This is a conference for those, who are interested in presenting paper in all fields of social sciences related with good governance at the local level.
The aim of the conference is to bring together a wide audience of academics, policy makers and practitioners around clearly circumscribed topics, engage participants in fruitful debate, and facilitate mutual understanding. An additional goal of the conference is to provide a place for policy makers, mayors, academicians and professionals with inter-disciplinary/ multi-disciplinary interests related to good governance to meet and interact with members inside and outside their own particular disciplines.
Conference topics include, but are not limited to:
Good governance
Local governance
Transparency
Responsibility
Accountability
Participation
Responsiveness
Local economic development,
Local financial management,
Local democratization and citizen participation,
Participatory democracy and decentralization
Education, language, and culture,
Leadership and community development,
Government transparency and corruption eradication,
Health-related issues,
Alternative public service delivery methods,
Urban transportation planning and development.
Developmental local government
Local government finance/funding
Service delivery/service sustainability and local government
Municipal leadership and human resources management
Local government elections
E-Local government
Monitoring & evaluation in local government
Human capital development in local government
Comparative local government
Citizen participation in local government
Corruption and local government
Urbanization,
Informal Settlements, Slums
Environmental Degradation.
Ethics in local government
Intergovernmental relations
Labour relations in local government
Gender equity,
Poverty reduction