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 end of the programme in 2019: Arua Municipal County was ranked in the 3rd position of all local Ugandan governments who complied with Gender and…
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 that poverty is best fought with improved democracy. He believes that his work at the institute relates well with these ICLD core objectives: building capacities…
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 community-based organization. There are also selected countries that can apply. More info about the programmes: Gender Mainstreaming The programme is based on Agenda 2030 and…
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 opportunities from the ICLD. – We are determined to do all we can to support local governments in the wake of covid-19 and to ensure local democracy comes out strong after this difficult period. Our ambition…
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 the International Training Programme “Inclusive Local Governance”. The main responsibility of the mentor is to support a team of public officials and a civil society…
“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 Anders Fridén, involved in municipal partnerships that Vänersborg municipality has together with municipalities in Namibia and Botswana. Anders is one of our “Champions of local…
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 a mentor for the ITP programme Leadership in Local Governance. Teopolina Namandje found out about the ICLD mentorship position through a Ghanian friend who was…
Deon Pretorius from South Africa is as a professor of Sociology and Development Studies. He is a mentor for the Leadership in Local Governance programme which aims to improve local and institutional governance. Deon Pretorius has been working in the field of societal development for more than 30 years. By being at mentor for ICLD,…
Key points from this panel that was held on March 3 2021: Panelists: Adelina Mwau Ndeto, Deputy Governor, Makueni County, Kenya Amelie Tarschys Ingre, Councilor and Chair of the Education Committee in Lidingö – Sweden Jimmy Jansson, Mayor of the city of Eskilstuna, Sweden Nereah Amondi Oketch, Member of County Assembly in Homa Bay County, Kenya Jacqueline Moustache Belle, Director of the Gender and Youth…
The starting point of the conversation in the ICLD Local Democracy Labs is a question formulated by the local government themselves – in order to truly pinpoint current issues faced by local governments today. Earlier this year, ICLD held a Local Democracy Lab on the topic of gender equality, with a particular focus on the…
