2022 Africa and Middle East Regional Meeting

This session will simulate a local government council meeting/hearing to make a crucial decision (budget allocation, approve a major capital project, etc). It will involve negotiating. between council (politicians), civil society (citizens), a business interest group, and local gov officials (government/executive). Facilitators will provide the context, the decision that is needed and the time pressure in which it must be made - they will have just 90 minutes from start to finish and a decisive vote must be taken at the end. Participants will be assigned on of four roles: councilors, business, officials, CSO advocates.