DATE: Wednesday, April 1st, 2015
TIME: 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
LOCATION: St. Paul’s university, Alumni amphitheater, Guigues Hall, 223 Main street, Room 1124
1) Welcoming remarks…
2) Decentralization progress in Africa at the scale of local municipalities
Bio of Edith Gingras
Ms. Gingras, is a local government program manager and municipal planner specialized in local governance and decentralization issues. She has over 23 years of experience working in local government. Her experience includes working in both Canadian and African municipalities on management issues (council and service management), in citizen involvement in participatory decision-making processes, in development planning /urban management strategies, lobbying and advocacy central government towards increasing decentralization of municipal competencies, in the implementation of urban and rural development policies, as well as in local and regional economic development. Her latest position at the Federation of Canadian municipalities (2003-ongoing) has enabled her to further develop and manage innovating governance projects for local and regional governments in Africa and to develop municipal capacity building training modules in management of municipal urban services.
3) News from members
