Access to Development Funding for Local Government in Africa

Programme Overview

Monday 15 September 2008

Arrival and Registration
Reception
Tuesday 16 September 2008

Overview of Issues

Speakers will include:

  • Mayor Amos Masondo, Mayor of Johannesburg and President SALGA
  • Basil Morrison, Chairperson of CLGF
  • Julia Dolly Joiner, Commissioner for Political Affairs, African Union Commission
Financing Local Government to Deliver the MDGs
Speakers will address local government's role in achieving the MDGs and provide practical experiences from a number of markets.
Panel Session
How development partners set their priorities - how does local government engage and could local government increase its visibility on the national stage and play a more pro-active role?
Working Groups
  • How local government can be a partner in the programming of development finance
  • Poverty Reduction Strategies – aims and objectives?
  • General budget support – a role for local government 
  • Sector-wide approaches – the role of local government
  • Presenting a good application for development and marketing local government as a key stakeholder
Gala Dinner
Wednesday 17 September 2008

Building the Capacity of Local Government to Access, Manage and Employ Development Finance Effectively
Issues will include:
  • Local government as a key state actor
  • The importance of effective financial management
  • Strengthening local government's role in national planning
  • The role of the local government association
Working Groups

  • Slum upgrading
  • Water and sanitation
  • Healthcare
  • Building capacity of local government to manage development finance effectively
  • Credit ratings and access to loans for development
Panel Session – A Partnership between Development Partners and Local Government

  • Steps for improving collaboration between development partners and local government
  • Effective involvement of local government in national planning for poverty reduction
  • Local government and aid effectiveness - a response to the Paris Declaration
  • The role of the CLGF
  • Taking forward recommendations to Commonwealth Finance Ministers
Summary and Way Forward


Developing a partnership between local government and development partners to realise the MDGs in Africa.

Speakers will include:

  • Hon FS Mufamadi, Minister for Provincial and Local Government, South Africa
  • Ransford Smith, Commonwealth Deputy Secretary General
Reception Hosted by the Government of South Africa