Learning Forum - Practical Sessions – Local Finance, Participation and Inclusive Governance

Learning Forum - Practical Sessions – Local Finance, Participation and Inclusive Governance

14 october
9.00 to 10.30
Venue: 
S3

Description

Co-Organizers:
UCLG Committee on Local Finance with the support of the UCLG Committee for Social Inclusion, Participative Democracy and Human Rights

The thematic session on local finance will be designed using the peer review methodology. The main objective is to share experiences and knowledge on financial management and citizens’ participation. The session will be the opportunity to confront diverse visions of participatory budgeting, form countries with diverse contexts of decentralization and various degrees of inclusion of the population. There will be two tables to discuss different case studies. One table will be exchanging on the experience of Sfax in french. The second will be the case of La Paz. At the end of the session, questions will be raised to help the cities to find practical solutions to their problems.

 
 

Moderator

Adrià Duarte

Technical Secretariat of International Observatory on Participatory Democracy (OIDP)

Speakers

Giovanni
Allegretti
Expert on Participatory Budgeting
Cezar
Busatto
Head of Secretariat for Local Governance of Porto Alegre
Wazed
Feroj
Advisor of Municipal Association of Bangladesh, Bangladesh Union Parishad Forum
Bachir
Kanoute
Coordinator of Enda ECOPOP
Sally A.
Lee
Mayor of Sorsogon
Pedro
Obando
Mayor of Pasto
Fernando
Pindado
Commissioner for Citizen Participation of Barcelona
Luis
Revilla
Mayor of La Paz
Dolors
Sabater Puig
Mayor of Badalona