Governance, Democracy and Public Administration

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ME&A creates solutions for clients ranging from national governments to municipalities in areas of public policy, management and organizational reform, elections and electoral systems, directorio de vivienda 3 800x624legislative bodies, citizen involvement and public information. ME&A has worked extensively in the implementation of many projects associated with transparent local governance, public administration, municipal association development, as well as decentralization and democracy advocacy.

ME&A specializes in local governance and decentralization issues from a wide range of perspectives by providing practical solutions that are responsive to real operational needs.  Accordingly, ME&A provides services in the following specific areas:

  • Decentralization and intergovernmental issues including approaches to revenue sharing, power sharing, local revenue generation, and local economic development through various forms of decentralization including devolution, delegation and de-concentration
  • Public management, budgeting, finance, capital improvement programming, local territorial planning, service delivery, asset management and human resource development
  • Citizen participation strategies, methodologies, and organizational structures for local, regional and national governmental entities and programs
  • Policy and program analysis of national legislation, programs, and mandates affecting state, regional, and local governments
  • Geographic information systems for land use planning and permitting, property tax and cadastral information, and demographic and social analysis
  • Public-private partnerships in business, economic, and community development arrow-wineDemocracy-building programming at national, regional and local levels
  • Association development, including local and regional associations, mayoral and municipal associations, business and trade associations, and community-based private organizations (NGOs)
  • Legislative development including legislative drafting; committee structures, rules and processes; information systems; administrative support structures; communications and intergovernmental relations
  • Elections and electoral systems, including elections commissions, electoral policy, administration of elections, local polls and balloting, and election campaigns