Implication of Local Government Institutional Capacity Self-Assessment System at Municipal Governance

Abstract

Local governments have a key role to play in ensuring that public services are provided close to the people under the federal governance system. Therefore, the success of federalism depends on effectiveness of public service delivery function. The constitution has provisioned legislative, executive, and judicial powers to local levels, Province and federation based on the principles of cooperation, coexistence, and coordination. In this context, local government institutional self-assessment (LISA) framework has been used by local government in Nepal after implementation of federal democratic republican constitution 2015.main objectives is to effectiveness of improve the quality. Acts and regulations related to these methods. The Practice of LISA by improving the Its the web-based LISA system has been introduced as an innovative instrument to track the performance of local governments in Nepal after the governance system was restructured from unitary to federal with significant power and resources to local level. The process of LISA creating capacity begins with a capacity evaluation. It presents a precise picture of the organization's strengths and weaknesses. The output of this approach unambiguously calls for the capacity-building initiatives needed and helps foster ownership to boost self-esteem. More specifically, LISA's primary goal is to investigate current practices in 10 local governance-related areas.