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WB - Austria Urban Partnership Program
Phase II
February 10, 2015 Vienna, Austria
Sabine Palmreuther Sr. Operations Officer Catherine Farvacque-Vitkovic Lead Urban Specialist World Bank
Strengthening Local Government Capacity in South-East Europe
Professionalization of LG officials
Practical tools for city leaders
Addressing the Demand
Priority issues identified and vetted with clients and partners
- Municipal finance - Urban planning and land management - Municipal service delivery (i.e. SWM) - Urban governance/Anti-corruption - Social Accountability
Strengthening Local Government Capacity in SEE: WB - Austria UPP
Where We Work in South-East Europe
OVERARCHING GOAL
More livable and sustainable cities in South East Europe that provide a high quality of life for the citizens
OBJECTIVES
Support cities and local governments in South East Europe in a process of modernization and reform, in order to promote local development for inclusive and sustainable growth, and enhanced urban governance
Foster effective, responsive and participatory city owned strategies to address problems of corruption, urban land development, and revenue management
Supporting commitment of municipal champions to find innovative solutions to transform their cities
Support urban development towards greater accountability and transparency of local governments in meeting citizen demands for services
Strengthening Local Government Capacity in South-East Europe
Content
E-learning
• Global curriculum: World Bank e-Institute • Regional/local Partners: NALAS, LGAs
E-Institute Wholesale partners
DIALOGUES
City to City Dialogues
• Municipal finances • Urban planning & land management
In depth engagement • LGs engage in self-assessments (by
using different tools), and use the information for benchmarking/ monitoring, and public dialogue with citizens
• Anti-corruption capacity building • Social Accountability Initiative • Coalition building
Strengthening Capacities of Local Governments in SEE How it all comes together
WB urban curriculum: With an Edge…
URBAN PLANNING AND
LAND MANAGEMENT PUBLIC SAFETY AND
RESILIENCY
EFFICIENT & INCLUSIVE
SERVICE DELIVERY
MUNICIPAL FINANCE
AND GOVERNANCE
*Sustainable Urban
Land Use Planning
*City Mapping for
Municipal
Management
*Municipal Finances:
A Learning Program
for Local Govts
*City Leadership for
Mayors
*Municipal Self-
Assessments
*Upgrading Informal
Settlements
*Water Utility Reform
*Integrated Urban
Transport Planning
*Urban Crime and
Violence Prevention
*Introduction to
Disaster Risk
Management
*Safe and Resilient
Cities
E-learning curriculum delivered under the World Bank’s E-Institute offered to a number of local government officials and urban practitioners in SEE (i.e. Sustainable Urban Land Use Planning, City Mapping for Municipal Management, Municipal Finances) Partner organizations instrumental in disseminating information about the learning programs and mobilizing a critical mass of participants, a key ingredient for sustainability NALAS and LGAs translating and customizing e-learning curriculum to local languages, to serve as wholesalers in SEE
Accountability - to promote financial self-assessment as part of the change
management process of local administration
Transparency - to help LG share information with other LGs, and to inform
central government, LG Association and citizens about their situation (open
data)
Prioritization - to encourage municipal financial and technical departments
(asset management, urban planning, strategic planning, mayor’s office) to
work together on strategic and capital investment planning anchored in
financial realism
Efficiency - to monitor and act on a set of key actions aiming at improving
mobilization of local resources, rationalization public expenditures and
improving financial management practices
Access to external funding - to share common methodologies and
international indicators and facilitate negotiations with banking institutions and
external donors
MFSA Objectives
MFSA 2011-2013
Date Title Activities
December 2011
Budapest, Hungary
Improving Municipal
revenues
Presentation of the MFSA’s objectives and
methodology
May 2012
Mavrovo, Macedonia
Modernizing Local Public
Expenditure Management
Sharing of the MFSA preliminary findings
June 2012
Tirana, Albania
Modernizing Legal and
Regulatory Framework for
Urban Planning in SEE
November 2012 Budva,
Montenegro
Guided Urban Development:
Reconciling Public and
Private Interests
Group discussion on the link between municipal
finance and urban development
January 2013
Vienna, Austria
Towards Greater
Transparency and
Accountability: A Mayor’s
Dialogue
Group discussion on the link between municipal
finance and urban development
June 2013
Dubrovnik, Croatia
From Local Government Self-
Assessment to
Implementation
Group discussions on investment budgeting.
December 2013
Skopje, Macedonia
From MFSA to Municipal
Investment Programming
Discussion about the link between Urban Audit
and MFSA
25 Cities/Municipalities of the Region actively
contributed to the experience (ranging from small
municipalities to capital cities)
15 Cities/Municipalities successfully prepared
Financial Improvement Plan based on MFSA
13 Cities/Municipalities presented their data
profiles in MFSA brochure
More municipalities are ready to engage
MFSA Outcomes
Summarize through key data the
institutional/administrative situation of the
city, its demo-eco position and the main
urban development issues
Step 1: Provide your City profile
Step 3: Financial position
Assess:
• Ability to generate
growth savings and
operating surplus
• To promote Capital
Investment effort
• To strengthen Credit
worthiness
Step 5: Performance measurement through Ratio analysis
Stock ratios
• Credit worthiness
• Indebtedness
• Fiscal autonomy
• Capital investment effort
• Level of services
• etc.
Flow ratio: Margin ratio
Comparison ratios: based on
revenues and expenditures items
Benchmarks: To base on country
specificities (national database ?)
Step 6: Financial projections
• The 5Y financial projections are performed with the
objective to measure impact of decisions on finance
capacity and credit worthiness
• The main condition is to start with reliable and relevant
historical data and formalize through assumptions the
impact of policy decisions (expenses, borrowing, tax
pressure, etc. )
• Usually, several assumptions and scenarios are tested :
past trends projections and projections on the basis of
significant changes.
Step 8: Municipal Finance Improvement Plan
The objective is to
translate lessons learnt
from the different steps
of the MFSA into a few
actions to be
implemented by the
municipality to improve its
financial situation and its
financial management.
Actions that are not under
full control of LGs can be
mentioned if they are part
of State reforms currently
under discussion or if
they are included in the
current agenda of
National Associations of
Local Governments.
MFSA Brochure
Integration of MFSA and UA
Urban Audit
Urban Audit Framework
Urban Audit – Regional context
Urban Audit – Urban setting and Organization of the City
Urban Audit – Urban setting and Organization of the City
Urban Audit – Urban setting and Organization of the City
Urban Audit – Urban setting and Organization of the City
Urban Audit – Population trends and projections
Urban Audit – Urban Economy
Urban Audit – Urban Services (Infrastructure)
Urban Audit
Table 7 - Municipal Assets
Urban Audit – Urban Servises (ISPI tables)
Urban Audit – Urban Services (ISPI as database)
Urban Audit – Deficiencies and Needs
Urban Audit – Proposed projects presentation
Urban Audit – Criteria selection and validation
• Integrate Municipal Finances Self-Assessment (MFSA); Land Use and Urban Planning Self-Assessment (UPSA); Urban Audit (UA); Social Audit (SA): Municipal Programs Investments+ capacity building
• Response to Flooding crisis: (1) exposure to fundamentals of DRM (e-course); (2) CoP on urban floods; (3) Local resilience Diagnostics.
• Foster central-local government dialogue for improved policy making: strengthen the dialogue between local governments, national associations of local authorities, and ministries.
UPP II: Strengthening Local Government Capacity in South-East Europe Areas of Focus
Thank you!
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