homegrown good local governance practices and publicly acknowledge the work of the local government officials behind them. Such wide recognition would positively affect their morale and inspire others, in order to sustain a spirit and momentum for excellence and innovation in the country.

5. Official Certificate of COPEGOL 2008 prize-winner.

The total value of the rewards will depend on contributions by donors and other sponsors. It is estimated to be between $USD 50,000 and $USD 150,000.