Course description
The Certificate in Local Government Administration Training Course by Rcademy will prepare participants for enriching careers in local government policies, strategic planning, administration, economic development, and leadership. The course will handle two main parts of local administration, the principles, and the theories. It is designed to guide the participants toward understanding and complete comprehension of the systems and tenets of local government administration.
What is a local government?
Local governments are systems of government but at a more local level. They refer to any government functions administration that is below the national level and is often tasked with running the local community affairs. It is a system generally representative of the higher-level national government within a specific area. In most instances, the body of such a government is elected or locally selected by the local members of such a government.
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Suitability - Who should attend?
Who should attend?
The Certificate in Local Government Administration Training Course by Rcademy is ideal for:
- Government policy planners
- Local government leaders
- Auditing professionals
- Political analysts
- Local government finance officers
- Community development officers
- Project managers
- Human resource managers
- Public policy officers
Outcome / Qualification etc.
The main objectives of The Certificate in Local Government Administration Training Course by Rcademy are to enable the participants to be able to:
- Demonstrate interpersonal skills, including conflict resolution, problem-solving, leadership, and dealing with interpersonal problems and team situation
- Understand and grasp the skills that can be used to solve issues in the four main local government sections: finance, administration, law, and planning
- Understand and demonstrate core competency in delivering an oral presentation
- Effectively use the global perspective in developing plans, decisions, programs, and analyzing scenarios
- Employ different techniques, tools, and methods in solving critical problems and issues in the government
Training Course Content
Module 1: Introduction to Local Government Administration
- Municipal and township law
- Local government services
- Local government finances
- Community planning for professionals
- Advanced communications skills
- Management fundamentals for local government
- Project management skills for professionals
- Corporate administration in local government
- Ethics and responsibilities
Module 2: Theories and Principles of Local Government Administration
- Introduction to theories
- Decentralisation and centralisation
- Reality of decentralization
- Reasons for ineffective decentralization
- Democratic theories of local government
- Special purpose bodies
- Patterns of local administration
- The Rationale for local government administration
Module 3: Evaluating Local Government Administration
- Elections in local areas
- Maaging local government
- Measure of decentralization
- Participation of the local people
- Personnel systems
- Ethics in handling local people
- Financial administration, budgetary process, and accountability
- Problems and sources of local government finance
- Potential benefits of local administration
Module 4: Comparing Local Governments
- Models of local governments in the United Kingdom
- Local governments of the United States of America
- The French Local Governments
- Local governments in Asia
- Uganda is an example of a Local government in Africa
- The Zambian Local Government Model
Module 5: Theories in Local Governments
- The centralist theories – Utilitarian theory – Intermediate theory
- Decentralist theories – Localists – Dual state theories
- Critique of the decentralist theories
- Holistic theories
Module 6: Policy and Administration
- How the government work
- Community development
- Law and indigenous peoples
- Human resource management
- Natural resources, society, and policies
- Politics and local governments
- Contemporary political issues facing local governments
Module 7: Planning and Economic Development
- Professional planning practice
- Principles and practices of planning
- Sustainable communities – Sociology – Structure
- Community development plans
- Entrepreneurship
- Rural communities’ economic development
- Local services and public planning
Module 8: Public Policy and Partnership
- Government functions in the new era
- Harmonizing national and local goals
- Empowering institutions through the law and ensuring they are not biased
- The partnership agenda: Opportunities and Challenges
- The new regional policies’ implementation
- Communities and structure of work in their government
- The power of partnership between local governments and national governments
- Understanding realities
Module 9: Competitive Elections and Good Governance
- Modernizing local governments
- The lure of municipal offices
- The formation of a government
- The formation of an opposition
- Local government parties
- Retail campaigning
- Living with pluralism
Module 10: Modern-Age Local Governments
- Taxing and spending
- Education policies
- Environmental policies
- State legislatures
- Citizen participation in key issues and decisions
- Federalism and the state
- The new direction for local governments
- The local judiciary system
- Campaigns, parties, and interest groups
- State constitutions
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