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.

In addition, the Local Governance Unit was rebranded' as UNCDF Local Development. Projecting a focus on local development allows UNCDF to better reflect its comprehensive support through the local governance approach to local development, by piloting activities with local governments, ensuring alignment of these activities with sectoral and other forms of deconcentration, and, to supportinging national decentralization policies and regulatory frameworks.

The use of ICTs for tourism development can produce economic benefits by generating increased revenue for the local economy and contributing to local development.

Regional and local development planning and monitoring for UNDP.

The use of ICTs for tourism development is expected to produce economic benefits by generating increased revenue for the local economy and contributing to local development.

This approach should be supported by the implementation of local development plans and capacity building among local authorities.

The field offices also helped local civil society organizations to participate in development policy debates occurring within a system of local development councils strengthened under the peace agreements.

But foreign aid also undermines the development of local state capacity.

Another promising development is the growth of local currency bond markets.

programmes in local development and micro finance and initiate new investments.

In this context, regional highlights for the Local Development portfolio include

Development of co operation with social bodies of the local community

One such project was a rural finance project whereby villages created local savings banks to make loans for local development schemes.

But Europe s focus must be on encouraging the development of local agriculture.

However, there is support from local as well as international development partners.

Oman integrated disability into local development approaches, vocational training and social protection.

These can occur, for example, by bringing local businesses into supply chains, or by working with local experts on research and development.

The United Nations delegation and local officials supported the creation, jointly by international donors and local stakeholders, of innovative and collaborative approaches to local economic development and community mobilization and empowerment.

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

The e local governance Mali initiative implemented during the period January June 2004 sought to achieve capacity building of local authorities in the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) for local development.

Local governments rely on bank credit to invest in infrastructure and real estate development.

Country offices were responsible for the development and quality control of local training activities.

Income earned from these gains could be reinvested in local development with appropriate policies.

TPN 6 on integrated local area development programme initiatives was launched in July 2005.

In 2003, supporting of local initiatives aimed at the development of villages was started.

The outcome resulted in the development of a framework for gender sensitive local planning.

We support the call for placing the Millennium Development Goals at the core of national development strategies tailored to local realities.

In related activities, the Institute participated in several meetings and events including regional conferences on Women builders of local development (El Salvador, 16 18 July 2005) and Challenges for local development (Ecuador, 19 21 September 2005).

In collaboration with the United Nations Capital Development Fund, UNDP is supporting the Government's efforts in decentralization and the formation of local governance policy through a local development pilot programme in Bobonaro district, launched in January.

Local development projects in oil production areas should apply a participative approach involving major stakeholders civil society, State and local authorities, youth movements and local private companies to identifying needs and defining implementation strategies.

They will be less vulnerable to political pressure from local governments to finance development projects.

It is thus urgent to satisfy populations most basic human needs through local development initiatives.

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Focus on the principles of grass roots development, local ownership and human and cultural development that is integrated with economic prosperity, creativity and a diversity of project development.

Media for development has been applied to education, healthcare, business, disaster relief, corruption, minority empowerment, and local community engagement, among other development goals.

A technical safety study on hazards certified by the Ministry of the Interior and Local Development.

Administrative Framework There exists at the Federal level the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development.

Bearing in mind that the participation of local communities in decision making and in shaping local policy is essential to the planning, implementation and evaluation of alternative development measures,

The Women's Counter of the Local Industry Development Institute (IDIL) promotes and develops local industry throughout the country and helps women who dedicate themselves to small scale business activities.

On the local level, however, the economic benefit is not often significant and local communities may see oil activities more as problems than as an opportunity for economic development.

Mr. Nyong concluded that local knowledge is a major underutilized resource in adaptation, and that development efforts should be applied with an understanding of, and sensitivity to, local communities.

174. We underline the important role of local authorities in contributing to the achievement of the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals.

In indicator of achievement (d) (ii), delete as well as in the development through local integration strategy .

In 2004, six out of the planned 10 external evaluations all of local development programmes were conducted.

Provide for effective, credible reporting that can feed into local, national and international reporting for sustainable development