TheInstitute undertakes education, research and information-dessemination services in the following areas:

• District Development Planning and Management including
  • District Development Plan Formulation
  • The Millenium Development Goals and the District Assemblies
  • Strategic Planning and Management for Local Government
• Public Private Partnership for Local Level Development including
  • District Assemblies and Private Sector Partnerships
  • Partneships between District Assemblies and Enterprises
• Information Management for Local Level Development including
  • Computer Applications in District Administration and Local Level Development
  • Management Information Systems
  • Information Technology
• Good Governance in Local Government including
  • Ethics and Values in Local Government
  • Managing the Socio-Cultural Environment of Local Government
  • Non-Governmental Organisations and Local Government Partnerships for Effective Governance
• Natural Resources and Environmental Management including
  • Natural Resource Management concerns in Local Development
  • Land Management for District Assemblies
  • Water and Sanitation Management at the Community Level
• Gender, Equity and Local Government including
  • Women in Local Level Development
  • Working with Young People: Responsibilities of District Assemblies
• Leadership, Management and Supervision in Local Government including
  • The Chief Executive as a Manager
  • The role of Presiding Mambers
  • District Coordinating Directors and Heads of Departments as Managers in Local Government System
• Financial Management, Budgeting and Accounting including
  • Budgeting and Accounting
  • Financial Management for District Level Funtionaries
  • Internal Audit and Inspectorate Funtions in Local Level Development
• Local Economic Development
  • Tourism Development
  • Private Public Partnership for Infrastructural Services Delivery
  • Local Goverment and Poverty Reduction
  • Revenue Generation Strategies
• Human Resource Management in Local Government including
  • Training and Development in Local Government
  • Social Services Delivery in Local Government
  • HIV/AIDS and Local Development

• Administration and Organisation in Local Government including
  • Administrative Skills
  • Communication Skills