63 results for “Covid-19”
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ICLD Annual Report 2025
PublicationsICLD’s Annual Report 2025 provides an overview of the organisation’s activities and achievements during the year. The first section highlights selected activities and results from 2025, illustrated with photographs and key figures. The second section contains the Directors’ Report, which provides a more detailed account of the organisation’s operations. It also includes the Income Statement…
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Brand Audits
PublicationsA tool for local governments to foster a just and plastic-free transition County governments carry the costs of plastic pollution but lack the tools to enforce producer accountability. Brand audits provide a cost-effective, citizen-led method to support EPR enforcement. Participatory audits strengthen local democracy, transparency, and inclusion of waste pickers. Institutionalizing brand audits can advance…
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The Citizen Report Card (CRC) survey in Maicao, Colombia, was conducted to assess local democracy and LGBTIQ+ liason office’s services. The survey is part of ICLD’s Municipal Partnership Programme (MPP), which partners Maicao with Upplands-Bro in Sweden to strengthen the rights of LGBTIQ+ individuals. Through this survey, citizens in Maicao have the opportunity to provide…
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Designing for Inclusion
PublicationsA Municipal Accessibility Toolbox Editors: Felicia Wede and Irena Lakobrija Delić This toolbox is based on the Guidelines for Accessibility and Universal Design for Cities and Municipalities, developed by Vračar Municipality in partnership with Borås City, Sweden. It translates these guidelines into practical support for municipalities to plan and deliver accessible services, emphasising the need…
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Closing or keeping open public schools during COVID-19 in Serbia: finding the middle way
PublicationsThis policy brief offers a practical, feasible action plan for how to preserve and enhance the provision of public education in deprived suburban neighbourhoods during a pandemic. Based on critical insights collected in the past year at the urban periphery of Belgrade (Serbia), the brief suggests a shift in perceiving public schools in deprived suburban…
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The so-called “WhatsAppers” constitute a local community of activists and concerned citizens who use WhatsApp to promote networks of solidarity in Brazil. Since the app’s launch,WhatsApp is increasingly appropriated for social good by activists, not only for “hanging-out” with like-minded people, but it has also become a key platform for twenty-first century politics, particularly in…
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Lessons and methods learnt from Municipal Partnerships are valuable in the ongoing Corona crisis. J.B Marks municipality in South Africa is an example of this. Through their partnership with Växjö municipality in Sweden, they have gained tools to cooperate between political opposition and the majority during a crisis. These tools enabled a quick response to…
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This case reveals the reproductive health challenges young people face in Uganda that predispose them to maternal mortality, and invites to discussion of the responsibilities and opportunities for local leaders. It references concerns of teenage pregnancy reported in Jinja District during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the 2020 District Health Office report, 17% of women…
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In times like these, when the whole world is affected, we need to do what we can to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus, Covid-19. A virus knows no boundaries, but moves from one person to another. Therefore, what happens locally is absolutely crucial in stopping the spread globally. It is with a combination of…
