Local Democracy, Good Governance and Delivering the MDGs in Africa

Report of the Africa Regional Symposium held in Kampala, Uganda, April 2006.

This symposium was an important staging point in reviewing the role of Africa local governments in delivering the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The symposium’s overall objective was to help strengthen local governance in Africa to enable local authorities to deliver more effective and accountable services to their communities. This was part of a coordinated effort within the commonwealth to build local capacity to tackle poverty in line with internationally agreed targets as local governments, because of their natural proximity to the common men, are in a better position to deliver. The publication captures the deliberations and recommendations of the symposium. The participants, ministers, mayors, senior officials and other key stakeholders from across Africa adopted the Kampala Agenda for Local Government, which is reproduced in full in this publication.

To obtain hard copies of these publications please contact Dr Munawwar Alam, email m.alam@commonwealth.int