Working with the Global Goals

How we reach the Global Goals

ICLD works together with municipalities and regions to implement the Sustainable Global Goals, SDG’s, and help them reach the goals in practice. ICLD’s role in supporting local democracy is clearly linked to all the goals of Agenda 2030.

However, ICLD identifies five of the Global Goals that are particularly relevant to our work and consistent with democratic values, focusing on the inclusion of marginalised groups, gender equality and the strengthening of local institutions.

Goal 5 – Gender Equality
Goal 10 – Reduced Inequalities
Goal 11 – Sustainable Cities and Communities
Goal 16 – Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Goal 17 – Partnerships for the Goals

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Good examples – working with the Global Goals


New partnership: Karlskrona and Saldanha Bay

New partnership: Karlskrona and Saldanha Bay

We congratulate Saldanha Bay Local Municipality and Karlskrona Municipality on their newly established municipal partnership. The two municipalities will work on involving youth in democratic…

Network for Democratic Resilience

Network for Democratic Resilience

ICLD is launching a new network for municipal partnerships in Europe: the Network for Democratic Resilience. Selected partnerships of Swedish and European municipalities, primarily in…

Collaborative efforts in Borås and Vračar for Disability Inclusion

Collaborative efforts in Borås and Vračar for Disability Inclusion

The partnership project between Borås Municipality and the municipality of Vračar in Serbia is working to increase influence and participation for people with disabilities. Halfway…

The Partnership Stockholm – Jinja increases Children’s Participation and Rights in Healthcare

The Partnership Stockholm – Jinja increases Children’s Participation and Rights in Healthcare

The right to equal health is undoubtedly a matter of democracy. Ensuring access to healthcare and reducing inequalities is a central task to guarantee universal…

Selina is fighting for more female politicians

Selina is fighting for more female politicians

Selina Wilson Msenga is a journalist at a major daily newspaper in Dar es Saleem in Tanzania. She also works as a part-time politician and…

How do men see their role in advancing gender equality?

How do men see their role in advancing gender equality?

Region Gotland and Kibaha Town Council use their municipal partnership to improve gender equality and progress on the SDGs. Through their partnership they learn from…

Anjeza’s life mission is to help women and girls affected by domestic violence

Anjeza’s life mission is to help women and girls affected by domestic violence

Anjeza Bojaxhiu was born and raised in Tirana. Since 2013, she has been working as the municipality’s coordinator for domestic violence. Anjeza is also an…

Fighting to end gender-based violence

Fighting to end gender-based violence

Kajiado County in Kenya has experienced increased violence against women and girls during the last three years. The negative trend can be explained by the…

Kibaha and Gotland – together for a sustainable world

Kibaha and Gotland – together for a sustainable world

For more than a decade, Region Gotland in Sweden has been working together with the Tanzanian municipality of Kibaha for a more sustainable world through…

Rufunsa and Kungsör set out to increase young people’s involvement in politics

Rufunsa and Kungsör set out to increase young people’s involvement in politics

Rufunsa and Kungsör increase young people's involvement in politics

Lundazi and Forshaga partner up to reduce climate impact

Lundazi and Forshaga partner up to reduce climate impact

Forshaga municipality in Sweden is working hard to get political parties at municipal level to work together to tackle climate change – now they will be…

Clean water is essential for a healthy life

Clean water is essential for a healthy life

It will be a new start for the democracy project – the municipal partnership – between Lycksele municipality and Homa Bay county in Kenya. Together,…

Malmö and Lusaka develop digital toolkit for youth participation in environmental issues

Malmö and Lusaka develop digital toolkit for youth participation in environmental issues

Lusaka in Zambia and Malmö in Sweden have through their partnership found new ways to improve the ability of young people to gain influence in…

Strengthening social inclusion for children with disabilities in Chobe, Botswana

Strengthening social inclusion for children with disabilities in Chobe, Botswana

Chobe District in Botswana has worked in partnership with Vänersborg municipality in Sweden to forward social inclusion of children living with disabilities. During recent years,…

Walking the talk – City of Malmö and Swakopmund’s successes working with Agenda 2030

Walking the talk – City of Malmö and Swakopmund’s successes working with Agenda 2030

The city of Malmö has been committed to sustainability issues long before 2015, the year when the UN assembly adopted the Sustainable development goals. As…

Gender Equality – a priority for ICLD

Gender Equality – a priority for ICLD

At ICLD, we believe in the importance of equal representation. Therefore, our Advisory Group composed of leading scholars from all over the world, has always…

Partnerships for the Goals: Sweden and Zimbabwe

Partnerships for the Goals: Sweden and Zimbabwe

Partnerships are key to the realisation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). ICLD works with several partners in promoting local democracy and sustainable development in…

How we reach the goals of Agenda 2030

How we reach the goals of Agenda 2030

With one-third of Agenda 2030 journey already complete, ICLD sets course for a decade of action.

ICLD’s programme – highlighted in UN report

ICLD’s programme – highlighted in UN report

We are happy to announce that our international training programme on Municipal Finance has been selected as a good example in the UN Global Report…

Strängnäs and Dar es-Salaam channel young people’s engagement

Strängnäs and Dar es-Salaam channel young people’s engagement

The municipalities of Strängnäs and Dar es- Salaam have been working on a project that aims to increase the participation of young people in politics.…

Växjö invigorates its local democracy through water partnership with An Giang

Växjö invigorates its local democracy through water partnership with An Giang

Växjö municipality in Sweden and An Giang province in Vietnam have inspired each other to new solutions through a partnership concerning water management. Their cooperation…

ICLD Mentors Supporting experts in their field: Gender

ICLD Mentors Supporting experts in their field: Gender

One of the vital components of the international training programmes is the presence of experienced mentors who are familiar with the specific conditions in the…

ICLD creates opportunities for youth influence

ICLD creates opportunities for youth influence

– Politicians need to find new ways to communicate with young people on their terms. They will not come to the cityhall! says Debbie Hendricks,…

ICLD has the tools for working with 2030 Agenda

ICLD has the tools for working with 2030 Agenda

There are numerous ways in which Swedish local authorities can work with the 2030 Agenda. One method that is particularly effective is to get involved…

Agenda 2030 a given in all of Malmö’s partnerships

Agenda 2030 a given in all of Malmö’s partnerships

Malmö has a multicultural palette with which to work, with 181 nationalities represented in a concentrated space. This has obviously influenced the city, which lies…

Would you like to learn more about the Global Goals?

ICLD has developed a digital education to give you an “Introduction to Agenda 2030.” The education will provide information about the Sustainable Global Goals, how you can use it to create a more sustainable world, and links to where you can learn more about the goals.  The trainings were developed in collaboration with Statistics Sweden.