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LGSP Final Report- Bird’s Head Governance Initiative 2009
The USAID/Indonesia Local Governance Support Program implemented by RTI International1 directly supported “expanding participatory, effective and accountable governance,” as described in USAID’s Strategic Objectives Grant Agreement (SOAG) with the Government of Indonesia dated July 11, 2005.
The LGSP program in Bird’s Head was designed to assist local governments to:
• Enhance local planning, budgeting and financial management practices and transparency for more efficient resource management and accountability;
• Improve the decision-making and supervisory functions of local councils over financial and budget performance as the people’s elected representatives; and
• Increase the informed participation of local communities in local government development planning and budgeting deliberations that affect their futures.
The LGSP program in Bird’s Head was designed to assist local governments to:
• Enhance local planning, budgeting and financial management practices and transparency for more efficient resource management and accountability;
• Improve the decision-making and supervisory functions of local councils over financial and budget performance as the people’s elected representatives; and
• Increase the informed participation of local communities in local government development planning and budgeting deliberations that affect their futures.
