2014

  • Partnerships on the road to strengthened local democracy – IQA report 2014

    During 2014, sixteen (16) in-depth Internal Quality Assessment (IQA) studies of projects under the auspices of the Municipal Partnership Programme were conducted. Their purpose was to investigate and explore how the partnerships contribute to achieving the Programme’s goals, to provide a foundation for further developing the Programme, to better support the partners, and to collect…

  • Partnerskap på väg till ökad lokal demokrati, IQA rapport 2014

    Kommunalt Partnerskap är ett Sida- finansierat program som genom kunskaps- och erfarenhetsutbyte mellan kommuner, regioner och landsting, (hädanefter benämnt kommun) bidrar till hållbar lokal demokratiutveckling i Sveriges samarbetsländer för utvecklingssamarbete och i Sverige.  Under 2014 genomfördes 16 djupstudier, Internal Quality Assesment (IQA), av projekt inom programmet Kommunalt Partnerskap. Syftet med studierna är att undersöka hur…

  • Proceedings of the Workshop: Workshop on Devolution and Local Development in Kenya

    On June 26 2014, a workshop was held on devolution and local development at the Nairobi Safari Club in Nairobi, Kenya, to discuss the historic devolution reforms one year after their implementation. The workshop was organised by Agnes Cornell, Aarhus University, and Michelle D’Arcy, Trinity College Dublin, with funding from the Swedish International Centre for…

  • Proceedings of the Workshop: Workshop on Devolution and Local Development in Kenya

    On June 26 2014, a workshop was held on devolution and local development at the Nairobi Safari Club in Nairobi, Kenya, to discuss the historic devolution reforms one year after their implementation. The workshop was organised by Agnes Cornell, Aarhus University, and Michelle D’Arcy, Trinity College Dublin, with funding from the Swedish International Centre for…

  • Gendering Decentralization in Cambodia

    Cambodia’s democratic decentralization reform is commonly regarded as the most deep-cutting public sector reform and the politically most significant democratic development in Cambodia since 1993. The reform rearranges power structures, creates space for a more pluralistic political representation, addresses gender equality in local politics, and triggers articulation of new political views. However, the reforms continue…

  • Gendering Decentralization in Cambodia

    Cambodia’s democratic decentralization reform is commonly regarded as the most deep-cutting public sector reform and the politically most significant democratic development in Cambodia since 1993. The reform rearranges power structures, creates space for a more pluralistic political representation, addresses gender equality in local politics, and triggers articulation of new political views. However, the reforms continue…

  • Mapping Spaces for democratic participation in South Aceh, Indonesia

    This report by Leena Avonius, Olle Törnquist and Fadhli Ali is the third report to be published in ICLD’s Research Report series. Avonius et al examines to what extent democratic local governance reforms have become effective and visible in the South Aceh district in Indonesia. The study seeks to answer if, and to what extent,…

  • Mapping Spaces for democratic participation in South Aceh, Indonesia

    This report by Leena Avonius, Olle Törnquist and Fadhli Ali is the third report to be published in ICLD’s Research Report series. Avonius et al examines to what extent democratic local governance reforms have become effective and visible in the South Aceh district in Indonesia. The study seeks to answer if, and to what extent,…

  • Farce of the Commons: Humor, Irony, and Subordination through a Camera’s Lens

    This report by Jesse Ribot is the second one to be published in ICLD’s Research Report series. Ribot argues convincingly that local democracy has a material basis and thus stresses the need for local governments to have both decision making powers and adequate funds to respond to local people’s needs. This report emerged from the…

  • Farce of the Commons: Humor, Irony, and Subordination through a Camera’s Lens

    This report by Jesse Ribot is the second one to be published in ICLD’s Research Report series. Ribot argues convincingly that local democracy has a material basis and thus stresses the need for local governments to have both decision making powers and adequate funds to respond to local people’s needs. This report emerged from the…