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Status: Closed
MSP Serbia (Municipal Support Programme Serbia)
Description
The overall goal of the Municipal Support Program (MSP) is to promote autonomous, effective and accountable municipal management. The MSP is strategically oriented to promote "transformation objectives" in the area of municipal management, including institutional decentralisation, organisational development and human resources development. It also supports local efforts to improve municipal services and social development while expanding the active participation of citizens in governance processes. As a demand-driven program, MSP provides support to policy-making, participatory action planning, project design, project funding and institutional learning. MSP is active in central and southern Serbia with its programme office in Kraljevo. The current main partners are the municipalities Cacak, Kraljevo, Požega and Užice. New municipalities will become members during 2005
Local partner: Seven partner municipalities, Ministry of local self-government
International partner: University of Luzern, Institute for Public Law, University of Bern Prof. W. Kälin
Fact sheet
Type: Long-term mandate
Start: 2001
End: 2008
Status: Closed
Joint venture with: ITECO
Region: Eastern Europe
Country: Serbia
Working domain: Local Governance and Civil Society
Key topic: Municipal development and decentralization | Political decentralization | Fiscal decentralization | Legal framework | Local governance | Municipal management | Public services | Organisational development | Participatory methods | Gender awareness building | Poverty targeting | OD / ID | Capacity building | Knowledge management and innovation
Funding source: Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
Staff
Responsible at Head Office: Hilmar Stetter
Advisors, programme officers: Hilmar Stetter | Sarah Byrne
Contact
Phone: ++381-36 319 840 Fax: ++381-36 319 840
E-Mail: msp@msp.org.yu
Website: http://www.msp.org.yu/
Resp. for this entry: hstetter
