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Waste picker organisations: the eyes of the community

“We do ecological justice to our community…. we are the eyes of our community” that is how one participant summarized the role of waste picker organisations at a series of …

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Canh Toan Vu – an ICLD mentor

Canh Toan Vu from Vietnam is a freelance consultant on sustainable urban development and climate change adaption (among other things). He is a mentor for the ICLD international training programme …

Team Arua rewarded for their work on gender-responsive budgeting

Recent updates from former participants of ICLD Gender mainstreaming programme in Arua Municipal Council, Uganda demonstrates how their change project, developed within the programme, continues to bear fruit after the …

John Gitonga – an ICLD mentor

John Gitonga from Kenya is the programmes director at Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development (IGS). He has been a mentor for several ICLD programmes. John Gitonga agrees with ICLD …

Apply for Gender Mainsteaming or Human Rights Based Approach

It is still possible to apply for ICLD’s International Training Programmes : Human Rights Based Approach and Gender Mainstreaming. The applicant must be governmental official, politician or representative of a …

ICLD launches network for Equitable Health

Three Swedish regions together with partner districts from Eastern Africa (Uganda and Kenya), are joining ICLD’s new project network “Municipal Partnerships for Equitable Health”. They are carrying out projects that will strengthen their inhabitants’ equitable access to health and will receive additional support and training …

Call for Mentors in South Africa, Botswana and Zambia

ICLD is making a call for national Mentors in South Africa (2 persons), Botswana (one) and Zambia (one) for the ICLD local government network Partnerships for Human Rights which includes …

Anders – a true champion of local democracy

“I want to be involved in helping people create their own, better conditions and I want to be helpful. It is impossible to see injustice, and not to act! ”says …

Teopolina Namandje – an ICLD mentor

Teopolina Namandje from Namibia is a Senior Transport Economist at the country´s state Roads Authority where she deals with budgeting, financial analysis and consultations with high-level policy makers. She is …