Topic One:
Realities and challenges of contemporary local development planning
The discussion presents the current situations and realities that are encountered by local development planners in their attempt to formulate responsive development plans that truly address the real development needs of the citizenry.
Topic Two:
Strategic Local Development Planning: A must in Local Governance
The discussion underscores and emphasizes the vital importance of clearly defining and aligning the direction and thrust of local development which guides and charts the concerted response actions of every unit concerned from the local units to the national level towards the holistic achievement of desired development thrust, goals and objectives.
Topic Three:
Policies and directives on Local Development Planning (The ELA)
The discussion presents the various governmental prescriptions and directives that mandate local government units to develop and institutionalize their respective development plan and direction to ensure the attainment of local development targets, goals and objectives.
Topic Four:
The Executive-Legislative Development Agenda” An effective tool in local development and good governance.
The discussion elaborates on what Executive and Legislative agenda are really all about. It posits that if an ELA is carefully crafted and developed, it would serve as effective development tool in the pursuit of good local governance.
Topic Five:
The Sectoral Divides: Packaging and Measuring the ELA through the LGPMS
The discussion presents the various component-parts upon which the ELA parameters must have to be packaged to ensure and facilitate implementation monitoring and performance measurement.
Topic Six:
Plan-Budget Linkage
The discussion underscores the need for the appropriation of the needed funds for every component part of the plan to ensure full mobilization and implementation thereof.
Topic Seven:
Strategic Executive-Legislative Agenda Development
The discussion presents the contemporary development planning cycles, parameters, experiential and pragmatic or practical strategies that must have to be duly considered by development planners and framers in the conceptualization, development, institutionalization and implementation of the ELA.
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