ICLD invites researchers to submit their application for research aiming to connect research and practice in order to improve equity, participation, accountability and transparency through the design and application of a pilot project and producing of written research material. The research proposal The proposed project should: Address one problem discussed in the Local Democracy Labs…
Expanded networks, bright ideas and new horizons for local democracy research and practice summarizes this year’s Local Democracy Academy, which took place June 6-10 at Uppsala University, Visby, Sweden. 64 participants from 28 countries took part in the experimental, highly participatory conference to explore how transformative Local Democracy can work to bring people and politics…
Are you working on a community-based project or interested in developing a project addressing climate action, or any of the United Nation Sustainable Development Goals in your community? Do you want to build your skills and capacity in community-based participatory research (CBPR)? Together with CIFAL Victoria and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research…
“Children and young people are a large part of a municipality’s citizens, and their voices must be included in all the processes of the municipality. Childhood is not a transport route to becoming an adult, it is about the children having a good life NOW”, says Helena Edvinsson, Children’s Ombudsman in Strängnäs Municipality, Sweden. Helena…
In war, it is always the most vulnerable people that are affected the worst. So, when the war started in her country Ukraine, Mariia Tyshchenko understood that she had to act as fast as possible and refocus her work to identify and support groups of marginalized people. Finally, and with help from others, she managed…
The municipality of Borås and the municipality of Vracar in Serbia are working together in a partnership that aims to increase the influence and participation of people with disabilities. – Although Borås has come a long way with these issues, we have a lot to learn from Vracar, says Herawati Iskandar Novak, disability consultant and…
Name: Rudina Pashholli Country: North Macedonia What is your background? – I hold a BA in International Relations and Diplomacy. I have been working in the civil society sector since 2012 working on many projects in the area of youth, culture, human rights and gender issues in rural and urban communities. Why did you become…
Beka Asanidze, a lawyer from Gori in Georgia, is a participant in our ICLD Human Rights Based Approach Programme. For all the ambitious work within his community, to increase youth participation, Beka is here presented in our series on Champions of Local Democracy. Here is Beka’s own story: “Living in Gori municipality, bordering the Russian…
Strängnäs municipality in Sweden has for a long time been involved in municipal partnerships on the theme of youth influence with various partners in Tanzania. The municipality is now re-establishing the partnership with the Maasai village Embooret, thanks to a grant from ICLD. In the district of Simanjiro in northern Tanzania, you find the Maasai…
Manispaa ya Strängnäs nchini Uswidi kwa muda mrefu imekuwa ikishiriki katika ushirikiano wa manispaa juu ya maudhui ya ushawishi wa vijana na washirika mbalimbali nchini Tanzania. Manispaa sasa inaanzisha upya ushirikiano na kijiji cha Maasai Embooret, asante ICLD kwa ruzuku. Katika wilaya ya Simanjiro kaskazini mwa Tanzania, kuna kijiji cha Wamasai cha Emboreet, kijiji ambacho…
