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The study explores the relation between policy and practice within a 12 years and counting SIDA funded municipal partnership between Växjö Municipality, Region Kronoberg in Sweden and JB Marks Municipality in South Africa. In investigating challenges and opportunities in the South African municipality – the study gains understanding on the processes of framing, anchoring and…
Earlier this spring we received a question from the Lottapodden who was curious about what the ICLD does to engage women in democracy development around the world.
Are you connected to local government in South Africa or Zimbabwe, and interested in Municipal Financing?
The International Training Programme on Municipal Financing is now open for application.
There are numerous ways in which Swedish local authorities can work with the 2030 Agenda. One method that is particularly effective is to get involved in a partnership in order to learn more and address some of the shared challenges we face. In an analysis, ICLD provides an overview of the organisation’s activities that are…
They’re very ambitious, they have multiple goals, and many of their challenges are shared. When Växjö and JB Marks Local Municipality from South Africa talk about municipal partnerships, the strategic objective ranges across the entire Agenda 2030 map. “We’ve created a project focus that will give us opportunities for collaboration. What we now need to…
You could call Slobodanka Boba Dekic an LGBTI-activist. And that’s what she is. She is also a powerful and important educator through her work as a lecturer on LGBTI-issues. “She talked about the rights and obligations municipalities have, and what they can do to become more inclusive. It was a great lecture and she has…
The city of Užice in Serbia has a plan to create employment opportunities and make public spaces more accessible for people who are differently abled. The process began with participants in an ICLD training programme that had a human rights-based approach. The local council and civil society organizations now work close together.
They met five years ago in the ICLD-programme ‘Local Political Leaders – Capacitating Women in Politics.’ The mentor and the student – now friends for life and partners. “Empowering women has always been a major goal for me. Through the programme I could be of great help to women in other countries who wanted to…
