A Users' Guide to Measuring Local Governance: Communication Package

This communication package is intended to assist United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Country Office members in convening structured discussions with country partners who are exploring the possibility local governance assessments and who are seeking advice and guidance.

It was assembled to help carry out local governance assessments:

• by providing a common language and framework for discussing their assessment objectives and options
• to reflect on the main challenges and elements of good local governance in their setting
  
• to clarify their objectives
  
• to judge their readiness to undertake an assessment
  
• to consider the issues around leadership of local governance assessment
  
• to consider how to ensure inclusiveness
• to select appropriate tools and to adapt them to the local context
  
• to consider how to ensure the findings are used
  

It includes: presentation slides (PowerPoint) with discussion notes; background information on indicators; notes for facilitating small group exercises; group-work-ready case studies; and a participant feedback form.