Latin America and the Caribbean regional project 598-0799 · 1993–1997 · good governance · Florida International University (FIU)

Project to further the process of decentralization by strengthening local governments and promoting citizen participation in decision making in two pilot countries -- Chile and Paraguay. Project activities will include policy dialogue, developing decentralization action plans, providing demonstration municipalities with TA, and disseminating results. Policy dialogue will be initiated in Chile, a country which has made significant steps towards decentralization, and Paraguay, which has made less progress, to encourage the devolution of broader authority to the local government level. The project will help to organize highly visible policy seminars and workshops to promote consensus among policymakers on issues related to decentralization. The end result will be the preparation of country action plans addressing the policy, legislative, regulatory, institutional, and financial aspects of devolving authority from the central to the municipal level. Once a policy framework for decentralization has been reached, the project will promote implementation of decentralization policy at the local level. Activities will include seminars/workshops for regional and local leaders from the pub

Source: DEC abstract, PD-ABI-524 (1993). The source's own text.