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LOCAL GOVERNMENT FORUM e-News BULLETIN March 2007
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The Local Government Forum e-News Bulletin is an electronic bulletin produced monthly by the Municipal Development Partnership for Eastern and Southern Africa (MDPESA). The editor of this Bulletin invites readers to make comments & contribute news on local government issues from their organizations, local authorities & countries. This Bulletin can also be accessed via the MDPESA Website at http://www.mdpafrica.org.zw
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Editor’s Note This issue of the bulletin devotes itself to updating our readers and other stakeholders on key activities and developments undertaken by the Municipal Development Partnership for Eastern and Southern Africa during the first quarter of 2007. It covers issues related to participatory budgeting and other cross cutting issues such as Knowledge Management, HIV/AIDS and Gender mainstreaming in local Governments. Another issue on Urban Agriculture and related urban development issues covering the same period is being distributed separately. It is gratifying to note that during the first quarter of 2007, MDP-ESA has undertaken a lot of activities in its bid to support Participatory Budgeting in Africa. We are happy to report that a module on Participatory Governance and Social Accountability has been completed under the Africa Local Government Action Forum (ALGAF) The Module which had three topics ran from February to the end of March 2007. MDP-ESA has also successfully implemented a three day Regional Workshop on Participatory Budgeting in Africa from the 6th – 8th March 2007. This workshop has enabled MDP-ESA to come up with an action plan and to identify municipalities for piloting participatory budgeting in Africa. During the months of May and April 2007 MDP-ESA will start piloting participatory budgeting in Ruwa, Zimbabwe; Dondo, Mozambique; Kabwe, Zambia; Thika, Kenya; Nansana, Uganda; and Dodoma in Tanzania. Another Africa-wide regional seminar on Participatory Budgeting is scheduled to take place in August 2007. Two other workshops on Knowledge Management and Gender & HIV AIDS have also been successfully implemented by MDP-ESA with financial support from the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) during the last week of March 2007.
The editor and all staff of MDP-ESA welcomes you to this issue of our e-news bulletin which we hope keeps you well-posted on our activities.
Enjoy reading this issue
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