Montenegro

Local Governance Programme

The UNDP Local Governance Programme is aimed at responding to currently identified three major challenges. Firstly, in relation to the lack of capacities for service provision at the local level the UNDP is supporting the Ministry of the Interior and municipalities through the Union of Municipalities of Montenegro in strengthening the inter-municipal cooperation as well as strengthening local public finances through better budgeting and support to improving allocation process of the equalization funds. Secondly, directly with municipalities the UNDP works on empowering of Municipal Assembly members and Secretary Generals by building administrative capacities to become more efficient and responsive to the local citizens needs and requests, as well as to exercise better their legislative power and their role of supervising the executive branch. Thirdly, the UNDP will contribute to understanding and addressing the human resource challenge at the local level by conducting a functional analysis for Montenegrin municipalities in close partnership with the European Union Delegation under the IPA 2010.

• Local Governance Capacity Development in Montenegro
• Strengthening mechanisms for public finance at the local level in Montenegro

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