This course focuses on the introduction to government structures; Organization and delivery of human services; Concepts of centralization, decentralization, and devolution; decision making; top-down and bottom-up linkages in social services provision in the context of changing relationships between donors and recipients and their accountability.
This course focuses on evolution of the decentralization system; concepts and theories, decentralization in Uganda: Background process, the legal and institutional framework, emerging issues in decentralization in Uganda, decentralized planning in local governments, role of councilors in local development, types and roles of statutory boards, managing human resource in local governments, intergovernmental fiscal transfers, financial accounting procedures for local governments, procurement and contract management in local governments, managing the relationship between appointed and elected local government officials, monitoring and evaluation of government projects under decentralization, centre periphery relations, local governments and poverty eradication, roles of councilors and executive committees, accountability and citizen participation, ethics and integrity in local governments. The course will equip students with skills in promoting good governance, improving the quality of service delivery by local governments and reducing the high levels of poverty among the population.
This course focuses on evolution of the decentralization system; concepts and theories, decentralization in Uganda: Background process, the legal and institutional framework, emerging issues in decentralization in Uganda, decentralized planning in local governments, role of councilors in local development, types and roles of statutory boards, managing human resource in local governments, intergovernmental fiscal transfers, financial accounting procedures for local governments, procurement and contract management in local governments, managing the relationship between appointed and elected local government officials, monitoring and evaluation of government projects under decentralization, centre periphery relations, local governments and poverty eradication, roles of councilors and executive committees, accountability and citizen participation, ethics and integrity in local governments. The course will equip students with skills in promoting good governance, improving the quality of service delivery by local governments and reducing the high levels of poverty among the population.
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