The Capacity and Institution Building (CIB) Working Group of United Cities and Local Governments: Towards Improving Aid Effectiveness in the Local Government Sector

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Tim Kehoe

Abstract

The United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) Capacity and Institution Building (CIB) Working Group gather together professional practitioners of local government associations (LGAs) and individual local governments active in international cooperation, with the overall objective to improve the quality, coordination and alignment of their development cooperation interventions.

The Working Group is the successor of the CIB Platform, which existed for many years within the former International Union of Local Authorities (IULA) as an informal gathering of staff members of local government associations (LGAs) involved in the field of municipal international cooperation (MIC) and association capacity building (ACB). In addition to information exchange, the CIB Platform undertook specific initiatives such as a World Bank-funded program supporting ACB in several countries. In May 2004, the CIB was integrated into the structures of the newly-founded UCLG organisation, and its membership was expanded to also include staff members of international departments of cities active in international cooperation.

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Kehoe, T. (2009). The Capacity and Institution Building (CIB) Working Group of United Cities and Local Governments: Towards Improving Aid Effectiveness in the Local Government Sector. Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance, (4), 113-120. https://doi.org/10.5130/cjlg.v0i4.1359
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Policy and Practice
Author Biography

Tim Kehoe, Federation of Canadian Municipalities

As Director of the international department of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM International), Tim Kehoe is responsible for the strategic leadership and overall coordination of FCM’s international programs and relations. Mr. Kehoe also teaches ethics at St. Paul’s University in Ottawa. Prior to joining FCM, he spent more than ten years as Director of Research and Education at the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, with particular research interests in urbanization and human settlements in developing countries.