- Value [1] Innovativeness
- Innovativeness and Value Added -- The LGCSCI is a frontier innovative approach to addressing the problems inherent in the
current public service delivery system. Over the last decade, central government responded to the problem of service delivery
by: creating a complex system of conditional grants in response to corruption and misappropriation of funds at the local level;
reversal of decentralized powers on account of alleged lack of capacity; a rural economic policy package comprised of welfarism,
tax relief and administrative engineering (creation of districts and a multiplicity of administrative institutions); and increased
monitoring of local governments by central government political, constitutional and statutory bodies. These policy responses
have largely been guided by the "BIG BROTHER MENTALITY" and the dominant assumption that all solutions come from Kampala.
- Value [2] Citizen Empowerment
- The LGCSCI departs from this supply-side approach to addressing the problems of public service delivery by seeking to empower
citizens to be the primary actors in the public service delivery architecture in the country.
- Value [3] Public Information
- The underlying theory of change of the initiative is that by providing to the public information regarding the performance
of local councils, citizens will demand for increased accountability on local political leaders hence triggering a vertical
spiral of demand for better performance and accountability from the local to the national level. Investing in building civic
capacity is essential in activating district councils as new power centers that can create new checks and balances in the
current accountability relationships in Uganda.
- Value [4] Accountability
- Value [5] Performance
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