Course Focus
In order to reduce regional disparities, governments in Africa, Asia and Latin America have initiated new regional development strategies based on national decentralisation policies. The management level of the new decentralised administrative units (districts, regions or munici- palities), however, is rarely commensurate with the new requirements. Planners are not only increasingly challenged to overcome the bound- aries between administrative sectors and bridge the gap between formulating a plan and implementing a programme but also cope with the implications of climate change on the planning process. New qualifications are required, ranging from planning competence to management skills, i.e., to make programmes operational with respect to financial requirements and restrictions or to moderate participatory processes. SPRING places its emphasis on development management at an intermediate level between macro-regional and community-based planning.
Target Group
Practitioners in regional and urban development planning and administration in developing countries.