Fighting poverty with democracy
We are convinced that the battle to eliminate poverty worldwide starts here at home – in our village, our town, or our municipality. Which is why, here at ICLD, we work with people who are changing the world by building local democracy.
What we do
Municipal Partnership Programme
ICLD promotes the exchange of knowledge and experiences between local authorities in Sweden and in partner countries.
International Training Programmes
Our programmes are aimed at decision-makers (politicians and officials) in our partner countries. Some of the programmes also target the voluntary sector.
Research
ICLD documents, analyses and disseminates knowledge in the fields of local democracy development and decentralisation.
Champions of local democracy
Become inspired by these champions.
ICLD strengthened 242 women political leaders in 2021
During 2021, ICLD trained more than 400 politicians and officials of which 242 were women.
Local Democracy Talks
Inspired by the Swedish foreign policy initiative, “Drive for Democracy”, ICLD organises live streamed high-level political panels called “Local Democracy Talks”.
Local Democracy Labs
One question, one hour, one meeting.
ICLD Local Democracy Labs is a space for local government officers and politicians to meet researchers and have a dialogue on global challenges with a local perspective.
Local Democracy Cross-pollination
Main objective of our seminar series “Cross-pollination” is to facilitate learning, knowledge-sharing and exchange of practical experience among teams in ICLD’s programmes.