Strengthening and promoting young people’s participation in the decision-making processes is one of the objectives of the Programme for social sustainability of Lund municipality in Sweden. The same objective applies to the municipal partnership between Lund and Francistown (Botswana). Through the project, the partners want to create fora where young people and politicians can meet…
Are you interested in supporting gender equality at the local level? ICLD is looking for a Spanish-speaking intern for the spring 2023 to support our new network of feminist local governments in Colombia, Guatemala and Sweden. Qualifications: We are looking for a person who are enrolled at a Swedish university and have a burning interest…
Today, we are delighted to introduce Ruby Chandra from Zambia, who is one of ICLD mentors. She is a licensed Social Worker under the Social Workers Association of Zambia (SWAZ) with many years of experience. Currently, Ruby is working as a Chief Community Development Officer for Lusaka City Council under the Ministry of Local Government…
Ahead of the DevRes 2022 conference in Uppsala/Stockholm, ICLD financed travel grants to female researchers from two of our partner universities, University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania and Makerere University in Uganda. The two researchers seized the opportunity to improve their own research, learn about key discussions in the field of development, and broaden…
One of the main goals of our programmes is to empower our participants to be strong leaders championing democracy and human rights and good role models to their communities, and we are particularly pleased when we hear about their successes. Today, we want to share with you the success story of Judy Makira from Kenya…
“Depriving the rights of anyone wounds me. I don’t want anyone anywhere in the world to suffer the same way that I did. That is why I struggle against that.”
What do three municipalities in Botswana have in common with Bollnäs, Lund and Valdemarsvik? The answer is much more than you might think. They all face challenges in getting more young people involved in community development, increasing social sustainability and creating better structures to take the views and needs of young people into account. To…
Wendy McCallum is one of our ICLD mentor’s from South Africa. We had the opportunity to do a short interview and learn more about her. What is your background? I am a Development Economist and have 17 years’ experience in economic development and planning. Development economics is a field of economics that focusses on the…
In 2008, Daniel Broman moved to Mozambique’s capital Maputo to work as the principal of the Scandinavian school. Today, 14 years later, Daniel is the City Director of the City of Lidingö and is part of a Municipal Partnership via ICLD with Quilemane in Mozambique with a focus on his heart issue – youth inclusion!…
It is an unusually hot summer day in central Stockholm. The week is drawing to a close, and the calm has settled over the otherwise buzzing SALAR building where ICLD has just finalized its workshop called Swedish Phase. Only three Ukrainian politicians remain – Iryna Kolkovska from Lutsk, Oleksandra Fedoruk from Ivano-Frankivsk and Ulyana Pak…
