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North-South Local Government
Co-operation Programme
Programme overview
The North-South Local Government Programme is coordinated and administered
by the Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities, the AFLRA (Suomen
Kuntaliitto in Finnish) and funded by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland. An
initiative of the Association, the programme was launched in 2002.
The overall objective of the Programme is to strengthen the capacities of local government
to provide basic public services and to promote good governance and local
democracy, all by taking into consideration the principles of sustainable development.
The aim is also to raise awareness of development issues, tolerance and development
education.
The Programme supports co-operation between Finnish local governments and
local governments in Southern countries (OECD/DAC list). The geographical focus
in 2008-2010 is Africa. The Programme also carries out research and organises training
on local government issues and the decentralization process taking place in African
countries. This study is part of the North-South Local Government Co-operation Programme’s
publications.
For more information please visit:
www.localfi nland.fi /north-south (In English)
www.kunnat.net/north-south (In Finnish)
Guidance and expertise from the Association of
Finnish Local and Regional Authorities (AFLRA)
This study was guided and supervised by Mr. Heikki Lunnas, Director information
society unit.
Strenghtening e-Governance in the North-South Local Government Co-operation Programme 3