UNITAR: Local Development Programme UN Institute for Training & Research 2

Thematic focal areas Vision Governance To be a centre of excellence for E-Governance standard-setting methodologies, Local Development high-quality training, research Public Finance and Trade capacity and knowledge systems Environment Chemicals and Waste Management Mission Climate Change Deliver innovative training and Biodiversity conduct research on knowledge Environmental Governance and Law systems to develop the capacity Peace, Security and Diplomacy of partner countries. International Law Historical Background Multilateral Diplomacy Peacemaking and Conflict Prevention Established as an autonomous Training body within the Research system in 1965 Knowledge Systems Innovation UNOSAT Local Development Programme 3

Implemented as an outcome of the World Summit on LDP’s Target A multi-stakeholder partnership with the public group: sector, the private sector (Veolia, Total, …) and civil society Local authorities

Mission: To provide training to local actors in order to in partnerships with : enhance their capacity to implement locally the Millennium Development Goals and other international • National Governments conventions. • Civil Society • IGO’s • Private Sector Objectives

support local authorities in their local development through a participatory process (training “If my neighbor can workshops,) do it, then so can I!” Enable exchange of knowledge, expertise and best- practices Simon Compaoré, Mayor of Promote decentralized and city-to-city cooperation Ouagadougou, Strengthen community and stakeholders’ President of MDP, involvement Burkina Faso

Promote local democracy and good governance through capacity building LDP 4

Areas of action

The training sessions for local authorities focus on four major areas:

Sustainable Urbanization and Environment

Urban planning Urban environment services (transport, water, waste, energy) Climate Change

Local governance and Economic Development

Local governance (gender, public participation, e-Governance) The Unitar/UN-Habitat initiative on «Access to Local economic development (Income generation, PPP, employability, business skills and management) basic services for All» highlights the rights and Local Institutional Support responsibilities of the Building local capacities (accountability and transparency, local stakeholders involved in leadership and municipal management, reform and decentralization the provision of basic support) services and aims at improving the delivery of Health and Human Security these services to the Human security (urban safety and social coexistence) poorest. Local health management ( Urban management of HIV Aids, local risk management of pandemics) LDP 5

LDP implements its training programmes through a network of 10 CIFAL centers :

Americas: CIFAL Atlanta CIFAL Curitiba

Africa: CIFAL Durban CIFAL centers are established in CIFAL Ouagadougou cooperation with local Asia and Pacific authorities and other stakeholders. CIFAL Kuala Lumpur CIFAL Shanghai CIFAL is the french acronym for “International CIFAL Barcelona Training Centre for CIFAL Bilbao Local Authorities/ Actors“ CIFAL Findhorn

CIFAL Plock LDP 6

Methodology

LDP has been applying In the seminars, traditional training methods, such Knowledge Management as presentations by practitioners, are combined techniques to its capacity- with interactive approaches based on knowledge development activities since early 2003 management techniques and field visits. This encourages cooperation between the participating cities.

Workshops objectives . City Share methodology: To assess current levels of competencies in each city • Self-assessment exercise To share experiences, knowledge, skills and • Discussions about good and bad practises innovative ideas with peer participants • Peer assist exercises • Producing an Action Plan To learn from experts’ lectures and discussions • Building cooperation To see and experience best practices in the field

To find partner(s) for future city-to-city cooperation Partnerships 7

Private Sector VEOLIA ENVIRONNEMENT TOTAL Bolloré World and Regional Associations of Cities Addax Petroleum United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) The Regional Network of Local Authorities for the Management of Human Settlements State Governments (CITYNET) Estonia Federación Latinoamericana de Ciudades, Municipios y Asociaciones (FLACMA) Spain Partenariat pour le Développement Municipal (PDM) IT4ALL-Network of Local Authorities for the Information Society France Foundations and NGOs Republic of Korea Fondation Albert II de Monaco Switzerland Global Ecovillage Network Principauté de Monaco The African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) Local Governments Basque region of Spain, Generalitat de Catalunya (Catalan Government of Spain) City of Curitiba City of Atlanta City of Findhorn City of Plock City of Ouagadougou City of Durban City of Kuala Lumpur City of Shanghai United Nations United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) World Bank Institute Access to Basic Services: Successful case study 8

multi-stakeholders partnership involving

International organisations: UNITAR, UN Habitat, ILO, UNDP, OHCHR, WHO, UNEP

National governments: Brazil, France, South , Philippines

Local authorities and their associations: FLACMA, UCLG, Citynet, PDM, Municipality of Ouagadoudou, Muncipality of Durban, Municipality of San Fernando, etc

Private sector: World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), Veolia Environnement,

NGOs and Civil Society: global ecovillage network (GEN)

Objectives:

clarification of the role and responsibilities of each stakeholder involved in the provision and delivery of basic services

Results:

Adoption of three international resolutions (2005,2007, 2009) calling for implementation of international guidelines on access to basic services

Next steps: implementation of these guidelines at local level through the organisation of pilot projects in collaboration with CIFAL centres. UNITAR

Local Development Programme

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