Shiraka Training Local Governance 2023 – 2027

The “Shiraka Local Governance 2023-2027” training programme takes place each year in two parts. The first part is hosted either in Tunisia or online, and the second part takes place in the Netherlands.

This project is funded by Shiraka, a programme commissioned by the Netherlands’ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and implemented by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO). With the Shiraka programme, the Netherlands partners with government organisations in the MENA region in order to cooperate on the improvement of public service delivery, while building a network of peers and fostering bilateral relations between the Netherlands and the MENA region.

The Shiraka training course in Local Governance aims to deepen the knowledge of mid-career civil servants from the MENA region in the field of good (local) governance and decentralisation. It also aims to strengthen their capacity to contribute effectively to the development and implementation of local governance policies in their home countries, and to establish and maintain national and international networks among participants from the target countries and between participants and their Dutch colleagues.

Annually, a group of 25 mid-career civil servants from the Middle East and Northern Africa is trained on topics spanning from decentralisation and local governance to local economic development, local service delivery, and integrity, among others.

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