Workshop on "Capacity Building for Effective Local Partnerships", 28-29 May 2007, Opatjia - Croatia

The workshop presented and discussed a draft summary report and the preliminary findings and recommendations for Varazdin and Vukovar counties where a previous 1-week study visit was conducted by an international review team led by USAID Croatia, the OECD Secretariat, and World Learning.

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Monday, 28 May 2007

PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION OF DRAFT SUMMARY REPORT

Summary of USAID/OECD review panel findings and recommendations 

Download the draft summary report

Presenters: Arsen Juric, USAID Croatia
                  Andrea R. Hofer, OECD LEED Centre for Local Development, OECD

Brief presentation about OECD LEED Forum for Partnerships and Local Governance: what does it offer for local partnerships

Presenter: Elisa Campestrin, OECD LEED Centre for Local Development, OECD

Tuesday, 29 May 2007

BUILDING LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS

The Art of Building and Maintaining Local Partnership

An overview of the organisational challenges of partnerships and the contribution of partnerships in building and implementing a local development strategy.

Presenter: Mike Geddes, Local Government Centre, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, United Kingdom

PRESENTATION OF GOOD PRACTICE EXAMPLES

Good practice example I: Coventry Partnership, UK

The Coventry Partnership has been successful in continuously develop the skills of partners and to develop effective partnership working.

Presenter: David Galliers, Coventry's Local Strategic Partnership, United Kingdom
Good practice example II: POBAL, Ireland

POBAL is an intermediary body between the central government and local partnerships and their networks in Ireland.

Presenter: Marion Byrne, Pobal, Ireland

Croatian version available