2016

  • Partnerships on the road to strengthened local democracy – IQA report 2016

    This report describes, summarises and analyses the results followed up through the Internal Quality Assessment (IQA) in 2016 in the Municipal Partnership Programme. The follow-up included site visits in two different partnerships. Officers who work with the Programme interviewed participants in partnerships between municipalities in Sweden, Indonesia and Vietnam. The 2016 IQA focuses on results…

  • Partnerskap på väg mot ökad lokal demokrati, IQA-rapport 2016

    I denna rapport beskrivs, sammanfattas och analyseras de resultat som följts upp genom Internal Quality Assessment, IQA, under 2016 inom programmet Kommunalt partnerskap på Internationellt Centrum för Lokal Demokrati, ICLD. Uppföljningen har innefattat platsbesök i två olika partnerskap. Handläggare som arbetar med  programmet har intervjuat aktörer i partnerskap mellan kommuner i Sverige, Indonesien och Vietnam.

  • Strengthening local governance in Africa: Beyond donor-driven approaches

    Strengthening local governance in Africa: Beyond donor-driven approaches is the twelfth paper to be published in ICLD’s Working Paper series. In this paper Göran Hydén is critical of the donor-driven approaches to decentralization that pays little attention to political realities in Africa. He argues that the focus during the last decades has been on prescriptive…

  • Strengthening local governance in Africa: Beyond donor-driven approaches

    Strengthening local governance in Africa: Beyond donor-driven approaches is the twelfth paper to be published in ICLD’s Working Paper series. In this paper Göran Hydén is critical of the donor-driven approaches to decentralization that pays little attention to political realities in Africa. He argues that the focus during the last decades has been on prescriptive…

  • The 2016 local government elections: The point where South Africa changed course?

    In August 2016, local government elections were held in South Africa, something that is of direct relevance to many of ICLD’s partners. Dr Andrew Siddle has analyzed the elections on behalf of the ICLD. The elections have been described as “the point at which South Africa changed course,” but it remains to be seen just…

  • The 2016 local government elections: The point where South Africa changed course?

    In August 2016, local government elections were held in South Africa, something that is of direct relevance to many of ICLD’s partners. Dr Andrew Siddle has analyzed the elections on behalf of the ICLD. The elections have been described as “the point at which South Africa changed course,” but it remains to be seen just…

  • Local government in South Africa: Can the objectives of the developmental state be achieved through the current model of decentralized governance?

    Under the new constitutional dispensation, South African Local government was given a critical developmental role to play in rebuilding local communities and environments, as the basis for a democratic, integrated, prosperous and non-racial society. This study examines the notions of decentralization and developmentalism, and shows how they have become two of the most significant defining…

  • Local government in South Africa: Can the objectives of the developmental state be achieved through the current model of decentralized governance?

    Under the new constitutional dispensation, South African Local government was given a critical developmental role to play in rebuilding local communities and environments, as the basis for a democratic, integrated, prosperous and non-racial society. This study examines the notions of decentralization and developmentalism, and shows how they have become two of the most significant defining…

  • The Politics of Pseudoactions – Local Governance and Gender Policy Implementation in the Western Balkans

    Successful implementation is often pointed out as a missing prerequisite in the attainment of gender equality goals. Only rarely, however, are gender policy implementation processes subjected to systematic study. This paper analyses the local-level implementation of national gender equality policies in three countries of the Western Balkans region (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Serbia), examining the…

  • The Politics of Pseudoactions – Local Governance and Gender Policy Implementation in the Western Balkans

    Successful implementation is often pointed out as a missing prerequisite in the attainment of gender equality goals. Only rarely, however, are gender policy implementation processes subjected to systematic study. This paper analyses the local-level implementation of national gender equality policies in three countries of the Western Balkans region (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Serbia), examining the…

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