The aim of the Good Governance Day is to provide an opportunity to address the mainstreaming of principles of good governance and inclusive development in day to day operations of subnational governments. Delegates will have vibrant discussions on the strategies, plans of action and priorities that need to be adopted by devolved units with the ultimate goal of positioning local and County Governments as centers of excellence in service delivery.

The Good Governance Day includes:

1. Morning: High-level Overall plenum for two (2) hours
2. Afternoon: Side events on Good Governance, focusing on the following sub-sectors:
• Public Participation
• Citizen and community engagement
• Social accountability
• Citizen oversight
• Civic education
• Transparency
• Rule of law

The Human Rights and Social Justice Day will focus on the mainstreaming of socio-economic, political, civil and cultural rights; and social justice principles of access to resources, inclusion, equality and diversity- in subnational governance. The participants will be able to reflect on the challenges that have been experienced so far in entrenching the human-rights based and social justice approach in governance and actions will be agreed on to place County and local governments at the center of realization of human rights.

The Human Rights and Social Justice Day includes:

1. Morning: Overall plenum for two (2) hours
2. Morning and Afternoon: Side events on Human Rights and Social Justice, focusing on the following sub-sectors:
• Civil and political rights: right to participate in civil and political life without discrimination
• Cultural rights: right to participate in cultural life, education, scientific research, and copyright
• Economic rights: rights that focus on the well-being of individuals and communities through economics, social services, and cultural expression.
• Social Justice: access to resources by all citizens, inclusivity in governance and diversity in public service.
3. Topics falling within the above sub-sectors, include, but are not limited to: Food security, Health, Water and sanitation, Low-cost and affordable housing/ elimination of informal settlements, Education- vocational centres/ youth polytechnics/ECD, Social security/ social protection, Land and tenure rights, Protection of marginalized groups and minority rights, Protection of special interest rights: youth, women, PWDs, elderly, Representation of indigenous communities and protection of indigenous knowledge, Transport and mobility, Children rights, Affirmative action, Labor rights

The aim of the Financing Equity and Inclusion Day is to trigger candid conversations on allocation of resources to address systemic inequalities and promoting fairness in the access of finances by all.

The discussions will be two-fold:

1. Examining access to finance by potential entrepreneurs- the role of subnational governments in promoting ease of doing business;
2. Examining the division of revenue between national/central and devolved governments- strategies to guarantee equity and fairness.
3. Morning: Side events on Financing Equity & Inclusion, focusing, but not limited to, the following sub-sectors.
• Access to finance by Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs)
• Consultation, cooperation and coordination in resource allocation
• Pro-poor and vulnerability costing and financing
• Development in marginalized areas
• Sustainable financing
• Financial prudence
• Special Interest Group Funds- Youth Fund, Women Fund, etc
• Access to procurement opportunities by special groups- AGPO