The research and development agenda focused on the key thematic issues in local development local economic development, public expenditure management, local service delivery, and natural resource management.

Tapping local and indigenous knowledge can contribute to technical designs and management arrangements suited to local circumstances.

Notable developments in the integration of local and indigenous communities have included the establishment of community based management and ownership initiatives that are intended to generate income for local use and promote local responsibility for sustainable forest management.

National Governments, local institutions and affected communities have primary responsibility for disaster management.

Capacity building in the preservation, conservation and management for local authorities and communities

The main goal of this project is promote sustainable natural resource management by giving local communities rights to wildlife management and tourism.

Capacity building in the preservation, conservation valorisation and management for local authorities and communities

There is significant knowledge and local institutional capabilities in forest management in these communities.

CARICOM supported the Disaster Management Programme of UN Habitat, which helped Governments, local authorities and local populations deal with natural or man made disasters.

The objectives and motivation of decentralization vary, but can include efficiency, local development, improved forest management, empowerment of local people, equity, and environmental security.

Substantive inputs to local actors range from land administration to demand based water management, participatory planning, urban crime and safety and inclusive urban management.

Within each region, local governments are organized into 16 Civil Defence Emergency Management Groups (CMGs).

Reporting systems will allow local management of progress towards MTSP targets with regional and global oversight.

2002 Fiscal decentralization and local government financial management, Duke University, United States of America (1 month)

The importance of active participation in disaster management by local communities in particular has been widely recognized.

It is important to ensure that destination management organizations include representatives of local environmental and community interests.

Local communities play a central role in the adoption and success of effective land and water management policies.

Specific support will focus on community management of local water resources, including rainwater harvesting (for use by households and schools, and groundwater recharge), micro watershed management and operational research.

Analyze and address structural inequities that reduce local people's access to resources and voice in forest management and reduce the risks for local people in dealing with more powerful actors.

Many countries have pursued the concept of destination management organizations, which are taking a lead in tourism and which involve the local authorities working in partnership with other local stakeholders.

The session explored gender concerns in agrobiodiversity management in the context of local knowledge systems and local community rights in natural resources, as well as women's rights to these resources.

Evidence from India and Nepal suggests that women s involvement in decision making is associated with better local environmental management.

Decentralization should not simply transfer the burdens of management, but have a net positive benefit to motivate local engagement.

Traffic congestion caused by tourism can have a serious impact on local quality of life, requiring effective management solutions.

Enhanced community participation in environmental management, empowerment of CBOs and strong local initiatives have been encouraged by the Convention.

Management must draw upon this local knowledge and decentralized systems are well adapted to do this. The existence of local knowledge and links with local cultures mean that decentralized systems are often better adapted to local conditions and are more resilient in the face of changing external conditions.

Sustainable forest management, when properly coordinated with other social and economic sectors, will be beneficial to local communities, particularly women.

The report stressed the importance of local ownership and recognized that strong management was necessary for partnerships to be effective.

These decentralization policies have led to a transfer of competence to local natural resource management bodies based on various models.

Judge Rasheed Mezhar of that Court undertook overall responsibility for the management and investigation of the crime, including crime scene management and preservation and collection of evidence by the competent local authorities.

Support to the local communities and cities in subject of agrarian land management in coordination with the extension and the inquiry.

Minimum standards21 set at appropriate levels (i.e., national or subnational) can promote sustainability and simultaneously maximize local management and use rights.

Furthermore, it can strengthen the entrepreneurial base in the host country by providing local entrepreneurs with management skills and new experiences.

The programme will operate through advocacy, tools development and knowledge management, as well as direct capacity building at the local level.

UNICEF has implemented a new local property management database from which the value of non expendable property for disclosure is extracted.

The initiatives aimed to build capacity, identify new sources of funding and promote the use of local knowledge and scientific management.

These were accepted and implemented by security management teams, and a stress management unit consisting of one international and three local counsellors was established in Indonesia to ensure long term support for staff.

China s retirement system has only about 430 billion of assets under management (national and local government social security and private sector pensions).

Practice shows that local levels of government provide the most efficient water management, even if regulations must necessarily be national in scope.

(b) Develop water management plans in transboundary, national and or local contexts, preferably on the basis of catchment areas or groundwater aquifers.

Noting the critical role played by local resources, as well as by existing in country capacities, in natural disaster response and risk management,

Organizations such as SOS and Farm Africa are working with the federal government and local governments to create a system of forest management.

Identifying Land Use Land Cover (LULC) Using National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP) Data as a Hydrologic Model Input for Local Flood Plain Management.

It is important to help central and local governments of disaster affected countries build up their capacities in disaster prevention, relief and management.

It is increasingly recognized that integrated planning of tourism development, linked to environmental management, can be most effective within clearly identified local destinations.