Africa Local Government Action Forum (ALGAF)

ALGAF video conference programme for 2010

Forthcoming event:

The application of ITCs in local economic development
6 August 2010

Previous events:

Natural resources revenue management as a means for poverty reduction
2 July 2010
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AID accountability: The role of local authorities in improving AID effectiveness
4 June 2010
Dr Rose B Namara
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Methodologies and tools for pro-poor governance
7 May 2010
Dlamini Thembinkosi
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Natural Resources Revenue Management as a Means for Poverty Reduction
9 April 2010
Dr Gheysika Agambila & Mrs Vivian H M Attah
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Natural resources management and climate change: policy and institutional arrangements
5 March 2010
Aleazar Ali
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Horticulture and urban natural resources management for poverty reduction
5 February 2010
Remi Kahane
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General information

By video conference in: Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zimbabwe

The Municipal Development Partnership for Eastern and Southern Africa (MDP-ESA) is happy to announce and welcome old and new members to the tenth edition of ALGAF which runs from February to November 2010. This edition is divided into three modules: (a) Natural Resources Management, (b) Pro-Poor Governance,  and (c) Information and Communication Technology.

The overall objective of ALGAF is to provide a platform for structured dialogue on key issues and challenges influencing Decentralization and Local Governance in Africa.  ALGAF is managed by MDP-ESA in collaboration with National Associations of Local Government and Global Development Learning Network (GDLN) Distance Learning Centres in: Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. 

Sessions are delivered through video conference every first Friday of each month. Sessions run for 3 hours from 10.00 - 13.00 hours Southern Africa Time; 11.00 - 14.00 hours East Africa Time and 08.00 - 11.00 hours West Africa Time.

Target audience include Mayors, Councillors, Technocrats, Municipal Managers, Trainers and Researchers, Civic Activists, Private Entrepreneurs, Journalists, Environmentalists, Gender and Development Experts etc

• Ethiopia
  Country coordinator: Ashenafi Fiseha, eth_afiseha@gdlnmail.org;
  Venue: Global Development Learning Network Center
  Ethiopian Civil Service College
  CMC Road
  P.O. Box: 5648
  Addis Ababa,
  Ethiopia
  Tel: +251-116463068
  Fax: +251-116463069


• Ghana
  Country coordinator: Vivian H M Attah, gha_vattah@gdlnmail.org;
  Venue: Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (DLC)
  (GIMPA DLC)
  Greenhill
  P.O. BOX AH50
  Achimota
  ACCRA
  GHANA
  Tel.: 233-21-401-338
  Fax: 233-21-405-805


• Kenya
  Country coordinator: Ernest Najoli, ken_enajoli@gdlnmail.org;
  Venue: Kenya Development Learning Centre (KDLC)
  Lower Kabete Road
  P.O. Box 30627 - 00100
  Nairobi,
  Kenya
  Tel: +254-20-4185637 / +254-20-3535873/4
  Fax: +254-20-4185639


• Madagascar
  Country coordinator: Patricia R Crombecque, mdg_pramanitrera.crombecque@gdlnmail.org;
  Venue: Madagascar Development Learning Centre
  Anosy
  Antananarivo
  Madagascar
  Tel: +261 3317 489 68


• Rwanda
  Country coordinator: Peter Karasira, karasipeter@yahoo.com;
  Venue: World Bank Office
  Blvd. de la Revolution
  SORAS Building
  Kigali,
  Rwanda
  Tel: (250) 591-301
  Fax: (250) 576385


• South Africa
  Country coordinator: Mario Claasen, mclaasen@idasa.org.za;


• Tanzania
  Country coordinator: Jack Meena, tza_jmeena@gdlnmail.org;
  Venue: Tanzania Global Development Learning Centre
  IFM Block A, 7th Floor,
  Shaaban Robert Street
  P. O. Box 3918,
  Dar es Salaam
  Tanzania
  Phone: 255 22 2123705
  Fax: 255 22 2123702


• Uganda
  Country coordinator: Gladys Bwoch, gbwoch@umi.ac.ug;
  Venue: Uganda Global Development Learning Centre
  Uganda Management Institute
  Plot 44-52 Jinja Road
  Kampala
  Uganda
  Tel: 256-41-4-259722


• Zimbabwe
  Country coordinator: Phillip Kundishora; pkundishora@mdpafrica.org.zw
  Venue: Uganda Global Development Learning Centre
  Uganda Management Institute
  Plot 44-52 Jinja Road
  Kampala
  Uganda
  Tel: 256-41-4-259722

The programme and further details are contained in the attached flyer.

Persons may also contact:

Phillip Kundishora (Knowledge Management Officer)
Municipal Development Partnership
Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office
7^th Floor Hurudza House
14 - 16 Nelson Mandela Avenue
Harare, Zimbabwe
Tel: 263 477 4385/6
Mobile: 263 1174 5254
Fax: 263 477 4387
Email: pkundishora@mdpafrica.org.zw
Alternative Email: pkundis15@hotmail.com
Website: www.mdpafrica.org.zw