The objective of the LOGO South programme (ACB) programme is improved  local governance and effective decentralisation through enhanced capacities of Local Government Associations. These Local Government Associations, old and new, all perform or aspire to perform three roles:

1. Represent and lobby for local governments at central government level
2. Provide services to their member local governments
3. Offer platforms for exchange, learning and networking

The Local Government Associations are able to improve the conditions in which the local governments work through lobby at central government level, and to improve local government performance through service provision and offering a constant forum for mutual learning. Aspects of the work that Local Government Associations do are for example economy-of-scale, consistency in local government management and furtherance of decentralisation and local democracy.

The LOGO South programme (ACB) aims to improve the capacities of 12 strategic partner Local Government Associations in four regions: South East Asia, Central America, West and East Africa. For more information on these regional programmes, click here. The programme also offers tailor-made support on a one-activity basis to Local Government Associations in developing countries through the Open Request Fund . All these Local Government Associations are the direct beneficiaries of the programme. Indirect beneficiaries are the membership of these Local Government Associations, the local governments of the respective countries.

If you would like more information on the LOGO South programme (ACB) 2007-2010, please contact:

Ms Anne-Lies Risseeuw
LOGO South ACB programme manager
Phone: +31 070 373 84 01
E-mail: anne-lies.risseeuw(at)vng.nl

Ms Christina Hiemstra
Junior Project Manager
Phone: +31 070 373 84 01
E-mail: christina.hiemstra(at)vng.nl