Abstract
After a brief overview of the recent developments in the legal framework for local government in Pakistan, this paper summarises the objectives and activities to date of the Commonwealth Local Government Forum’s project ‘Strengthening the Associations of Local Governments and their Members for Enhanced Governance and Effective Development Outcomes in Pakistan’. The project seeks to strengthen local democracy and good governance through the local council associations in the four provinces of Pakistan: Baluchistan, Punjab, Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The project seeks to support local government to deal with the unique challenges of inclusive representation and equitable and effective service delivery. Building on the recently promulgated provincial local government acts, the project aims to strengthen the capacity of the local councils’ associations to raise the voice of local government and ensure they are able to play their appointed developmental role at the local level. The project main components are to strengthen how the local council associations actively provide services to their members and advocate for the betterment of local government in Pakistan and pilot the territorial approach to local development (TALD) so as to align the general methodology to the Pakistan context.
Highlights
In the past decade since the adoption of the 18th Amendment to the Constitution, there have been significant developments in the legal framework governing local democracy in Pakistan
After a brief overview of these legislative developments for local government in each of Pakistan’s four provinces, this paper summarises the objectives and activities to date of the Commonwealth Local Government Forum (CLGF)’s European Union (EU)-funded project ‘Strengthening the Associations of Local Governments and their Members for Enhanced Governance and Effective Development Outcomes in Pakistan’
This paper has highlighted in summary the approach as activities of the CLGF-EU ‘Strengthening the Associations of Local Governments and their Members for Enhanced Governance and Effective Development Outcomes in Pakistan’ project to strengthen local democracy and good governance through the Local councils associations (LCAs) in the four provinces
Summary
In the past decade since the adoption of the 18th Amendment to the Constitution, there have been significant developments in the legal framework governing local democracy in Pakistan. After a brief overview of these legislative developments for local government in each of Pakistan’s four provinces, this paper summarises the objectives and activities to date of the Commonwealth Local Government Forum (CLGF)’s EU-funded project ‘Strengthening the Associations of Local Governments and their Members for Enhanced Governance and Effective Development Outcomes in Pakistan’. The paper highlights how the project has sought to address the significant challenges faced in each province and to build on cross-provincial lessons for local government in the country
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