Overview

Transparent and effective local governance will be essential to the sustainability of Iraq's newly elected government under a federal constitution:

• What must be done by Iraqi and international actors to ensure efficient administration of Iraq's government on the local, municipal, and provincial level?
• How will the U.S. Government's Provincial Reconstruction Teams work to strengthen capacity of local governance institutions and officials as well as the legitimacy of the central government?
• Through what mechanisms can Iraqi civil society ensure the accountability of the new government on the local level?
• Presentations will be followed by questions from the floor.

Speakers

• Dana Eyre, Senior Fellow, U.S. Institute of Peace
• Ron Johnson, Executive Vice President for International Development, RTI International
• Michaela Meehan, Senior Democracy and Governance Officer, Office of Iraq Reconstruction, USAID
• Patrick Garvey, Majority Staff, U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Commmittee
• Daniel Serwer, Moderator
  Vice President, Peacebuilding Centers and Post-conflict Peace and Stability Operations, U.S. Institute of Peace

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