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The booklets were developed by FPDL in order to present in a short, clear and attractive way the main concepts that help busy people to understand each topic.

The booklets were developed by FPDL in order to present in a short, clear and attractive way the main concepts that help busy people to understand each topic.

The booklets were developed by FPDL in order to present in a short, clear and attractive way the main concepts that help busy people to understand each topic.

The booklets were developed by FPDL in order to present in a short, clear and attractive way the main concepts that help busy people to understand each topic.

The booklets were developed by FPDL in order to present in a short, clear and attractive way the main concepts that help busy people to understand each topic.

The booklets were developed by FPDL in order to present in a short, clear and attractive way the main concepts that help busy people to understand each topic.

The booklets were developed by FPDL in order to present in a short, clear and attractive way the main concepts that help busy people to understand each topic.

The booklets were developed by FPDL in order to present in a short, clear and attractive way the main concepts that help busy people to understand each topic.

The booklets were developed by FPDL in order to present in a short, clear and attractive way the main concepts that help busy people to understand each topic.

The booklets were developed by FPDL in order to present in a short, clear and attractive way the main concepts that help busy people to understand each topic.

Fred Fisher wrote these manuals in collaboration with David Tees from Texas University, Kinga Goncz and Dusan Ondrusek from the Partners Centers network. They have been developed under a program initiated by FPDL and financed by LGI and UN Habitat.Each volume is structured in Part I Concepts and Part II Training Toolkit,focusing on the two main fields of knowledge and skills necessary to help local governments and citizens resolve/ lower the level of conflicts or prevent them.

by Robert Klitgaard, Ronald MacLean abaroa and Lindsey H. Parris

Fred Fisher and David Tees have written both volumes:

Vol. 1 – Case Study
Volume one is a case study about a capacity building institute from a hypothetical European country that leaves the traditional mode of offering standardized training programs and moves to customized demand-based and client centered problem-solving management and leadership training and institutional development.
Vol. 2 – Training Tools
Volume two contains a set of tools that will help trainers in building successful training and organizational development programs. The tools are arranged so that the trainer will know which one works best for what task. Tools are cross-referenced with the case study in Vol.1.

The series of Manuals have three main topics:

Human Resources Management
Financial Resources Management
Outreach Communicating and Influencing

The manual is aimed to support the development of Codes of ethics and enforcement systems in the public service, in order to improve the transparency and accountability of local governments, as tools to prevent and fight corruption. The manual contains three distinct and interrelated parts.

Part One: A Guide for Reflecting about Ethics includes a wide range of concepts, strategies, standards, principles, historical happenings, for those who intend to develop and implement a code of ethics within their profession.
Part Two: A Guide for Planning an Ethics Course of Action proposes a series steps designed to help professional associations to go through the process of a Code of Ethics elaboration
Part Three: A Guide for Managing a Profession’s Shared Commitment to Ethics describes ICMA experience in managing and enforcing a professional code of ethics on a daily basis.

The manual author is Fred Fisher, and it was developed in the frame of the Regional Program “Working Together”, in collaboration with UN HABITAT and with LGI financial support.

In 2001 UN HABITAT organized an Expert Meeting attended by Training organizations representatives from CEE, South Asia, West and East Africa, Latin America, Manuals authors – Fred Fisher and David Tees and UN HABITAT Training and Capacity Building Branch members. During the meeting participants discussed the the way the series of Local Elected Leadership manuals should be improved in a second edition. The second edition was finalized in 2005.

This Manual was developed by Ana Vasilache for Managing Multiethnic Communities Program (MMCP) of LG.