Elected officials and good governance

The management of a commune, a town hall, or a region requires capital importance today, notably with the ambitious project of advanced regionalization which aims at the valorization of the resources and potentialities of each region. In fact, local elected officials, councillors, and deputies must be able to fully exercise the missions assigned to them. And here, several questions arise concerning these representatives of the people and challenge both observers of national politics and neophytes: what is the profile of the elected official? Why do people go into politics? What role do political parties play and how do they recruit the elites called upon to form the political class? What means and what mechanisms must be mobilized to train and strengthen the capacities of local elected officials? And how can local elected officials engaged in politics, trained, and professional, impact…