Multi-level Governance, Public Investment and Subnational Finance

Regional, rural and urban development

Multi-level Governance, Public Investment and Subnational Finance

At the OECD, we help governments design adaptive multi-level governance systems and innovative finance tools, to foster partnerships and ensure more effective investment outcomes, including to meet climate objectives in regions and cities.

Overview

	DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS		THEMATIC STUDIES		COUNTRY REVIEWS
We collect and analyse data on subnational government structure and finance to support evidence-based policy-making.		We carry out a wide range of studies - from multi-level governance and decentralisation, to subnational public finance and climate-related investment in regions and cities.		We cover OECD Member countries and beyond, at the national and subnational levels.

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Highlights

Enhancing subnational climate and environment-related public finance
	Access the subnational climate finace page
	Report: Financing climate objectives in cities and regions to deliver sustainable and inclusive growth
	Upcoming project: Tracking and enhancing subnational climate-related finance for climate action

Making Decentralisation Work: A Handbook for Policy-Makers
	The report identifies 10 guidelines for more effective decentralisation to support regional and local development. The report proposes concrete tools for policy-makers, including detailed sets of recommendations, checklists, pitfalls to avoid and examples of good practices, both in unitary and federal countries.
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OECD-UCLG World Observatory on Subnational Government Finance and Investment Initiative
	Covering over 120 countries, the SNG-WOFI initiative is the world’s leading source of internationally comparable data and analysis on subnational government structure and finance.
	Access the SNG-WOFI website

Implementing the OECD Recommendation on Effective Public Investment across Levels of Government

12 Principles to promote more effective public investment and a Toolkit with insight on good practices in OECD countries and beyond.

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Access the implementation brochure

Access the Recommendation

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Events

UPCOMING
3 December, 2019 Kiev, Ukraine Workshop on Supporting Decentralisation in Ukraine: Ten Guidelines for Effective Decentralisation
5 December, 2019 Poltava, Ukraine Workshop on Enhancing Local Invesment Strategies in Poltava: OECD Principles for Action for Effective Public Investment across Levels of Government
RECENT EVENTS
27 November, 2019 Cardiff, United Kingdom Seminar "Enhancing Institutional Capacity for Regional Governance and Investment in Wales"
19-22 November, 2019 Paris, France Regional Development Policy Committee (RDPC) Meeting
29-30 October, 2019 Paris, France Session on “Financing Sustainable Cities” at the 6th OECD Forum on Green Finance and Investment
18 October, 2019 Paris, France OECD-European Commission High-level Seminar Financing Environmental and Energy Transitions in Regions and Cities: Creating Local Solutions for Global Challenges
26 September 2019 Sofia Bulgaria International workshop Decentralisation and Regionalisation in Bulgaria: Lessons from International Experience and Recommendations for Bulgaria

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Publications

Financing Climate Objectives in Cities and Regions to Deliver Sustainable and Inclusive Growth

Making Decentralisation Work: A Handbook for Policy-Makers

Rethinking Regional Development Policy-Making

Multi-Level Governance Reforms

Maintaining the Momentum of Decentralisation in Ukraine

Subnational
Governments
in OECD Countries:
Key Data (2018)

Asymmetric Decentralisation:
Policy Implications in
Colombia