2021

Inclusive and sustainable waste governance: strengthening innovative linkages between local governments and waste picker organisations

15 september, 2021

This policy brief focuses on how local governments can develop more inclusive, democratic and sustainable waste governance by partnering with, and strengthening the role of, grassroots waste picker organizations and networks. Informed by action-research in Argentina, Brazil, Kenya, Nicaragua, and Tanzania, it shows how waste picker organisations are resilient forms of organizing which have contributed…
Mainstreaming Migrant Rights for Gender Equality: Lessons from Lisbon and Barcelona

9 september, 2021

Mainstreaming, a governance strategy based on coordination between government levels and the involvement of various policy sectors and actors (including institutional, private and civil society), is often adopted by local governments in different policy realms, including in managing migration and integration at the local level. Overall, mainstreaming migrant integration has the potential to enhance migrants´…
Mainstreaming Migrant Rights for Gender Equality: Lessons from Lisbon and Barcelona

9 september, 2021

Mainstreaming, a governance strategy based on coordination between government levels and the involvement of various policy sectors and actors (including institutional, private and civil society), is often adopted by local governments in different policy realms, including in managing migration and integration at the local level. Overall, mainstreaming migrant integration has the potential to enhance migrants´…
Conducting Municipal Council Meetings with Social Distance

8 juli, 2021

This paper studies how COVID-19 related social distancing affects Swedish local council meetings and the situation for elected representatives. It is based on interviews with local political advisors, a professional group employed to assist elected representatives in their political work. Social distancing has affected the political agenda and the ways of organising local politics; digital…
Conducting Municipal Council Meetings with Social Distance

8 juli, 2021

This paper studies how COVID-19 related social distancing affects Swedish local council meetings and the situation for elected representatives. It is based on interviews with local political advisors, a professional group employed to assist elected representatives in their political work. Social distancing has affected the political agenda and the ways of organising local politics; digital…
Using Social Norms to Fight Corruption in Local Governments

8 juli, 2021

This policy brief looks into the role of social norms to fight corruption in the school system in the Cau Giay district in Hanoi. An ongoing research project has conducted multiple ethnographic field studies in schools and included parents, teachers, and other school personnel in the research data. Their experiences and reflections are the core…
Using Social Norms to Fight Corruption in Local Governments

8 juli, 2021

This policy brief looks into the role of social norms to fight corruption in the school system in the Cau Giay district in Hanoi. An ongoing research project has conducted multiple ethnographic field studies in schools and included parents, teachers, and other school personnel in the research data. Their experiences and reflections are the core…
City-to-City Peer Learning to Accelerate Localization of the Sustainable Development Goals and the New Urban Agenda

8 juli, 2021

This policy brief presents challenges and experiences ofdifferent cities and the possible strategies to accelerate theachievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) andthe New Urban Agenda as stipulated in the United Nationsdecade of action, to be addressed globally, locally and by thepeople. They are based on findings oftwo comparative projects undertaken by Mistra Urban Futures,an international…
City-to-City Peer Learning to Accelerate Localization of the Sustainable Development Goals and the New Urban Agenda

8 juli, 2021

This policy brief presents challenges and experiences ofdifferent cities and the possible strategies to accelerate theachievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) andthe New Urban Agenda as stipulated in the United Nationsdecade of action, to be addressed globally, locally and by thepeople. They are based on findings oftwo comparative projects undertaken by Mistra Urban Futures,an international…
Checklista för dialog med barn och unga

7 juli, 2021

Checklistan ska helst användas tidigt i en process med frågor som direkt eller indirekt rör barn och unga. Den kan till exempel användas i samband med att nya planer, budgetar, projekt eller program tas fram. Frågorna vid varje steg är tänkta att besvaras innan du startar processen. Checklistan har tagits fram i projektet ”LuMa Youth…