The way public finances are organised in a country forms the basis for how local authorities run their activities in cities, towns and villages. While national governments have the responsibility to design and supervise a system that works, local authorities are challenged to use their often limited resources for delivering better local services. During the course, various examples of financing public services, public-private partnerships and participatory budgeting will be discussed.
This course will give solutions to the questions such as:
- How can spending responsibilities and revenue resources be best assigned to the different government layers?
- How can financial management at the local level be improved?
- What are sources for local income generating?
- How can local authorities be held accountable in a transparant way?
Learning objectives
This course helps in:
- Assess and monitor fiscal decentralisation practices in your country;
- Optimise the different sources of revenue, e.g. taxes, user fees and intergovernmental transfers;
- Find effective financing structures and partnerships to accomplish most with limited resources;
- Be able to use revenue and expenditure tools.
For more information regarding this course, visit Fiscal Decentralisation and Local Finance.
