Carla Bezerra is a Brazilian researcher in political science and public policy, an alumni of the Local Democracy Academy and author of a brand new ICLD policy brief on participatory …
ICLD is issuing a call for Local Governments Associations in Africa to conduct a training with local governments on practical tools for inclusive governance. The application is open until the …
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 each other, they also help …
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 alumnus of the ICLD’s Human …
Background Voluntary Local Reviews aim to track local governments’ progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals, while providing them with data to improve the efforts. However, VLRs may focus only on …
Ten master’s students studying at Swedish universities are awarded ICLD Fieldwork Grant for 2023. The students will conduct field studies in Ghana, India, Kenya, Kosovo, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia …
A municipal partnership between the Swedish municipality of Kungsör and the Zambian town council of Rufunsa is working together to ensure youth and women’s equal access to and full participation …
Amasra municipality in Turkey is clearly making a statement for gender equality. – We don’t accept any discrimination or violence against women in our city says, Recai Çakır, the Mayor …
After five cohorts and eight years in the country, the ICLD programme “Capacitating Local Leaders in Zimbabwe” has come to an end and all activites have now been completed. The …
Congratulations to 11 international municipalities from Africa and Eastern Europe who, together with their Swedish counterpart, have had their municipal partnership project approved and granted! The lucky ones are: Chinsali …