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Standing Conference of Towns and Municipalities
Training and consulting services of the representatives of local
communities
By. Marko Moračić
Standing Conference of Towns and Municipality
National association of LGs
Advocacy
Capacity building
Project implementation
Grand schemes
SCTM Services to members
Training Centre Training, Facilitation, Project
development assistance, Research, Publishing
Advisory Centre Databases of national experts, advisory
support, Legal Bulletin, Help-Desk
Training Needs analysis Sets training priorities
Estimates current knowledge and skills
Includes capacity assessment of training providers
Background paper for the National Training Strategy for LGs
Annual update
TNA - Summary TNA process included:
Development of the questionnaires and interview guidelines
Deciding on the sample municipalities for the interviews
Data collection – Quantitative analysis
Interviews – qualitative analysis
The targeted professionals
In each municipality there were four key positions:
Mayors Chiefs of Municipal Administration Two chiefs of municipal departments Administrative staff - clerks
Quantitative analysis
Over 680 questionnaires were sent to the local government units in Serbia
Over 430 were returned
Return rate of over 60%
Quantitative analysis (continued)
Questionnaires included separate parts with:
Information about municipalities
Personal information
Training and consulting related information
Summary of the findings
76 84
176
86
0
50
100
150
200
1
Positions
Mayor
Chief ofAdministration
Chief ofdepartment
Administrative staff
Summary of the findings (cont.)
63.0
7.4
21.0
8.6
0.0
10.0
20.0
30.0
40.0
50.0
60.0
70.0
1
Dominant sector of Economy
Agriculture
Tourism
Industry
Services
Summary of the findings (cont.)
2.5
15.2
44.3
25.3
12.7
0.0
10.0
20.0
30.0
40.0
50.0
0 - 25 25 - 50 50 - 100 100 - 200 Over 200
Number of employees in the administration
Summary of the findings (cont.)
No. of employees that attended training
24%
75%
1%
Attended training
Did not attend training
Missing data
Summary of the findings (cont.)
Municipal Information Centers
33%
63%
4%
No
Yes
Missing
Summary of the findings (cont.)
38.844.8
9.0 7.5
0.0
10.0
20.0
30.0
40.0
50.0
None 0,001 to 0,5 0,5 to 1 Over 1 percent
Portion of the budget devoted to employee training
Summary of the findings (cont.)
80.3
13.6 6.1 0.0
0.0
20.0
40.0
60.0
80.0
100.0
None 0,001 to 0,5 0,5 to 1 Over 1
Portion of the budget dedicated to councillors training
Summary of the findings (cont.)
127
8876
64
54 54 49 45 45 43 42 37 36 32 3222
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
1
Priority training themes
Legal framew ork
Municipal f inance
Local economic development
Service provision
Communal issues
Public relations
Organization and management
Information and communication
Decentralization
Office and administrative w ork
Development of Municipal w ork
Local democracy and communities
Human resource management
Work on the Assembly sessions and commissions
European integration and international relations
Public procurement
Priority training topics
16%
10%
9%
8%
6%6%6%
5%
5%
5%
5%
4%
4%4%
4% 3%
Legal framework
Municipal finance
Local economic development
Service provision
Communal issues
Public relations
Organization and management
Information and communication
Decentralization
Qualitative analysis
A sample of 32 (20%of Serbia) municipalities was selected according to: Geographic representation Economic development and GDP portion Population and Ethnic composition Other demographic factors of less
importance
Qualitative analysis (cont)
Over 120 interviews were conducted including:
Mayors Chiefs of Administration Chiefs of departments (budget, social
affairs, economic development, communal issues, and others)
Administrative staff and clerks
Qualitative analysis (cont) Interviews included questions on:
Municipal performance Training experience in the past Training preferences for the future A number of training related topics
(duration, location, methods etc) Performance problems which can be
remedied by training Information on citizen participation and
services
Summary of the findings There is no professional training market –
especially on the supply side Expressed need for national coordination
and legal framework for employment and professional development
Training materials were mostly unsatisfactory
Municipalities are willing to fund training and consulting
Experiences from Grant Schemes
Lack of knowledge - LFA and other project planning and drafting methodologies
English language – loss of context
Poor project management skills – mainly administrative compliance
NGO and expert organizations support – Project drafting vs expertise
Obstacles
Donor set priorities – Supply side orientation
Structure of the Municipal budget Lack of legislation Lack of donor programmes
coordination and long-term approach to capacity building
Q&AQ&A
Thank you!Thank you!
Marko Moračić