17 – Partnerships for the goals
Postdevelopment Assistance Made Possible? A qualitative analysis of the ICLD’s International Training Programmes in Tanzania from the local stakeholders’ perspective
Development is a contentious concept, praised by some for enabling progress and criticised by others for perpetuating global power imbalances. Development assistance tends to strengthen the donor-recipient dependency, which, according to critics, primarily serves the interests of the Global North while neglecting the needs of the Global South. Mainstream market-driven strategies have exacerbated inequalities in…
Guide to stakeholder engagement
Stakeholder engagement should ensure a broad, equitable participation of stakeholders. Which stakeholders are involved, how they should be involved and when, are key questions you will need to answer early on in your project planning.The stakeholder analysis in your project planning workbook will help you to identify which stakeholder you should be engaging with. The…
Växjö and Vushtrri, Kosovo
Växjö and Vushtrri partnership is embarking on a new project that seeks to improve accessibility to municipal services and information by effectively managing municipal archives. The project identifies three key beneficiary groups: citizens in rural areas, ethnic minorities, and students/researchers at universities. These groups face challenges in accessing information and documents due to factors such…
Call for research proposals: Living Labs Grant
Terms of Reference Background There exists a significant disconnect between research and practice. Researchers often lack knowledge of real-life policy dilemmas and the realities on the ground, while policymakers may lack the time and motivation to engage with academic publications. Additionally, research findings are often inadequately communicated in a manner that is not adapted to…
Call for research proposal: Child-Focused Cities Analytical Framework
Terms of Reference Background In an attempt to enhance the work of local governments by enabling a more child-focused transformation of their respective territories in pursuit of sustainable development goals (SDG), a group of international researchers collaborated with a range of stakeholders to conceptualise a new analytical tool. The research process included seven international scholars…
Call for research applications: Voluntary Local Reviews using community-based participatory research
ICLD will fund the development of a number of Voluntary Local Reviews – monitorings of progress toward the SDGs on the local level – conducted using community-based, participatory methods. This is a joint project between academic researchers and local governments. This call outlines the Terms of Reference and informs about the application process. This call…
Child-Focused Cities Analytical Framework
This research project, aiming to develop an analytical tool to address the Sustainable Development Goals from a child rights perspective, is divided into multiple steps. Phase two, conducted in 2023-2024 is described first while phase 1, which served to build the conceptual groundwork for the analytical framework, is described after. Phase 2 – Child-Focused Cities…
Child Participation in the City of Vienna
With the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child as starting point, discussants are invited to use Vienna’s commitment to implement a child and youth strategy to reflect on how to build such a strategy that achieves meaningful child and youth participation. The Facilitator Guide introduces helpful concepts and tools: Lundy’s Model of Participation…
Localising the SDGs: a toolkit for local governments
Local governments are essential to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and to creating a more inclusive world. This policy brief summarises four tools for civil servants and politicians to include the SDGs in their daily work.
