Part Of Local Government Research Articles

Financial Management of Regional Public Service Agency

The Regional Public Service Agency (BLUD) is a work unit in the Regional Work Unit which provides services to the community with flexibility in financial management, different fromregional financial management patterns in general. BLUD is part of local government and has flexibility in implementing business practices to improve community services. The BLUD financial management pattern provides flexibility in managing income, expenditure, cash, debts and investments. The Community Health Center (Puskesmas) has used the BLUD system since 2018, requiring the ability and awareness of human resources to run the system. Based on this, the aim of the research carried out is to see an overview of the implementation of government policies in the form of financial management of Regional Public Service Bodies which have been regulated in the Sumbawa Regent's Regulation Number 5 of 2020 concerning Financial Management Guidelines for Regional Public Service Bodies linked to Sumbawa Regency. To obtain the objectives of this research, the researcher used qualitative descriptive research using interview and observation instruments to collect data both directly and through documents. The results of the research that has been carried out provide an illustration thatPublic policy evaluation is closely related to the level of compliance and satisfaction with the financial management performance of BLUD community health centers. The results of this research can complement William Dunn's opinion or theory regarding public policy evaluation to focus on the level of compliance and performance satisfaction in evaluating public policies, which does not only focus on the values, goals and targets of a policy as measured by numbers

Constructing the future of the city centre: realizing visions

As cities are being asked to transition to a new future shaped by significant social, economic and environmental challenges, renewed attention is being given to the urban development process, and on how this process has to be more inclusive, and the outcomes more coherent. With past notions of masterplans as a single, fixed visionary document being replaced with guiding strategies, open to interpretation, there is a greater need for different disciplines to engage together throughout the development process. This paper explores opportunities and needs for construction management to be more actively involved in the reshaping of the city centre, from the envisioning of its future to the realization of change. Through the lens of the process of change in four city centres across the world, this paper outlines how discussing construction management could beneficially engage with other urban disciplines to create a shared vision for centres as part of local governance. It argues for construction management adopt a wider spatial and temporal perspective that looks beyond specific buildings, site and projects to situate development in the urban and regional systems and to help be part of the envisioning process. Along with more critical engagement in the policy, design and construction processes for construction management, the paper points to a need for more local sensitivity and adaptation including an appreciation of the contribution of public spaces and a different approach to urban development if the city centre is to be more sustainable in future.

Ylimmän johdon päätökset julkishallinnon paradigmojen ja kuntajohtamisen heijastumina

Local executive leaders’ decisions reflecting public governance paradigms and local governance In this article, we scrutinize how local executive leaders’ decisions as part of local governance and management eventually illustrate the prevailing governance paradigms. The article builds on extant literature on the development of governance paradigms and their impact on local governance and management. The empirical qualitative document analysis explores executive leaders’ decision-making themes and their emphasis in the city of Helsinki in two different periods of time. The results show a clear shift in the emphasis of themes, revealing different management priorities that reflect different kinds of governance paradigms. Our research shows that the content of local executive leaders’ decisions reveals what is considered important in local governance and how these valuations become concrete through the emphasis of certain governance relations and management practices.

Początki administracji publicznej w powiecie lubaczowskim po zakończeniu działań wojennych (lipiec 1944 – styczeń 1945)

Beginnings of civil service in the Lubaczów district after the end of the warfare (July 1944 – January 1945) This paper is an attempt to present the beginnings of civil service and units of local government in the Lubaczów district as well as organizing, supplementing and verifying the previous findings, particularly because the formation and functioning of local authority here differed from other areas. That was a result of a series of factors, among which the major one seems to be the fact that the authorities and the apparatus of security and public order were controlled by members of the Polish underground state. Indeed, there used to be districts in which members of the underground were part of local government and district authorities, however nowhere did they prevail to such an extent and for so long. In addition, we should notice the vague state affiliation and the Polish-Ukrainian war going on since the spring of 1944. The above mentioned factors and the lack of any structures of the Polish Workers’ Party (PPR) here were the reasons for that exceptional political situation in the Lubaczów district.

Parkland Dedication: How are Cities Implementing the Rough Proportionality Principle?

As part of local governments’ mandate to regulate for the “health, safety, and general welfare” of their residents, many have included a parkland dedication exaction on new development in their sub-division regulations. The rules governing the magnitude of the dedication were established in 1994 by the U.S. Supreme Court in Dolan v City of Tigard. The Court ruled there must be “rough proportionality” between a dedication exaction and the projected new demand from a development. The ruling requires a local jurisdiction to be proactive in quantifying the justification for the magnitude of a dedication it imposes, but the Court offered no guidance on how the quantification should be done. This study’s two objectives were: (i) to investigate the extent to which cities’ ordinances comply with the Supreme Court’s ruling, and (ii) to identify best practices among cities’ ordinances relating to operationalizing the “rough proportionality” principle. Parkland dedication ordinances were analyzed from 73 Texas cities, supplemented by insights from those of 29 large cities outside Texas. In 65 of the Texas ordinances where “rough proportionality” comparisons could be made, the analyses found percentage under-dedications ranging from 9% to 1,250%. In defiance of the Court’s ruling, almost two-thirds of the ordinances showed no evidence of using an empirical quantitative method to establish “rough proportionality.” Many of these ordinances provided a service level ratio, but it appeared to be arbitrarily determined. These findings are especially egregious in Texas, since state law requires that the quantification of “rough proportionality” be certified as being appropriate by a professional engineer. Three models of best practice that used empirical methods to derive rough proportionality and met the Supreme Court guidelines are identified, described, and illustrated. Under-dedication often reflects the reluctance of elected officials to antagonize the development community. Thus, four strategies are offered to facilitate their efforts to impose a substantive exaction that relieves the burden on taxpayers, while demonstrating sensitivity to any protests arising from members of the development community.

Strengthening the Local Government’s Regulation as Entry Point for introduction of Multiple Micro-nutrients Supplementation Program: An Implementation Study in Indonesia

ObjectivesThe study aims to explore any possible regulations which are generated by the Local Governments to strengthening the MMS program in Indonesia.MethodsThe implementation research was conducted in 6 Districts in Indonesia, using qualitative approach completed with problem solving. A multi-sector approach was done to identify the health problems and how the existing programs were performed. The MMS was distributed in 6 Disricts area as a part of local government's program on stunting reduction acceleration as well as maternal mortality reduction, since 2019. The MMS was provided by Vitamin Angels & Kirk Humanitarian. Simultaneous with the distribution of MMS, we identify the regulations which were generated by Local Government. The evaluation of the effectiveness of MMS intervention and the availability of government's regulation was conducting on September – December 2021.ResultsThe six districts where our study conducted are categorized as focus location of stunting reduction program determined by the Indonesian Government. All of districts has programs priority on stunting reduction acceleration. In this context, MMS was adopted by local government (District Health Office) as complementary program of IFA in routine antenatal care and preconception services. All districts generate the regulations related to stunting reduction acceleration, where MMS may play a role as a part of specific intervention. Four of 6 Districts were explicitly explain MMS intervention in the documents, but all Districts committed to use MMS in their program. There are 30–50% reduction of stunting prevalence among 6 districts.ConclusionsAll of districts committed to use the MMS as a part of intervention on stunting reduction, and aware about the important of regulations to a sure the MMS program implementation.Funding SourcesThe Vitamin Angels Alliance, Inc., California, USA.

Recognizing, supporting and embracing the urban informal economy in Ghana: A local economic development perspective

ABSTRACT The informal economy has become a vibrant and growing phenomenon across the world. Within the context of sustainable development, connecting local economic development (LED) to the informal economy is imperative. However, the informal economy remains largely neglected within the conventional LED literature. Using key informant interviews and focus group discussions, this paper found that recognizing, embracing and supporting informal economy contributes to a more inclusive form of LED. The study concluded that local government authorities need to be more innovative in recognising the informal economy as part of local governments’ strategies for addressing unemployment, and supporting livelihoods.

PERANAN STAF KOMISI DALAM MENUNJANG AKTIVITAS KEGIATAN KOMISI DI DEWAN PERWAKILAN RAKYAT DAERAH KABUPATEN MERANTI

The aim of the study is to present a comprehensive description of the role of staff, the factors that support the role of administration and political access and recommend an effective role of administration in supporting the activities of the commission in the Regional House of Representatives of Meranti Regency. This study uses a descriptive method with a qualitative approach. The focus of the study in this research is the administrative role and political access of commission staff at the Meranti Regency Regional People's Representative Council which is carried out formally and informally. The research includes the role of commission staff, factors that support the role of administration and political access and recommendations for the effectiveness of the administrative role and political access of commission B (Economy) staff in the Regional House of Representatives of Meranti Regency. Developments and environmental changes in political life have colored the attitude of relations between the legislative and executive bodies in the past towards the opinion that DPRD commission staff are only limited to being part of local government. This gave rise to a discourse that the existence of the DPRD Commission B staff at that time as staff who followed the orders of the members of the council wherever the members of the council held plenary meetings, work visits or others.

The effect of crowdsourcing on organizational learning: Evidence from local governments

Modern local governments must learn in order to deal effectively with the growing pressures of a rapidly changing environment. Crowdsourcing has entered the stage of popularization and wide adoption as a part of local government. Based on organizational learning perspective, this study develops a multi-level model of learning from crowdsourcing and a joint relationship between crowdsourcing and organizational learning in local governments. This paper adopts a multi-method research approach: (1) the model was tested with partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) using a survey of 205 local governments units in Poland; (2) in-depth semi-structured interviews conducted with 18 top managers from 18 local governments units in Poland. The empirical results show that: (1) crowdsourcing has significantly positive affects on individual, group, organizational levels of learning, feed-forward, and feed-back flows; (2) type of crowdsourcing, such wisdom crowd, crowd creation, and crowd voting are linked with organizational learning. Moreover, one type of crowdsourcing, such crowdfunding is not related with organizational learning of local governments. These findings contribute to both academic research and practical implications, advancing our understandings of relationship between crowdsourcing and organizational learning in local governments.

PERAN CAMAT DALAM PELAKSANAAN PEMBANGUNAN DI KECAMATAN SEBERANG ULU 1 KOTA PALEMBANG

The development plan in the Sub-District Government apparatus by the Sub often doesn't run as expected. The participation of all parties in the development of the area of the district is absolutely decisive, because after all the potential area that owned if less grasp implementation alignment apparatus development, sub-district development goals by itself will not be achieved as expected. The subdistrict is part of local governance which he supervises several wards and is headed by a Head, has a duty as executor cantonal techniques that have a specific work area and also has a function.Keywords: Head, development, Good Government

FILM DOKUMENTER SEBAGAI KATALIS PERUBAHAN SOSIAL: STUDI KASUS AMBON, ACEH DAN BALI

Since democratization (Reformasi) in 1998, documentary films gradually evolve with their locus of production spreading across the Indonesian archipelago. With the spirit of democratization brought about by digital technology, film communities and civil organizations in outer islands of Java utilize digital documentary film to capture several pertinent socio-political issues and raise public and government attention and responses. Those issues are commonly overlooked by the local media and were never a part of local government’s policies. Based on our fieldwork conducted in three areas outside of the Java Island (Ambon, Aceh and Bali), where digital documentary filmmaking and civil organizations are active and vibrant, our study indicates that rather than simply producing documentaries, film communities or non-governmental organizations disseminated documentaries through public screenings to invite further engagement of audiences by discussing the film with authorities (policy makers) that were often invited in that event. In this article, we attempt to illuminate how documentary filmmaking allows the unseen and neglected issues to be articulated visually and sonically. Therefore, it would be compelling public or media attention and encouraging further government policy to resolve that matters. In other words, documentary films are a catalyst for social change by taking their roles as witness for the public and demanding responsibilities of the political authority.

Analysis of the Link between Central Government and Local Government in Bangladesh: A Case Study of Union Parishad

<p><em>Local government is one of the most significant parts of the central government. In the past, the control of central government over local government was minimal. Afterward, several presidential orders were notified to raise the power of local government. However, power and authority of local government were increased with pen and paper but not in practice. In this study, the scenario of the Union Parishad was analyzed as a part of local government, since it has to perform many activities with the scarcity of resources. The objective of this analysis is to investigate the nature of the relationship between the effects of limited resources to the activities of Union Parishad. In this research, data was collected from some local government representatives and some personnel of Ishwardi Upazila, Bangladesh through questionnaire and interview. First, the study reveals that local government always faces several particular problems due to lack of resources in case of distribution of relief cards to the poor villagers, a donation in disaster and exceptional circumstances, a contribution in educational and religious institutions, etc. The graphical analysis demonstrated the scenario between the requisitions of the Union Parishad to the central government and the percentage of those requisitions actually fulfilled. The outputs of this study summarized that the actual supply from central government was minuscule than the demand of Union Parishad. Hence, it could not deliver services accurately. Some recommendations have been provided to overcome the problems of a Union Parishad, which include that the government should enhance Annual Development Programme (ADP) allocation to ensure people’s participation in formulating and implementing development projects, and the control of the Union Parishad over the local resources has to be increased.</em></p>

Research on a Chinese Mode of New Urban Community Environmental Health Management

Standing by nowadays sight, the Environmental health services is an important part in local government’s public services. Environmental health, also being called sanitation, refers to the health of environment in city space. During the course of the modernization construction and development, the performance of local government to manage sanitation will seriously affect the city appearance and the quality of people’s life. In This text, the author will focus on the application on current situation of management on environmental health in boom city communities to find some problems; then help to develop a proper management mode for china’s environmental health in boom city communities.

Political Empowerment of Indian Women at the Local Level of Governance

Gender equality and empowerment of women are key requirements for achieving all-round progress. Despite numerous efforts at global and national levels, the reality is that gender discrimination is present everywhere and the situation is no better in India. Although the Constitution of India, 1950, has guaranteed equal political rights to both men and women, but in practice the process of governance is not gender-neutral. There is low participation of women in the political sphere. There has been a rising concern regarding augmenting their participation and representation at all levels of politics. It is worth noting that there are no special provisions for facilitating the participation of women in national - and state - level politics, but the Constitution of India provides special provisions for their participation in local authorities – Panchayats and municipalities. The Constitution (Seventy-Third Amendment) Act, 1992, and the Constitution (Seventy-Fourth Amendment) Act, 1992, have started a new era in the democratic process by providing an opportunity to women to take direct part in local government and, thus, bring them at the centre of local development and grass root-level leadership. The constitutional provision of reservation of seats for women in local bodies is contributing a lot to their empowerment by making their participation in local decision making a reality. The noticeable presence of women is positively affecting the process of public governance. However, women face numerous challenges, which prevent their meaningful participation in the political system. Earnest measures on a sustained basis are required to enable them to overcome these challenges.

Peran Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Daerah Dalam Menjalankan Fungsi Pengawasan

This This research discusses about DPRD (the Provincial Assembly), a part of Local Government, having legislative, budgeting, and supervising function. The obligation of DPRD normatively refers to the reflection of democracy life in a local government at this point as a medium of cheek and balance. However, is it possible for the DPRD to be effective in doing the task and function in supervision considering it as a part of local government? To answer the issue, a research on law using a normativelegal approach supported by data in the form of regulations, legal theories, and opinions from the leading scholars is highly needed. Further, it will be continued by conducting a scientific analysis. The discussion will be about the comparison between des sain and des sollen, and it is found that the task of DPRD in supervising the performance of government comes to be not effective.

The Surprising Role of Local Governments in International Environmental Cooperation

This study shows that some Japanese local governments, at both the prefecture and city levels, have engaged in international cooperation with local governments in developing countries in Asia to improve environmental management and explains their motivations to do so even if international cooperation is not usually considered part of local governments’ mandate, and despite fiscal constraints. Forms of cooperation include training officials from developing countries in Japan, dispatch of Japanese local government expert officials to developing countries, partnering with and providing assistance to international organizations, establishing organizations for international environmental cooperation, and hosting international intercity network programs. This cooperation can be explained by a combination of environment-related factors and degree of local area’s international orientation. Environment-related factors include desire to make a contribution based on local experience and human capital, promotion of international environmental business, response to trans-boundary pollution issues, and conservation of natural assets. Collaboration with the national government is an important facilitating though not determining factor since local governments respond differently to national policies. Other facilitating factors include local governments’ fiscal capacity. The cases in this study can promote consideration of the potential motivations and ways that local governments in industrialized countries can contribute to international environmental development.

‘One Size Does Not Fit All’

The article presents a comparative analysis of mandatory networks used as an integrated part of local governance of the primary medical service in Norway, and their management. Both the networks and their management showed considerable variation in their basic characteristics, and three different management roles are described: ‘the diplomat’, ‘the adversary’ and ‘the equal partner’. The article argues that the managerial role of a network is a result of, as well as inflicting on, the distribution of power between the participants in the network.

Poland and Ukraine: Contrasting paths of decentralisation and territorial reform

This contribution compares the development of local government systems in Poland and Ukraine, attempting to explain why two neighbouring countries, ostensibly similar in many respects, have arrived at quite different approaches. The analysis focuses on territorial organisation and inter-budgetary finance, and shows Poland to have moved decisively in the direction of a Northern European logic of local government, with relatively large first-level local authorities, a fairly strong second level for delivering services requiring economies of scale, and a relatively weak regional level. Ukraine by contrast has yet to overcome the contradictions created by the opposing principles of state (districts, and therefore large services not part of local government except in cities) and society – small municipalities based on individual communities. The ambitious inter-budgetary finance reforms since 2000 in Ukraine, which have reduced regional control over local authorities, are analysed, as are the different options for future territorial reorganisation.

The Aalborg process and its Hungarian connections

The four European Conferences on Sustainable Cities and Towns gave birth to documents that are important from the point of view of local sustainability. These are, in chronological order, the Aalborg Charter – 1994 Aalborg, the Lisbon Action Plan – 1996 Lisbon, the Hannover Call – 2000 Hannover, and the Aalborg Commitments – 2004 Aalborg. Throughout the process, the emphasis gradually moved from planning to the implementation of plans.Today, there are more than 2000 signatories of the Aalborg1A tanulmány az OTKA T-046704 sz. pályázatának támogatásával készült.Charter. The cutting edge of the process are Italy and Spain, the municipalities of these two countries add up to 80 per cent of all signatories. In both countries, the national commitment is given, but there is not a body that could coordinate the activities related to sustainability, so local governments play the major role in it. The constitutions of these two countries also pass on some duties that are relevant from the point of view of sustainability within the competence of local governments, and allow resources to implement them. In the case of the United Kingdom, the commitment of the national government, and especially the Prime Minister, is the major factor in the movement towards local sustainability.The former socialist countries in Europe, as well as Hungary are relatively underdeveloped economically, so the social and environmental pillars of sustainable development are pushed into the background behind the economical pillar. As a result of the lack of national commitment, there is no guidance and there are no case studies available, so only a small part of local governments are informed of this important international movement, and so are committed to it. The lack of resources is also a problem. The consequence of all this is that there are 35 municipalities from the Eastern European countries that joined the EU in 2004, and only four from Hungary – to mention by name Aba, Kecskemét, Monor and Nagykanizsa – that signed the Aalborg Charter.

Public Participation in Scottish Local Government: Strategic and Corporate Confusions

Improving the quality of public participation in council decision-making is a key part of local government ‘modernization’ across the UK. This article interrogates the extent to which public participation has developed in Scottish councils. The authors explore the challenges of building both ‘consumer’ and ‘citizenship’ consultation processes and the possible tensions between participative forms of governance and improved strategic and corporate management.