children that are in care‚ looked after by the Local Authority or any child or young person that has been looked after by the council’s Children’s Services Department for more than 24 hours. And the term‚ Children in Need: A child or young person in need is under the age of 18 and is unlikely to achieve or maintain or have the opportunity to achieve or maintain a reasonable standard of health or development without the provision of services from the Local Authority. This term can also refer to a child
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Act‚ Kenya Gazette‚ Government Printer‚ Nairobi GoK (1999)‚ Environmental Management and Co-ordination Act‚ Kenya Gazette‚ Government Printer‚ Nairobi GoK (2001)‚ Ministry of Local Government‚ Kenya Local Government Reform Programme. Local Authority Service Delivery Reform Programme (LASDAO)‚ Dissemination Seminar Materials‚ August/September‚ Nairobi. GoK (2002)‚ Water Act‚ Kenya Gazette‚ Government Printer‚ Nairobi GoK (2004)‚ The National Housing Policy‚ Kenya Gazette‚ Government Printer‚ Nairobi
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provincial cities in Zambia with the intention of changing or modifying some of the properties so that the use for the properties are altered. They have‚ in this regard‚ received criticisms and objections from owners of adjacent properties and the local authorities in the respective areas. This has inconvenienced them greatly. The Issue Is a landlord restricted in the use of his land? The Law 1) The Town and Country Planning Act‚ Chapter 283 of the Laws of Zambia (herein called the Act in
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NOT REAPING THE BENEFITS: The Gaps in the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law in Addressing the Discrimination Against Peasant Women in their Access to and Control of Resources --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I. Agrarian Reform and the Peasant Woman A. Introduction Despite the recognition of various laws on the roles and contributions of women in rural development‚ it seems that women in the Philippine
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PLANNING TRAINING MODULE 1. Introduction: Decentralisation of the planning process has acquired considerable significance with the passage of the 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendment Acts. Decentralisation through the involvement of local level representative institutions in the formulation of plans for development as well as their implementation is being advocated in the interest of efficient utilisation of resources and for ensuring more equitable sharing of benefit from development
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NATIONAL HOUSING POLICY MINISTRY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND HOUSING LUSAKA‚ JANUARY 1996 FOREWORD Since independence in 1964‚ several attempts have been made to draw up a comprehensive Housing Policy but‚ until now‚ no such policy has ever been formulated. The housing policy I am presenting to the nation provides a comprehensive assessment of the housing situation in the country. It also provides a vision for the development of adequate affordable housing for all ’income groups in the
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strategic and prioritize Refer to past stakeholder information and consultation Develop socio-economic fact sheets with a focus on vulnerable groups Verify stakeholder representatives Engage with stakeholders in their own communities Remember that government is a key stakeholder Work with representative and accountable NGOs and community-based organizations Recognize employees as a good channel of communication Not all stakeholders in a particular group or sub-group will necessarily share the same
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To what extent does multi-level government increase democracy and bring government closer to the people? The United Kingdom consists of four countries; England‚ Scotland‚ Wales and Northern Ireland. As the UK is a unitary state‚ the main power is centralised at Westminster. However‚ since 1997‚ power has been devolved to five different areas; the Scottish Parliament‚ the Welsh Assembly‚ the Northern Ireland Assembly‚ the Greater London Assembly and elected mayors in a number of cities‚ such as London
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levels of government. ·National ·Regional Federalism is a method of government where decision on taxes and education are shared between two political powers and are exercised on two levels of government. There are several distinguishing deference’s between federalist‚ unitary‚ and confederation government structures. Federal states may be created in one of two ways · Separate political units may decide to join together in a political partnership. ·An existing unitary government may choose
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children’s participation in local governance. The right of children and young people to participate in governance has been recognized as early as the 1970s by the Philippine government through PD603 or the Child and Youth Welfare Code. It recognized the youth as viable partners in nation building through the creation of the Kabataang Barangay. The Local Government Code of 1991 further provided them the avenues for participation in all levels of local government‚ particularly in local legislation and implementation
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