Technical Services and Infrastructure
Using Digital Tools to Improve ServiceDelivery: Pemba Town Council, Zambia
Digital transformation has emerged as a new way of doing business using technology. Many national governments have adopted the use of digital tools, but its adoption by local governments, particularly in developing countries, presents some challenges. This research was aimed at helping Pemba Town Council in Zambia to explore how it can improve service delivery…
New Kenya–Sweden Partnerships Approved by ICLD
Two new applications for democratic partnerships have recently been approved through ICLD. The municipalities of Norrköping and Arvika will now have the opportunity, together with their Kenyan partner municipalities, to build on their experiences from previous ICLD projects. Norrköping is collaborating with the municipalities of Embu and Homa Bay County, while Arvika is working with…
Västerås – Shatsk, Ukraine
Project: From Waste to Resource The project “From Waste to Resource” adresses waste management and circular economy, environmental education and how to communicate waste management issues to children from 5 to 6 in a kindergarten and youths from 7-17 in three pilot schools in the rural area. In Ukraine, there is great knowledge and experience…
Ronneby and Ternopil
Sustainable Water Management through Local Expertise and Community Inclusion The partnership between Ronneby and Ternopil focuses on sustainable water management, particularly access to clean water and stormwater handling—critical components of local democratic resilience and SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities). Recognizing the complexity of these issues, both municipalities have involved experts within their local administrations.…
ICLD Survey Amplifies Voices of 2368 Citizens
In a move towards inclusive local democracy, ICLD has rolled out a participatory survey that helps to empower citizens to shape their local democracy. This initiative, implemented so far in seven local governments across three countries as part of ICLD’s Municipal Partnership programme, has surveyed 2368 individuals, shedding light on critical challenges for democratic development. …
Västerås City and Gaborone City Council
Continuing the partnership between Gaborone and Västerås this is a knowledge and experience exchange project within waste management and sustainable consumption. The overall objective is to achieve improved community resilience and a more sustainable environment in Gaborone and in Västerås. This will be achieved by targeting three organisational areas: The project will provide the partners…
Expanding Freedoms and Improving Commons through Labour: A Study of Kerala’s Ayyankali Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme
India faces an urban unemployment crisis and a crisis of declining life quality in urban spaces due to a lack of public services and the stress on urban commons. An urban employment guarantee scheme, such as Kerala’s Ayyankali Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme (AUEGS), has the potential to address this twin crisis. Although well envisioned, AUEGS…
Drainage Politics: Reducing Climate Change Vulnerability in Surabaya, Indonesia
This learning case sets out in a city prone to natural disasters, and explores how policy and political commitments can reduce the consequences. After the introduction, readers are invited to reflect on a dilemma of enforcing a mitigation plan that landed public support, but that compromises the political position from which the plan is enforceable.…
Lycksele and Homa Bay, Kenya
Project: Pilot showcase – sustainable handling of waste and water This project will develop capacity for sustainable waste and water management at the sub-county, ward and village level in Homa Bay County. The project arose from an already existing partnership focusing on Governance for Sustainable waste and water management in Homa Bay County, with the…
Norrköping and Bihac – Bosnia Herzegovina
NORBIH – Partnership with focus on the waste management area. The initiative for the partnership arose in summer 2021 by Bosnian diaspora in Norrköping after discussions with Bosnian cities on connecting to Swedish cities for partnership and exchange of knowledge. The City of Bihac sent a formal request to Norrköping on working together in a…
