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| SOMMET AFRICITES 4 : UNE LUEUR D'ESPOIR POUR LES COLLCETIVITES LOCALES |
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6. Professionals of Central and Local Administration: It is generally agreed that cities are normally committee to the provision and maintenance of a wide range of services to their inhabitants in order to enhance their professionals at both central and local levels is critical in that they (professionals) provide the necessary skills for planning, implementing, and evaluating institutional tasks – in particular development projects and policies. Hence, they ensure the effectiveness and efficiency of local authority operations. To that end, participants recommended the empowerment of local authorities to formulate instruments that can attract professionals and enhance their job performance.
7. Workers Unions and Peasant Organizations : Participants agreed that Workers Unions and Peasant Organisations have innate abilities to build coalitions and recognize the necessity to involve them in the formulation of strategies to achieve the MDGs, thereby empowering the erstwhile alienated segments of the society in development planning. It was, therefore recommended that national policies should be formulated to recognize the importance of these organizations in development planning. The partnership between local authorities and these organizations should be fostered to ensure labour stability at the local level.
Lessons learnt
Subsequent to the 2003 Africities 3 recommendation and follow-up progrmmes, and the continental sensitization on the objectives and expected value of the programmes designed at the Summit, the deliberations during the current Summit provided (among others) the following lessons.
1. Prompted by demographic factors, in particular rural-urban migration and compelling economic globalization, the necessity for local authorities to consistently and qualitatively deliver goods and services to the local communities in INCREASINGLY demanding effective collaborative approach at international, national and local levels. Therefore, partnership among the three tiers has become central to the attainment of the MDGs.
2. It was also realized that where as the need for appropriate policies of policy framework has been a reference point since Africities one in Abidjan, the slow pace in making it a reality allows unexpected phenomena programmes being implemented, in particular programmes on HIV/AIDS, poverty reduction, and creation of enabling environment(s) to mention a few. This realization is beckoning anew approach to evaluate the implantation processes suggested by Africities. Otherwise the MDGs will not be achieved.
3. Delegates also learnt that the factors underpinning the need and value of quality and sustainable delivery of goods and services at the local level are embedded in good governance, participatory democracy, gender sensitivity transparency and accountability, capacity building and networking, political tolerance and partnership.
From Nairobi, Christophe Djossou
Special Reporter of AYOREHB/NYC-BENIN
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