UNDP Oslo Governance Centre

Workshop on Local Government in Post-Conflict Situations, Oslo, Norway, 28-29 November 2007

• Workshop Report 

Session 1 – OPENING, OBJECTIVES AND EXPECTATIONS

Mr. Siphosami Malunga and Mr. Lenni Montiel

 

SETTING THE CONTEXT: LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN POST-CONFLICT – WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT IT?

Mr. Paul Jackson

• Local Governments in Post-Conflict Environments, Commissioned Paper, Mr. Paul Jackson and Ms. Zoe Scott – Annex 4
• Presentation by Mr. Paul Jackson – Annex 5

Session 2.1 – CHALLENGES FACED BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN POST-CONFLICT SITUATIONS: NATIONAL PERSPECTIVES

Mr. Arcangelo Leite, Mr. Musa Mohammed Oshaik, Mr. Aiah Joseph Prescott Lebbie, Mr. Besnik Tahiri, Mr. Olav Kjorven

• Presentation by Mr. Arcangelo Leite – Annex 6
• Presentation by Mr. Musa Mohammed Oshaik – Annex 7
• Presentation by Mr. Aiah Joseph Prescott Lebbie – Annex 8
• Presentation by Mr. Besnik Tahiri – Annex 9

Session 2.2 – CHALLENGES FACED BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN POST-CONFLICT SITUATIONS: NATIONAL PERSPECTIVES

Mr. Barna Karimi, Mr. Fouad Hamra, Mr. Radomir Kezunovic, Mr. Onyombo Albert Etchumba

• Presentation by Mr. Barna Karimi – Annex 10
• Presentation by Mr. Fouad Hamra – Annex 11
• Presentation by Mr. Radomir Kezunovic – Annex 12
• Presentation by Mr. Onyombo Albert Etchumba – Annex 13

Session 3  – ADDRESSING KEY PRIORITIES, CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS FOR IMPROVING CAPACITIES OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. WORKING GROUPS 

• Working Groups. Conclusions (Original Minutes) – Annex 14

Session 4 – UNDP PERSPECTIVES

Ms. Awa Dabo, Mr. Henrik Fredborg Larsen, Ms. Shifa Jayousi

• Presentation by Ms. Awa Dabo – Annex 15
• Presentation by Mr. Henrik Fredborg Larsen – Annex 16
• Presentation by Ms. Shifa Jayousi – Annex 17

Session 5 – STRENGTHENING UNDP AND NATIONAL ENGAGEMENT IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN POST-CONFLICT

• Working Group of UNDP Staff. Conclusions – Annex 18
• Working Group of National Counterparts. Conclusions – Annex 19

Session 6 – KNOWLEDGE PLATFORMS AND TOOLS FOR PROGRAMMING IN SUPPORT OF CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Mr. Monjurul Kabir

• Presentation by Mr. Monjurul Kabir – Annex 20
• Knowledge Mapping for Local Government in Post-Conflict  – Annex 22

Other Documents

• Ms. Kathleen Hamill and Ms. Zena Ali-Ahmad. Paper Local Government in Post-Conflict Countries: Lebanon Case Study – Annex 21

 

For further information, please contact the Team responsible for the work on local government in post-conflict in the UNDP Democratic Governance Group:

• Siphosami Malunga, Policy Adviser – Governance.
  Democratic Governance Group. UNDP Johannesburg Regional Centre. South Africa
  Siphosami.malunga@undp.org
• Lenni Montiel, Senior Policy Adviser – Decentralization and Local Governance.
  Democratic Governance Group, UNDP New York
  lenni.montiel@undp.org
  
• Javier Fabra Mata, Research Associate – Governance and Conflict Prevention
  Democratic Governance Group. UNDP Oslo Governance Centre
  javier.fabra@undp.org