Policy Making at the Second Tier of Local Government in Europe

2015 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Second Tier

scholarly journals INTRODUCTION FEDERALISM, LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND POLICY-MAKING

2011 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Gamper ◽  
Francesco Palermo
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Considerable Impact

This special issue examines local government; one of the less explored and yet most relevant aspects of federal studies. The special issue looks at cases that demonstrate how the growing role of local government has a considerable impact on federal systems.

scholarly journals Practices of Policy Making and Planning: A Case of Annapurna Rural Municipality in Kaski District

2020 ◽  
pp. 100-110
Author(s):  
Girdhari Dahal
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Equal Opportunity ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Codes Of Conduct ◽  
Policy Formulation ◽  
Political Orientation ◽  
Public Policy Making ◽  
Rural Municipality

This paper makes a brief description and analysis of policy formulation and planning process adopted by the local government of Nepal. The main objective of the paper is to study the exercise of policy making and planning of Annapurna Rural Municipality in Kaski District of Gandaki Province, Nepal. The study is based on telephone interviews and person-to-person interviews with elected representatives of the rural municipality and secondary sources of data. Annapurna Rural Municipality has so far formulated more than 23 policies (acts, rules and regulations) for addressing the interest of its citizens. Of these policies, four are acts, two regulations, nine procedural laws and eight codes of conduct. Moreover, official policy makers have a prominent role in public policy making while the unofficial policymakers have little influence on the public policy making. There is no provision of direct participation of people in the policy formulation process. Also, the local government has not developed a practice of taking assistance from hired experts while formulating public policies that demand technical expertise and knowledge. It is observed that the planning process followed by the rural municipality consists of seven steps: tole level assembly, ward level meeting, assembly of Ward, decisions forwarded to office of rural municipality, recommendation by the executive committee, approval by assembly of rural municipality and implementation by executive bodies like the office of rural municipality, ward office, etc. The results indicated that the rural municipality has, to some extent, guaranteed the participation of its citizens in the planning and implementation activities. However, despite the bottom-up approach of planning being practiced, all people, irrespective of their political orientation, do not have equal opportunity to make their voice being heard to the planning process. However, it lacks inclusiveness.

scholarly journals Pemetaan Kawasan Permukiman Kumuh Perkotaan Menggunakan Metode Simple Additive Weighting

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 63-72
Author(s):  
Budiyanto Ahaliki
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Urban Slums ◽  
Main Issue ◽  
Field Surveys ◽  
District Government ◽  
Simple Additive Weighting

Saat ini permasalahan permukiman kumuh di perkotaan masih menjadi isu utama yang menjadi perhatian serius pemerintah daerah di Indonesia. Di pemerintahan daerah Kabupaten Bone Bolango, Provinsi Gorontalo, masalah yang dihadapi dalam menangani masalah permukiman kumuh perkotaan adalah belum adanya konsep penanganan kawasan permukiman kumuh dan pengelompokkan basis data kumuh berbasis spasial. Hal ini berakibat Pemerintah Kabupaten Bone Bolango sulit dalam mengambil keputusan penanganan kawasan permukiman kumuh. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah menganalisis konsep penanganan kawasan permukiman kumuh perkotaan di Kabupaten Bone Bolango. Data penelitian ini diperoleh melalui survey lapangan dengan kategori kawasan permukiman kumuh Ringan, Kumuh Sedang, dan Kumuh Berat. Penelitian ini menggunakan Metode Simple Additive Weighting (SAW) untuk melihat nilai bobot dari masing masing kriteria. Hasil analisis menunjukkan peta informasi permukiman kumuh dengan kategori kumuh ringan, kumuh sedang, kumuh berat di Kabupaten Bone Bolango yang dapat digunakan untuk membantu pemerintah daerah dalam pengambilan kebijakan penanganan kawasan permukiman kumuh perkotaan. Currently, the problem of urban slums is still the main issue that is a serious concern of the local government in Indonesia. The problem faced by Bone Bolango district government in Gorontalo province in dealing with the problem of urban slums is the absence of the concept of handling slums and grouping spatially based slum databases. This resulted in bone bolango regency government difficult in making decisions on the handling of urban slums. The purpose of this study is to analyze the concept of handling urban slums in Bone Bolango regency. The research data was obtained through field surveys with categories of Light Slums, Medium Slums, and Heavy Slums. This study used the Simple Additive Weighting (SAW) Method to look at the weight values of each criterion. The analysis shows an information map of slums in the category of light slums, medium slums, heavy slums in Bone Bolango regency that can be used to assist local governments in policy making handling urban slums.

scholarly journals Barriers to the Developement of Collaborative Governance in Croatia

2017 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-36
Author(s):  
Jan Klasinc
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Financial Management ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Collaborative Governance ◽  
Citizen Satisfaction ◽  
Policy Objectives ◽  
Common Problems

This paper aims to establish whether collaborative governance may be a useful concept in Croatian local government and what barriers might prevent Croatian ULGs from developing such models. Recent research has shown that some ULGs in Croatia are more successful than others in terms of financial management and resource allocation, which may be due to better quality of civil servants working in local government and increased participation of citizens in public policy making but also to some form of collaborative governance. The second case also offers a possibility of achieving higher level of citizen satisfaction with local government on the basis of results, although this satisfaction is not necessarily linked to achieving proclaimed policy objectives or transparency and openness. In the case of e-governance we also assess the technological development of ULGs as a precondition for dynamic communication needed for collaboration. We find that in some cases the achievement of public good and community goals are due to better leadership and creating trust and in some others due to better participation in policies and involvement of citizens in common problems, such as unemployment. Barriers are detected by studying the most and least successful ULGs.

scholarly journals Translation across borders: connecting the academic and policy communities

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steve Connelly ◽  
Dave Vanderhoven ◽  
Catherine Durose ◽  
Peter Matthews ◽  
Liz Richardson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Direct Impact ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Mutual Learning ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Policy Communities ◽  
Research And Policy

This chapter looks at the legacy of three projects which connected research and policy communities, through the development of ‘policy briefs’ for the UK Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG). These were short and accessible reviews of research relevant to policy on localism. Starting from an understanding of policy-making as meaning-making, and of translation as situated and purposeful action, ethnographic and action research were used to explore how academics and government analysts translate research into ideas useful for policy makers. It concludes that the legacy of researching for policy can be understood both in terms of ‘things left behind’ and their direct impact on policy, and also more broadly in terms of participants’ purposes being met, and influences on academic and civil service norms and subsequent practice. Co-production is central to leaving such a legacy, in particular to break down mutual misunderstanding across the policy/academia border. In contrast interdisciplinarity seems less important, though broadening the disciplinary base of research used by government is certainly valuable. Underpinning everything else, the development of relationships of trust through collaboration and mutual learning is paramount.

scholarly journals New CLGF Four-Year Grant to Help Local Government Service Delivery and Boost CLGF’s Research Capacity

2012 ◽  
pp. 136-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucy Slack ◽  
Susan Rhodes
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
International Development ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Regional Policy ◽  
Local Level ◽  
National Policy ◽  
Research Capacity ◽  
Government Service ◽  
The Uk

The UK Department for International Development (UK AID) has agreed £4.5 million funding for a four-year CLGF programme to improve governance and service delivery at local level in several areas of the Commonwealth including Africa and Asia from 2012-16. It will also help to support national policy frameworks for local government service delivery, and increase engagement of local government in regional policy planning and implementation. CLGF will continue to work with its members, UN partners and others to mobilise more resources towards the support of local government in the Commonwealth. The new programme will focus on local government pilot projects in LED, supporting ministries and local government associations in strengthening their national policy making for local government, and establish regional forums to enable local government to engage in and influence regional policy making to reflect the needs and priorities of local government. It will also boost CLGF’s research capacity with targeted research to strengthen CLGF’s policy making and advocacy, including more sustained engagement in international policy debates on key issues affecting local government, such as climate change.

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