The ICLD Secretary General is travelling to Ukraine to attend the seminar Carpathian Sea Democracy Week 2025 in Truskavets, near Lviv. He will be blogging throughout his journey — a journey both forward and backward in time.
The ICLD Secretary General is traveling to Ukraine to attend the Carpathian Sea Democracy Week 2025. He will be blogging during his journey — a journey both forward and backward in time. Follow him and experience the journey!
Vi befinner oss i en tid där överraskningarna inom politikens område duggar tätt. Institutioner som skapat trygghet under generationer och setts som mycket trögrörliga, där beslut fattas med klokskap, och processerna får leda fram till den slutgiltiga versionen. Men nu fattas ödesdigra beslut i egenintresse, utan process, utan dialog.
Internationellt Centrum för Lokal Demokrati stärker demokratier vars lokala institutioner har till uppdrag att skapa en grundläggande basstruktur av rättsstatens principer för sina medborgare. Att det uppdragets betydelse nu får uppmärksamhet genom att årets nobelpris i ekonomi går till forskning som lyfter fram detta som den avgörande faktorn för ekonomisk tillväxt är verkligen uppmuntrande.
Den internationella kvinnodagen den 8 mars är en viktig årsdag som markerar behovet av att fortsätta kampen för jämställdhet skriver ICLD:s generalsekreterare Johan Lilja med anledning av internationella kvinnodagen 2024.
Congratulations to the following ICLD Alumni who received their diplomas in August 2023; from Kenya, Martin Kangiri, Nicholas Waweru, Anne Maasai, Edna Lenku, Emma Njeri, Fredrick Mwangi and John Munga from Uganda Christine Kayingo and Rogers both from Jinja City.
Sundays River Valley in South Africa has been involved in several of ICLD’s programmes, including a municipal partnership. Deon Pretorius is one of the participants but also an ICLD mentor. Here he gives us some background about the Sundays River Valley and how ICLD’s programmes help to make positive progresses in the municipality.
Pemba, Zambia, set up a digitalization strategy with the help of an ICLD research team. Connecting researchers and practitioners can create a meaningful impact as it ensures that strategic decisions are based on the most up-to-date research. It also ensures that the practitioners are taking into account the most recent evidence when making policy or strategic decisions.
In 2019, ICLD granted a research project on anti-corruption in Ukraine. This was before the full-scale invasion and the turn of history in Europe. Yet, as the research is published in 2023, the conclusions emerge as relevant as ever, telling a story of how democratic principles can be prioritised and upheld in a climate of adversity - and how collective dialogue efforts reinforce resilience.
The Raoul Wallenberg Institute (RWI) studies how local governments understand, value and work with human rights. Fieldwork in five cities reveal common challenges in applying human rights principles and norms, and identifies ways to strengthen human rights work. Researchers say the findings from a scientific process can help local governments make well-informed and better decisions.
Access to information about the budget process is a prerequisite to guarantee citizens' influence and decisions that affect their lives. Researchers explored the level of equality, inclusion, transparency and accountability in budget processes at the local level, and helps local governments to clear improvements.
The ICLD Impact Research Project Towards the Child-Focused Cities Analytical Framework (CFCAF) offered a platform for international scholars and local governments to discuss child and youth matters. This exciting encounter in the field laid a foundation for the development of a new Analytical Framework - a tool that could foster the Child-Focused Agenda worldwide.
