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June
17, 2004
Parallel Session on Traditional and Local Governance
Moderator:
Karen Sirker, World Bank Institute, Community Empowerment
and Social Inclusion Learning Program (WBI-CESI)
11:00
- 11:15 AM: Welcome and Introduction
- Introduction
to Session Objective
- To
understand the interaction between formal governance
and traditional/indigenous structures and explore
options for designing and implementing CDD,
decentralization and social fund interventions/program.
- Road
map for Intercative Session
- Introduction
to guest specialists:
- George
Lutz, University of Bern
- Rogerio
Pinto, WB, Lead Public Sector Management Specialist
- Tanja
Hohe, WB, Social Anthropologist
- Dele
Olowu, African Development Bank
- Ben
Fred-Mensah, Howard University
- Participants
Introduction
11:15 - 11:30 AM: Presentation of the Framework
Paper on Traditional Structures and Local Governance
- George
Lutz, University of Bern
11:30 - 11:55 AM: Identification of critical questions
and issues by four guests experts (plenary)
11:55 - 12:00 PM: Introduction to Samll Group Discussions
12:00 - 12:30 PM: Small Group Discussions (guest
expert facilitating each small group)
The
discussions were based on the following leading questions
- Under
what circumstances do we notice/overlook traditional
structures and their actions for local governance
and/or in local development projects?
- What
are the needs/strengths/opportunities/weaknesses/threats
of traditional structures as you perceive them in
the context of local governance? And what can we
learn from traditional structures (their strengths
and weaknesses) for local governance to improve
development outcomes?
- What
expectations do traditional structures have from
external agents in terms of engagement and disengagement?
If engagement, how can conditions be created so
that local leaders (both traditional/indigenous
and modern/government) work together to enable local
communities to focus on strategic (as well as practical)
needs for improving local governance for better
local development outcomes?
12:30 - 12:55 PM: Report back from Small Groups
12:55 - 1:00PM: Concluding Remarks and Introduction
to the Virtual Learning Environment
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