scholarly journals Relationship between spatial and development planning at the local level in the Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina

2020 ◽  
pp. 71-79
Author(s):  
Branislav Bijelić ◽  
Dejan Đorđević
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Development Strategies ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Current Topic ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Basic Hypothesis ◽  
Republika Srpska

The mutual relationship between spatial and development planning at the local level is a very current topic that has concrete consequences for development processes in local government units in the territory of Republika Srpska (RS). Although it is still unregulated from the legislative point of view, local development planning is much more present in practice, which is primarily manifested in the almost complete coverage of the territory of the RS by local development strategies. The connection of these documents to spatial and urban plans has not been treated in an appropriate way, which leads to a certain degree of their mutual inconsistency. The basic hypothesis of this paper arises from this statement, and that is that the lack of a clearly defined connection with spatial planning in the methodology of drafting local development documents leads to the inconsistency of these documents as the final result. As an auxiliary hypothesis, the assumption will be investigated that a large discrepancy in the coverage of the territory of the Republika Srpska between local development strategies and spatial plans of local government units also contributed to this inconsistency.

Capacity of Local Development Planning in Slovenia: Strengths and Weaknesses of Local Sustainable Development Strategies

2014 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 547-573 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomaž Deželan ◽  
Alem Maksuti ◽  
Matjaž Uršič
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Transition Period ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Development Strategies ◽  
General Idea ◽  
Agenda 21 ◽  
Sustainable Future ◽  
Local Sustainable Development

Despite being coined by international forums and promoted chiefly by international/supranational organisations and clubs, sustainable development is a concept that in essence rests on and is largely determined by the local level. The local level’s primacy in terms of introducing the principles of sustainability is openly stipulated by Agenda 21, thus providing the impetus for local sustainable development strategies – Local Agenda 21. These community-specific, long-term visions of sustainable co-existence serve as an important strategic tool for overcoming challenges communities may face while maintaining the general idea of the future. As prime standardised artifacts, local sustainable development strategies represent an excellent insight into the capacity of an individual community to achieve a sustainable future and deal with potential challenges. In this paper, we analysed four such visions of a sustainable future for two city and two minor Slovenian municipalities in order to examine their capacity to develop into sustainable communities. By employing George and Kirkpatrick’s (2006) framework for assessing sustainable development strategies, we identified useful and problematic aspects of the documents prepared by the city and town municipalities. The analysis showed that the transition period in Slovenia has left a significant impact on development planning and its consequences have yet to be fully resolved.

A Assessment of Management Efficiency in Local Administrative Offices: Case Study Poland

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 329-351
Author(s):  
Mariola Grzebyk ◽  
Agata Pierścieniak ◽  
Małgorzata Stec
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Organizational Development ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Financial Management ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Management Process ◽  
Economic Point ◽  
Management Efficiency

The analysis of management efficiency is an important element in evaluating the functioning of public administration from an economic point of view. In order to achieve greater efficiency of the management process, and thus the quality in public administration, it is important to analyze and evaluate its elements. Modern research usually covers individual elements, parts of the management process. However, the current study proposes a comprehensive approach to this process. The objective of the article is the evaluate levels of management efficiency of local government offices using a single synthetic indicator and also to identify areas that hinder management efficiency. The study applies the institutional analysis methodology, adjusting it to the needs of the article. The article postulates that areas that call for immediate changes in Poland's local government offices should include such areas as strategic and financial management, invigorating economic development, project management and public service offers. Any changes thus introduced in these areas may enhance improvements in management processes, effectiveness and efficiency of activities, the quality of the office's functioning, organizational development, which togethr indirectly affects local development.

scholarly journals Complementary currency systems as a source of endogenous development of localities

2012 ◽  
Vol 50 (No. 10) ◽  
pp. 477-484 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Zagata
Keyword(s):  
Local Development ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Social Institution ◽  
Economic Behavior ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Social Benefits ◽  
Endogenous Development ◽  
Local Society ◽  
The World ◽  
Complementary Currency

The paper tackles the issue of regional and social development. From a sociological point of view, it focuses on the phenomenon of complementary currency systems. The analysis shows that money, as a social institution, has got certain features, which have an impact on economic behavior of people. Establishing a currency on the local level, which would circulate as a complement of the national currency, brings certain social benefits to local society. Nowadays, there are many complementary currency systems all over the world, including Europe. The paper attempts to answer the question, how they can contribute to the local development.

scholarly journals Integrating Business CSR With Local Government Development Program: Business Perception

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 108
Author(s):  
Abdul Nadjib ◽  
Rabin Ibnu Zainal
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
Alternative Source ◽  
Business Interests ◽  
Social License ◽  
Basic Services ◽  
Corporate Social

The mandate of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Indonesia through various laws and regulations, provide an alternative source of funding for local government for the development and the provision of basic services in their area. However, the process of integrating business CSR with local development program must consider the perception of all relevant stakeholders, namely local government officials and staff or managers managing CSR programs in the company. Business CSR are often placed as an instrument for companies to achieve its interest, such as to obtain a social license, reputation and security of business. This study is aimed at understanding business perceptions in integrating business CSR with local development program. The study took place in Muara Enim Regency, South Sumatra province, which is known as a regent where many mining and plantation companies operating in the region. The method used is a descriptive qualitative research method by conducting unstructured interviews with managers and staff of 10 business companies in this region. The study found that there were differences in perceptions of managers and staff towards the integration of CSR with local development programs. The differences of perception is occurred as the local government is still not adopted the business interests. This can be used as a guideline for all parties as a first step to integrate CSR programs with regional development planning.

Public participation in water management in northern Thai highlands

Water Policy ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 395-413 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helene Heyd ◽  
Andreas Neef
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Stakeholder Analysis ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Local People ◽  
Northern Thailand ◽  
Decentralized Governance ◽  
Constitutional Right ◽  
The Right

In the early 1990s, Thailand launched an ambitious program of decentralized governance, conferring greater responsibilities upon sub-district administrations and providing fiscal opportunities for local development planning. This process was reinforced by Thailand's new Constitution of 1997, which explicitly assures individuals, communities and local authorities the right to participate in the management of natural resources. Drawing on a study of water management in the Mae Sa watershed, northern Thailand, this article analyzes to what extent the constitutional right of participation has been put into practice. To this end, a stakeholder analysis was conducted in the watershed, with a focus on local people's interests and strategies in water management and the transformation of participatory policies through government agencies at the local level. While government officers stressed the importance of stakeholder inclusion and cooperation with the local people, there is a sharp contrast between the official rhetoric and the reality on the ground. The analysis reveals that government officers, particularly in the conservation-oriented agencies, are not disposed to devolve power to lower levels and that participation of local people in water management seems currently to be passive or, at best, consultative in nature. In order to deal with the increasingly severe water problems in northern Thailand, decision makers have to recognize the value of participation and promote a profound change in government officers' attitudes towards local people through training programs and incentives.

scholarly journals KAJIAN STRATEGI PERENCANAAN PEMBANGUNAN DAERAH BERBASIS SOSIAL BUDAYA DI KOTA KENDARI (A Study of The Social-Cultural Based Local Development Planning Strategy in Kendari City)

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-45
Author(s):  
Syahrun Syahrun ◽  
Wa Ode Sitti Hafsah ◽  
Abdul Alim
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Cultural Development ◽  
Global Network ◽  
Cultural Tradition ◽  
Social Culture ◽  
Planning Strategy ◽  
The Social ◽  
Government Development

Unavoidable globalization should be anticipated by implementing the social-cultural based local government development to strengthen self identity and local wisdom as a guide to arrange the strategies of government development. Local government development planning strategy based on social culture in Kendari City is one of appropriate and suitable programs. This paper aims to investigate and to describe local government development planning strategy based on social culture as one of efforts to improve the society’s prosperity. This research employed qualitative approach. The data was obtained from several informants selected purposively. Therefore, the data was analyzed qualitatively, using three simultaneous steps: data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion, with local development planning and culture innovation potency theories. The local government development planning strategy based on social culture in Kendari city shows the existence of interaction between global and local culture and economy. Social culture aspect is believed to support the implementation and development of global network, with good quality and capability. Cultural tradition is very important because it can unify different cultural backgrounds, particularly heterogeneous condition in Kendari; in which each ethnic brings unique and different tradition or culture like Muna, Tolaki, Bugus, Buton, and others. The development strategies implementable are involving custom figure and society’s participation, improving social cultural development, and utilizing local wisdom cultural value in development, and culture-based education.  

scholarly journals Decentralization by Devolution; Perceptions of Councilors on the Level of their Decision Making Authority in Local Government Experience from Tarime Town Council

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Anosisye Mwandulusya Kesale
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
Local Governance ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Political Decentralization ◽  
Government Experience ◽  
Democratic Decentralization

Early 1990s governments across the South have embarked on democratic decentralization reforms aimed at introducing and strengthening local governance because of its assumed potential to improve the delivery of public services and alleviate poverty. To comply with that international practice, in early 2000 Tanzania government decide embarked on an ambitious Local Government Reform Program that addressed Political decentralization. Political decentralization signaled the government’s commitment to enhance the decision making authority of local government councils on matters affecting local development including determining priorities for local development, land use, finance, service delivery and human resource management. This paper sought to find out whether the selected local government council led by councilors enjoys the development planning, and service delivery authority as established in the local government law. The findings have confirmed that the case study council enjoyed modest decision making authority in the areas of local development planning, selecting local development strategy, and enjoyed even greater authority over service delivery powers.

Using Open Data and Citizen Science in Understanding Disaster Risk: Experience from Western parts of Nepal

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Puja Shakya ◽  
Binod Prasad Parajuli
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Citizen Science ◽  
Spatial Data ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Open Data ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Data Sources ◽  
Hazard Exposure

<p>Nepal is highly vulnerable to multiple disasters due to its topography and geographic conditions. It also suffers with data deficiency in better understanding the impacts of disasters and existing capacities to cope with such disasters. This information scarcity severely hinders understanding the disasters and their associated risks in the areas. This also hampers local and regional risk reduction, preparedness and response, limiting rigorous and robust disaster risk modelling and assessment. For regions facing recurrent disaster, there is a strong need of more integrated and proactive perspective into the management of disaster risks and innovations. Recent advances on digital and spatial technologies, citizen science and open data are introducing opportunities through prompt data collection, analysis and visualization of locally relevant spatial data. These data could be used as evidence in local development planning as well as linking in different services of the areas. This will be helpful for sustained investment in disaster risk management and resilience building. In current federal structure of Nepal, there is an acute data deficiency at the local level (municipalities and wards) in terms of data about situation analysis, demographics, and statistics, disaster impacts (hazard, exposure and vulnerability) etc. This has caused hindrances to all the relevant stakeholders including government, non-government and donors in diagnosing the available resources, capacities for effective planning and managing disaster risks. In this context, we are piloting an approach to fulfil existing data gaps by mobilizing citizen science through the use of open data sources in Western Nepal. We have already tested it through trainings to the local authorities and the communities in using open data for data collection. Likewise, in one of our upcoming project on data innovations, we shall create a repository of available open data sources; develop analytical tools for risk assessment which will be able to provide climate related services. Later, upon testing the tools, these can be implemented at the local level for informed decision making.</p>

scholarly journals Designing the Participation on Local Development Planning: From Literature Review to Adaptive Framework for Practice

Societies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 19
Author(s):  
Michal Hrivnák ◽  
Peter Moritz ◽  
Katarína Melichová ◽  
Oľga Roháčiková ◽  
Lucia Pospišová
Keyword(s):  
Local Governments ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Practical Implication ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Local Environment ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Comprehensive Overview ◽  
Life Long Learning ◽  
Individual Potential

This exploratory review of the literature provides a comprehensive overview of the settings that are available to the planner when managing participatory strategic planning of spatial socio-economic development on the local level. We contextualize individual potential configurations of participation in local development planning practice, documented in a number of case studies from different parts of the world, in order to reflect the multidimensionality of the participatory planning process. These reflections are used to build a participation plan model, which aimed to help local planners, especially local governments, to optimize the participation of local stakeholders, according to the specifics of the local environment. The paper evaluates the options of planners to manage the participation from perspective of the organization of participation, the determination of its scope, selection of stakeholders, methods and techniques of communication, decision-making and visualization, as well as the deployment of resources, or the possibility of promotion and dissemination of information. As a practical implication of this review, we compose a participation matrix, which is intended to be an auxiliary tool for planners to establish own locally-specific participation plans and that can serve as tool for education, or life-long learning of planners.

scholarly journals EFEKTIVITAS PERENCANAAN PEMBANGUNAN DAERAH KOTA BATU

REFORMASI ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 228-235
Author(s):  
Dekki Umamur Ra'is ◽  
Dody Setyawan ◽  
Yordanus Dimus
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Regional Government ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Input Process ◽  
Sampling Process ◽  
Planning Development

Keberhasilan pembangunan negara tidak semata-mata ditentukan oleh kekayaan sumber daya alam yang melimpah, tetapi juga ditentukan oleh proses perencanaan pembangunan yang sistematis, terukur, dan menyeluruh (komprehensif). Perencanaan pembangunan memiliki peran yang sangat strategis dan vital dalam pembangunan. Keberhasilan perencanaan, salah satunya diukur dari efektifitasnya. Ada empat indikator efektivitas,  yaitu Ketepatan Waktu, Ketepatan perhitungan biaya, Ketepatan Dalam Menentukan Tujuan, dan Ketepatan Sasaran. Penelitian in menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif dengan penentuan informan menggunakan metode snowball sampling dan analisa data menggunakan triangulasi. Hasil kajian menunjukkan bahwa perencanaan pembangunan daerah di Kota Batu sudah efektif. Walaupun begitu, masih ada beberapa faktor penghambat yang harus diperhatikan oleh pemerintah kota Batu,  yaitu program kegiatan yang tidak sesuai dengan RPJMD atau visi-misi kepala daerah, sistem ditingkat lokal pemerintahan daerah yang belum tersinkronisasi secara maksimal, sehingga proses input data masih perlu berulang-ulang. Faktor lainnya adalah kurangnya koordinasi antar OPD. Oleh sebab itu diperlukan konsistensi dari semua elemen yang terlibat dalam perencanaan. Komitmen dari kepala daerah, kepala OPD dan elemen lain yang terlibat dalam proses perencanaan harus diperkuat.The quality of a country's growth is decided not just by the availability of plentiful natural resources but also by a formal, tangible and rigorous method of development planning. Planning for construction plays a very pragmatic and vitally significant position in planning. Planning performance, in which one is calculated by its effectiveness. There are 4 efficacy metrics, that' Timeliness, Accuracy in costs, Accuracy in Setting Goals, and Accuracy of Targets. There are four effectiveness measures, which is timeliness, expense accuracy, objective setting accuracy, and aim accuracy. This research uses a qualitative methodology and the snowball sampling process to pick the informant and use triangulation as interpretation of the results. The results showed that regional development planning in Batu had been effective. Even so, there are still some inhibiting factors that must be considered by the local government, the program of activities that are not in accordance with the RPJMD or the vision and mission of the regional head, the system at the local level of the local government that has not been synchronized maximally, so the data input process still needs be repeated. Another factor is the lack of coordination among the OPD. It requires continuity with all the components involved in preparation. Commitments will be reinforced from department leaders, manager level and other aspects participating in the planning phase.Key Words: Effectiveness; Planning; Development; Regional; Government; Governance

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