LOCAL GOVERNANCE AND SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY

LOCAL GOVERNANCE AND SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY
New Perspectives: Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Europe and Central Asia, and OECD Countries

March 27-29, 2007  Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

This workshop introduced participants to the results of a recently completed social audit of local governments, which provides useful lessons and information on service delivery and citizen participation at local government level, as well as a preliminary look at public expenditure management practices in 20 municipalities across Bosnia and Herzegovina. The results of the audit will provide the basis for the development of a two-year capacity building program at municipal level, and feed into the design of potential World Bank lending at municipal levels.

The second day of the workshop highlighted presentations from OECD, Eastern European and Central Asian countries on innovative social accountability initiatives, based on a region-wide stocktaking of such initiatives recently completed by the World Bank Institute and OECD. The presentations included best practices in the areas of participatory budgeting, consultative citizen report cards, citizen charters, and other participatory mechanisms aimed at improving the relationships between citizens and local governments for improved service delivery and public management. The aim of this day was to draw upon regional practices to design and innovate similar programs within Bosnian municipalities, and to create a regional network of practitioners for continued information exchange. Around 120 local and national government officials, NGOs from across the region, international experts and donor representatives attended this workshop.

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Background Information
Day 1: Background and Objectives (pdf, 55kb)
Day 2&3: Background and Objectives (pdf, 56kb)
Agenda (pdf, 148kb)
Administrative information for Local Participants (pdf, 61kb)
Administrative information for Regional Participants (pdf, 70kb)
Workshop Brochure (pdf, 387kb)
Speaker Bios (pdf, 110kb)

Reports:

Draft ECA Stocktaking Synthesis Part I (pdf, 190kb)
Draft ECA Stocktaking Synthesis Part II (pdf, 1,326kb)
Prism Social Audit in BiH, Survey Questionnaire (pdf, 193kb)
Prism Social Audit of Local Government in BiH, Qualitative Report (pdf, 403kb)
Stocktaking of Social Accountability in OECD Countries (pdf, 917kb)

Presentations:

Day 1: March 27

Opening Presentation, by Mary McNeil (pdf, 731kb)

BIH Social Audit Presentation, by Andre Herzog   (pdf, 565kb)

BIH Social Audit Presentation, by Emir Dervisevic (pdf, 1422kb)

Day 2: March 28

ECA Stocktaking Presentation, by Mary McNeil (pdf, 875kb)

Presentation, by Tiago Peixoto  (pdf, 100kb)

International Observatory of Particypatory Democracy: Spain (pdf, 32kb)

Russia Presentation, Maslova Maslova and Yakov Luzyanin (pdf, 728kb)

Stocktaking in Central Asia, by Anara Alymkulova (pdf, 89kb)

Namys Presentationi, by Kairat Imanaliyev (pdf, 4763kb)

Presentation Tajikistan, by Bathtier Inamov (pdf, 665kb)

Stocktaking in Caucasus, by Vano Tavadze (pdf, 80kb)

ERC Azerbaijian Presentation, by Gubad Ibadoglu (pdf, 2040kb)

CESD Presentation, by Vugar Bayramov  (pdf, 25kb)

Stocktaking in South East Europe, Rudina Toto (pdf, 1314kb)

Financing of CSOs by the Government, by Suncica Sazdovska (pdf, 135kb)

CCI Presentation, by Igor Stojanovic (pdf, 177kb)

Co-planpresentationBiH270307 (pdf, 11.2mb)

Day Two: Stocktaking of Social Accountability Initiatives in ECA

Tiago Peixoto, European University Institute
OECD Stocktaking presentation (pdf, 44kb)

Melissa Pomeroy, International Observatory of Participatory Democracy, Spain
International Observatory of Participatory Democracy, Spain (pdf, 32kb)

Marina Maslova, Institute of Urban Economics/ Local Governance and Civic Engagement in Rural Russia
Local Governance and Civic Engagement in Rural Russia (pdf, 41kb)

Panel II: Social Accountability Initiatives in Central Asia

Anara Alymkulova, Counterpart Sheriktesh, Kyrgyz Republic
Stocktaking of Social Accountability Initiatives in Central Asia (pdf, 91kb)

Kairat Imanaliyev, Namys, Kazakhstan
Namys-Public Association of People with Disability, Kazakhstan (pdf, 56kb)

Bahtier Inamov, Urban Institute, Tajikistan
Local Governance and Citizen Participation Project, Tajikistan (pdf, 23kb)

Gulnara Derbisheva, Insan-Leilek, Kyrgyz Republic
Budget Partnership Initiative, Kyrgyz Republic  (pdf, 25kb)

Panel III: Social Accountability Initiatives in the Caucasus Region

Vano Tavadze, The Horizonti Foundation, Georgia
Social Accountability Stocktaking in Caucasus (pdf, 49kb)

Vahan Movsisyan, Communities Finance Officers Association, Armenia

Zurab Burduli, Young Lawyers’ Association, Georgia
Young Lawyers’ Association, Georgia (pdf, 21kb)

Gubad Bayramov, Economic Research Center, Azerbaijan
Transparency and Civic Engagement in Local Budgeting Process, Azerbaijan (pdf, 56kb)

Vugar Bayramov, Center for Economic and Social Development, Azerbaijan
Public Expenditure Tracking - Increasing of Role of Communities and Municipalities, Azerbaijan (pdf, 21kb)
Budgeting Process in Azerbaijan (pdf, 2mb)

Panel IV: Social Accountability Initiatives in South East Europe

Rudina Toto, Co-PLAN, Institut for Habitat Development, Albania
Social Accountability Stocktaking in South East Europe (pdf, 357kb)

Suncica Sazdovska, Macedonian Center for International Cooperation, Macedonia
Financing CSOs by the Government, Macedonia (pdf, 29kb)

Dritan Shutina, Co-PLAN, Albania
Co-PLAN, Albania (pdf, 11kb)

Igor Stojanovic, Centers for Civic Initiatives, BIH
Centers for Civic Initiatives, Bosnia and Herzegovina (pdf, 101kb)
CCI Action Plan for Citizens Participation_BIH (pdf, 141kb)
CCI Action Plan for Overcoming Obstacles for Citizens Participation, BIH (pdf, 109kb)