Human Rights

  • Alianzas Transnacionales y Gobernanza Inclusiva

    Alianzas Transnacionales y Gobernanza Inclusiva

    Lecciones desde la cooperación intermunicipal para la garantía de derechos LGBTIQ+ en gobiernos locales Este informe analiza cómo la alianza intermunicipal entre Maicao (Colombia) y Upplands-Bro (Suecia) funciona como una herramienta estratégica para priorizar el reconocimiento de derechos de personas LGBTIQ+ en las administraciones públicas locales. Ante los vacíos institucionales históricos provocados por prejuicios yprioridades…

  • Alianzas Transnacionales y Gobernanza Inclusiva

    Alianzas Transnacionales y Gobernanza Inclusiva

    Lecciones desde la cooperación intermunicipal para la garantía de derechos LGBTIQ+ en gobiernos locales Este informe analiza cómo la alianza intermunicipal entre Maicao (Colombia) y Upplands-Bro (Suecia) funciona como una herramienta estratégica para priorizar el reconocimiento de derechos de personas LGBTIQ+ en las administraciones públicas locales. Ante los vacíos institucionales históricos provocados por prejuicios yprioridades…

  • A Network Approach to Democratic Resilience

    A Network Approach to Democratic Resilience

    How municipal partnerships collaborate across borders to strengthen democratic practices in times of war Since 2022, Ukrainian local self-government authorities (LGs) find themselves at the forefront of a war that has placed renewed emphasis on their crisis preparedness and resilience. The International Centre for Local Democracy (ICLD) has within its mandate to support municipal partnerships…

  • A Network Approach to Democratic Resilience

    A Network Approach to Democratic Resilience

    How municipal partnerships collaborate across borders to strengthen democratic practices in times of war Since 2022, Ukrainian local self-government authorities (LGs) find themselves at the forefront of a war that has placed renewed emphasis on their crisis preparedness and resilience. The International Centre for Local Democracy (ICLD) has within its mandate to support municipal partnerships…

  • Human Rights-Based Approach for local goverments

    Human Rights-Based Approach for local goverments

    Why, What and How? The purpose of this introduction to Human Rights-Based Approach (HRBA) is to give you, as a local government employee or elected local government politician, an understanding of why local governments should apply HRBA, what HRBA is, and how HRBA is used by local governments in everyday policy and practice. This introduction…

  • Human Rights-Based Approach for local goverments

    Human Rights-Based Approach for local goverments

    Why, What and How? The purpose of this introduction to Human Rights-Based Approach (HRBA) is to give you, as a local government employee or elected local government politician, an understanding of why local governments should apply HRBA, what HRBA is, and how HRBA is used by local governments in everyday policy and practice. This introduction…

  • Norrköping – Embu County & Homa Bay County, Kenya

    Norrköping – Embu County & Homa Bay County, Kenya

    Project: Women empowerment and technical services, Norrköping-G7 The Municipality of Norrköping has collaborated with Uasin Gishu County in Kenya for several years through the municipal partnership NORELD. Building on this established cooperation, a new inception project has been initiated with the aim of preparing for continued and deepened collaboration. During 2024, joint activities were carried…

  • Arvika – Nakuru & Kwale County, Kenya

    Arvika – Nakuru & Kwale County, Kenya

    Project: Empowerment within technical services, Arvika – G7 Arvika kommun etablerade ett kommunalt partnerskap med Uasin Gishu County i Kenya år 2019. Under slutfasen av detta samarbete identifierades möjligheter att sprida projektets resultat till ytterligare län i Kenya. Med stöd av projektkonsulten Business in Progress etablerades kontakt med Council of Governors (CoG) samt G7 Women…

  • Arvika – Nakuru & Kwale County, Kenya

    Arvika – Nakuru & Kwale County, Kenya

    Project: Empowerment within technical services, Arvika – G7 Arvika Municipality established a municipal partnership with Uasin Gishu County in Kenya in 2019. During the final phase of this collaboration, opportunities were identified to disseminate the project results to additional counties in Kenya. With the support of the project consultant, Business in Progress, contact was established…

  • Rebuilding Ukraine for all functional variations

    Rebuilding Ukraine for all functional variations

    As Ukrainian municipalities prepare for post-war reconstruction, accessibility and inclusion are becoming core concerns. The BUILDSUP project strengthens local capacity to plan and design cities that work for everyone, by introducing principles of universal design and sharing experiences between Sweden and Ukraine. The war in Ukraine has uncountable consequences, including the increase of people living…