Lessons and methods learnt from Municipal Partnerships are valuable in the ongoing Corona crisis. J.B Marks municipality in South Africa is an example of this. Through their partnership with Växjö municipality in Sweden, they have gained tools to cooperate between political opposition and the majority during a crisis. These tools enabled a quick response to…
Knowledge and working methods developed from the cooperation between Region Västerbotten and Yogyakarta are today being used to communicate about Covid-19 in Indonesia. – It is fantastic to see how ICLD’s international municipal partnerships contribute to the global fight against the spread of viruses, says Johan Lilja, secretary general of ICLD.
In times like these, when the whole world is affected, we need to do what we can to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus, Covid-19. A virus knows no boundaries, but moves from one person to another. Therefore, what happens locally is absolutely crucial in stopping the spread globally. It is with a combination of…
– Politicians need to find new ways to communicate with young people on their terms. They will not come to the cityhall! says Debbie Hendricks, project manager.
Härryda municipality and Homa Bay County in Kenya have partnered up to further the rights of children and youths based on the UN Convention of rights of the Child. Their partnership has developed local structures to increase the opportunities for young people to engage with their local democracy.
– With the empowerment from the ICLD programme we have been able to mobilize women in our community, says Farirai and Tungamirai. Tungamirai Dube is district councillor, and Farirai Guta, Chief Executive Officer, in Manyame Rural District Council in Zimbabwe. Both are participants in the 18 months long ICLD programme “Capacitating Local Leaders in Zimbabwe”.…
Gothenburg City and Nelson Mandela Bay municipality are celebrating 20 years of partnership. It is one of the longest partnerships within ICLD and together the partners have carried out more than 10 different projects, mainly linked to sustainable urban planning and urban development. In both Nelson Mandela Bay municipality and Gothenburg, many people care deeply…
Gender champions
PostsICLD’s international training programme Gender Mainstreaming (2019-2021) have 24 participants from Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. Here are some of them.
One of ICLD’s training programmes has a special focus on Sustainable Development Goal #5 gender equality aimed at government officials who want to develop gender equality in their municipalities and contribute to equality for all citizens. Christine Kayango in Jinja, Uganda, is one of them.
ICLD has approved six new research proposals for funding. The research projects, all of which will investigate questions especially relevant to supporting democratic participation at the local level, were awarded up to 1 million SEK each. The projects are preparing to start in spring 2020.
