The WBI Urban and Local Government Team has partnered with various institutions from around the globe to design and implement Distance Learning (DL) initiatives for local governments on several topics. For instance, the partnership with the Municipal Development Partnership for Eastern and Southern Africa (MDP-ESA) has led to initiatives such as the Africa Local Government Action Forum (ALGAF), and the Africa Good Governance Program on the Radio Waves, which builds on the great oral tradition of knowledge exchange in Africa - learning through active listening and sharing - and features overall 11 hours of instruction on Municipal Finance and Participatory Budgeting. The latter topic - Participatory Budgeting - is also dealt with in our partnership with the Centro Internacional de Gestion Urbana (CIGU), which hosts the following e-learning course.    A long-term partnership has also been established with the Tecnológico de Monterrey (Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education), hosting several e-learning courses, i.e.: The partnerships with institutions and centers of excellence from around the globe allow us to offer tailor-made, interactive learning products, where the participants sit in the driving seat, and learn about relevant theoretical frameworks and case studies, which they may subsequently apply in their own constituencies.  |
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