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Nauru

GENERAL INFORMATION ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT

 

Nauru is a single island state with a small population of around 10.000 people mostly living in small rural settlements along the coastline. The country is divided into fourteen districts with the government residing in the Yaren district which also functions as the country’s de-facto capital. Officially no further subdivisions or allocations for local government are in place. Nevertheless most districts have elected community committees working on an informal basis on matters such as district clean-ups, fund raising and agriculture. A new government came into power in 2010 after the constitution and electoral procedures have undergone significant changes in 2009. Central government does not delegate any of its affairs to lower institutional levels such as the districts.

 

The amended 2010 constitution was primarily aimed at stabilizing central politics seeing how the country underwent 17 changes of government between 1983 and 2003. Although the constitution itself does mention local government it is not practiced in reality. The Nauru Local Government Council (NLGC) and its 1992 successor the Nauru Island Council (NIC) both had limited influence on the National Government of Nauru. The NIC itself was dissolved in 1999 thus removing all official local government bodies. No new legal provisions have been made concerning local government in the 2010 amendments to the constitution.

 

The small size of the island itself and the population in combination with the internal political unrest of the past ten years have not put local government at the forefront of recent policy developments. The new amendments to the constitution have increased the population’s rights to free information thus increasing the level of government accountability. The direct connection between national government and the population of Nauru is furthered by government policies such as the National Sustainable Development Strategy 2005-2025. This strategy is aimed at improving the quality and standard of living on Nauru.
   

Local Government Associations

More information will follow.

 
 

National Local Government Partners

Government of Nauru Website

 
 

Regional Local Government Representation

 More information will follow.

 

 

 

 

 

 

DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES

 

Below you can find links to international donors that work in your country.
 

European Union

European Community: Country Strategy Paper and National Indicative Programme for the period 2008-2013

 

Joint Annual Report 2007

 

Joint Delegation of the European Union for the Pacific website 
 

Other Donors

More information will follow.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Caribbean West Africa Central Africa Eastern Africa Southern Africa Pacific

 
 
 

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