Brief description of aims and content
Local Development Planning and Results-oriented Management explore and introduce into the features of governance through in-depth planning across different facets: government, national, and Districts. Although planning is a component, there is the integration of monitoring of the plans for corrective action at different government. The module will further look at monitoring and evaluation which serves as guide to performance as enacted in the Performance Contract in Rwanda. The aim is to effectively improve on service delivery at local government whilst helping their citizens to grow professionally.
The module of administrative, political and legal framework of local government is intended to expose and familiarize students with key features of governance with reference to decentralization, political, legal structures and the Rwanda experience. It therefore, examines theoretical philosophies in public administration, political governance and legal background. It investigates political practices from Africa perspectives by focusing mainly on structural means that govern decision-making in local authorities. Hence, the Rwanda reflects deeply on Rwanda experiences in Local Government that result from political structures, laws and administrative regulations. It equips students with the necessary skills to understand political, administrative and legal realities and in addition link these important issues with each other. Thus, students are enabled to efficiently work in senior management positions at local government levels.
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The module of Leadership and Ethics is meant to introduce and familiarize students with key features in governance and morality in the face of global corruption and drought of political leaders on the continent of Africa. In light of these, the module places emphasis on theories of leadership: style, traits and behaviours. It further examines ethical philosophies in the areas of teleological theory, deontological ethics, Divine command, cognitivism and non-cognitivism, fairness, justices (procedural and distributive justices), contractualism, along philosophers like Immanuel Kant, Cato the Elder, Socrates, Plato and Aristotle, Jeremy and Niccolo Machiavelli. The module will equip prospective local government leaders with the necessary knowledge and skills that enable them to identify the most moral behaviour in their governance; organizational and institutional level and District to sufficiently address pertinent problems.
Brief description of aims and content
Foundation of Local Governance looks at the theoretical framework and application of governance from perspectives of administration, legislation, procurement, legal dimensions. It examines public policy formation mechanisms and public policy analysis, the principles of citizens’ participatory, inclusiveness, and engagement. The element of capacity building for political involvement and advocacy are examined for a sustainable political and economic development of a nation. The aforementioned enables students to identify the most important obstacles to governance on individual, organizational and institutional level and to sufficiently address these issues.