Internationellt Centrum för Lokal Demokrati, ICLD, har beviljat 1 350 000 SEK till ett partnerskapsprojekt mellan Växjö kommun och Komuna Vushtrri i Kosovo. Projektet ska genom digitalisering, öka och förbättra kommunens kommunikation och dialog med sina medborgare som är en viktig del i ett demokratiskt samhälle.
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.
On the occasion of Women's Day the 8 March, ICLD's Secretary General Johan Lilja interviewed Trina Firmalo, a Philippine Mayor and participant of ICLD's training programme Women's Political Leadership. Today he shares his thoughts from the interview.
A research team in Indonesia came together to find out why some cities in West Java have become exclusive against minorities, whereas others remain relatively inclusive. What did they find? This blog post walks you through the most important takeaways and policy implications of this research project.
There are many ways toward democratic change and decentralisation - we want the best ones. We want local governments to work based on state-of-the-art knowledge and evidence, and local democracy researchers to build their conclusions on realities on the ground. But how? Research Director Ana Maria Vargas starts this article series by describing ICLD's model for connecting research and practice.
10 svenska kommuner och 2 regioner får dela på 33 miljoner SEK för internationella demokratiprojekt.
En rättighetsbaserad demokrati är grunden för välstånd och välbefinnande, och den enda hållbara grunden för ett samhälle som önskar tillväxt och utveckling. Vi kan aldrig ta demokratin för given, den måste skyddas varje dag.
