• Strängnäs re-establishes partnership with the Maasai village Emboreet in Tanzania

    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…

  • Strängnäs inaanzisha tena ushirikiano na kijiji cha Wamasai Emboreet nchini Tanzania

    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…

  • ICLD signs MoUs with three key associations in Southern Africa

    ICLD has recently signed agreements for collaboration with three important local government associations in Southern Africa. – By entering alliances with key actors at the local level in Botswana, South Africa and Zambia, we can strengthen support for municipalities and spread important democratic results to more areas of the region, says Johan Lilja, Secretary General…

  • Zambia’s youngest female mayor seek a Municipal Partnership

    “It can´t be called democracy when the representation is not fair! How is it democracy when we are giving all the power to men? We need to support each other as women. I always tell the women in my district: ‘If you are not supporting your fellow women don’t expect your views to be heard‘.…

  • Team visit to the Zimbabwe Change Projects

    During a week at the end of February, ICLD conducted team visits to several teams in rural districts of Zimbabwe, that are part of the fifth cohort of the “Zimbabwe Leadership Programme”. Within this programme, all participants combine their strategical leadership challenges with the challenges of the district, which are well in line with the Sustainable…

  • Luckson Mulumbi – Fighter of equal rights and Champion of Local Democracy

    Luckson Kanjaka Mulumbi spent many years within the civil sector, analyzing how policy budgeting, monitoring and expenditure affect Zambia’s women and youth. Today, he is a town council chairperson fighting for greater inclusion and gender mainstreaming in his local community of Mushindamo.   On the final workshop of the Gender Mainstreaming programme in Dar es Salaam,…

  • Historical Dinner, a day to share and talk about women

    An article by Salome Gregory, journalist of The Citizen (Tanzania). Photos: Micholax Mussa. During the final workshop of the ITP Women’s Political Leadership, ICLD applied a new learning method called The Historical Dinner. With this dinner, we are part of ”The Historical Dinner Project” initiated by Stockholm Museum of Women’s history. By sharing stories about…

  • Apply to the Development Research Conference in Sweden!

    The Development Research Conference (DevRes) is a multi-disciplinary forum for researchers working in fields linked to development and sustainability. The conference aims to promote networking and collaboration between researchers, public agencies, policy makers, organisations and practitioners, in order to find solutions for poverty and develop strategies for the future of sustainable development. The upcoming DevRes…

  • We search for a Programme officer

    ICLD söker en kommunikativ programhandläggare

  • A big thank you!

    I would like to extend a big thank you from ICLD to all municipalities and regions for your strong efforts in 2021 to strengthen local democracy. The foundation for a sustainable society lies in people’s opportunities for a life without poverty, and to be given an opportunity to shape their own future. Democracy is basically…