Inclusive leadership and governance

  • Developing Youth Councils

    Developing Youth Councils

    This toolbox has been compiled to help local government officials and politicians who want to start, improve, and maintain their own youth councils. It provides both inspiration and a step-by-step guide for setting up and managing these councils. It also explores the questions and challenges youth councils often face and shares some of the lessons…

  • Developing Youth Councils

    Developing Youth Councils

    This toolbox has been compiled to help local government officials and politicians who want to start, improve, and maintain their own youth councils. It provides both inspiration and a step-by-step guide for setting up and managing these councils. It also explores the questions and challenges youth councils often face and shares some of the lessons…

  • From Values to Results: Organisational Transformation in Local Government

    From Values to Results: Organisational Transformation in Local Government

    This toolbox shows how ICLD’s theory of change and value-based model can support local governments in strengthening service delivery, safety, and climate resilience by embedding democratic values into everyday governance. Drawing on Kiambu County’s experience, it demonstrates how leadership commitment to equity, participation, transparency, and accountability can drive organizational change and produce tangible results for…

  • From Values to Results: Organisational Transformation in Local Government

    From Values to Results: Organisational Transformation in Local Government

    This toolbox shows how ICLD’s theory of change and value-based model can support local governments in strengthening service delivery, safety, and climate resilience by embedding democratic values into everyday governance. Drawing on Kiambu County’s experience, it demonstrates how leadership commitment to equity, participation, transparency, and accountability can drive organizational change and produce tangible results for…

  • Jönköping – Stellenbosh, South Africa

    Jönköping – Stellenbosh, South Africa

    Project: Youth participation in municipal decision-making The project tackles a shared challenge in both Jönköping and Stellenbosch: young people are largely excluded from municipal decision-making. Although Sweden incorporated the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child into law in 2020, translating this principle into real influence for young people remains difficult. Existing structures, such…

  • Jönköping – Stellenbosh, South Africa

    Jönköping – Stellenbosh, South Africa

    Project: Youth participation in municipal decision-making The project tackles a shared challenge in both Jönköping and Stellenbosch: young people are largely excluded from municipal decision-making. Although Sweden incorporated the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child into law in 2020, translating this principle into real influence for young people remains difficult. Existing structures, such…

  • Är kvotering en väg till bättre jämställdhet?

    Är kvotering en väg till bättre jämställdhet?

    Denna artikel finns också på spanska Lokalt exempel från Guatemala ICLD strävar efter att fler kvinnor ska få möjlighet att ta plats i ledande positioner inom lokala myndigheter. Att delta i politiken är en mänsklig rättighet och med fler kvinnor på ledande poster blir besluten mer inkluderande och präglas oftare av prioriteringar som rör social…

  • Bergs kommun ingår partnerskap med ukrainska Krolevets

    Bergs kommun ingår partnerskap med ukrainska Krolevets

    Med mål att stärka lokal demokrati, öka ungas inflytande och bidra till en långsiktig demokratisk motståndskraft har ICLD beviljat Bergs kommun partnerskapsamarbete med ukrainska kommunen Krolevets. ”Detta är en unik möjlighet för Bergs kommun att bygga relationer internationellt och även stötta Ukraina. Samtidigt stärker vi vår egen kompetens inom demokrati, krisberedskap och inkludering”, säger Therese…

  • Child-Focused Cities [CFC]: A Paradigm for Inclusive Urban Development

    Child-Focused Cities [CFC]: A Paradigm for Inclusive Urban Development

    The Child-Focused Cities (CFC) initiative brings together children and youth inclusion in local democracy in line with the principles embedded in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). It reflects on why, when, how, where, and under what circumstances children and young people are recognised as political subjects and crucial role-players in…

  • Child-Focused Cities [CFC]: A Paradigm for Inclusive Urban Development

    Child-Focused Cities [CFC]: A Paradigm for Inclusive Urban Development

    The Child-Focused Cities (CFC) initiative brings together children and youth inclusion in local democracy in line with the principles embedded in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). It reflects on why, when, how, where, and under what circumstances children and young people are recognised as political subjects and crucial role-players in…