TOOLS
OF THE TRADE
To
improve local governance, this activity has pointed the
way for multiple applications that enhance learning about
best practices and provided short-term management training
for interested FEMICA member organizations. Thus, FEMICA
was able to produce its Mochila Tecnica del Alcalde—a
Mayor’s Technical Briefcase—which identifies
essential materials and priorities for urban government.
Available as a CD-ROM, this material may be expanded into
several subject-specific manuals for broader distribution
among public agencies and private companies that manage
essential urban services.
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BUILDING
LOCAL GOVERNMENT CAPACITY WITH IT
By
facilitating and enabling good governance practices
and processes, information and communication technologies
are powerful tools at any level. Information technology
was first used to automate a few national government
services in the US, now very powerful computers at relatively
low cost can provide multiple tools for organizing,
managing, communicating, disseminating, and informing
local citizens as well as local governments about best
practices. Although many smaller local governments in
Latin America do not have access to electronic information
and communication technologies, interest in acquiring
IT is expected, the number of FEMICA and LACUM members
that are online is slowly growing, and the complexity
is expanding. For those online governments, the use
of computers:
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