Inclusive leadership and governance

  • Human rights in Gaborone and Johannesburg: finding meaning in local context

    Cities are critical human rights actors. Human rights are interpreted through local culture, history, politics and context. Cities are increasingly at the heart of this process of interpreting and “localizing” (Camilo Sanchez 2020) for a growing share of the world’s population. How can we support the development of civic human rights initiatives in Southern Africa…

  • Localising the SDGs: a toolkit for local governments

    Localising the SDGs: a toolkit for local governments

    Local governments are essential to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and to creating a more inclusive world. This policy brief summarises four tools for civil servants and politicians to include the SDGs in their daily work.

  • Programme structure

    Inclusive Local Governance The training consists of four compulsory workshops, of which all four are full time scheduled trainings. Periods between workshops are homebased. The total duration of the programme is 18 months. When:The inception workshop will be held during week 10, March, 2022 in Johannesburg, South Africa.The Sweden Phase workshop will take place during…

  • Admission requirements

    Invited countries Botswana, South Africa, Zambia Target group The programme welcomes applications from teams from the eight local governments in southern Africa within Human Rights-network consisting of at a minimum: one elected politician; one local government official and one representative of a civil society organization. Only candidates nominated by the appropriate organization (municipality, city, region)…

  • Programme objectives

    Inclusive Local Governance The main objective of this training programme is that participants develop new or improved practices and/or policies for inclusive public participation in their local governments. The programme welcomes applications from teams from the eight local governments in southern Africa within Human Rights network consisting of at a minimum: one elected politician; one…

  • Building Political Will to Combat Corruption

    Building Political Will to Combat Corruption

    Authors: Marcia Grimes, Oksana Huss & Ksenia Ivanyshyn (2021) Pervasive corruption presents a challenge to scholars, practitioners, and activists. This policy brief reviews academic and policy perspectives on political will in anti-corruption efforts. The importance of political will for the success of anti-corruption reforms is widely cited, but knowledge gaps remain regarding why political will…

  • Toolbox for Study Visits

    Toolbox for Study Visits

    The role of local politicians and local governments can vary depending on the context. Visiting a local government in another country can contribute to new learnings and insights. This brief provides a set of questions to initiate discussion between local politicians in Sweden and their counterparts in ICLD partner countries during study visits abroad. The…

  • Empowering Local Governments as Network Hubs in Facing Covid-19

    Emergencies such as the COVID-19 pandemic can create tensions between national and local government when these are attempting to apply strategies to manage an urgent or major situation. This policy brief highlights the role of cities during the pandemic in terms of providing a link among citizens, and to the national government. Coordinating and connecting…

  • Migrants in the Pandemic and the Challenge for Local Government

    This policy brief addresses a challenge for local government that has emerged with COVID-19,particularly in rural areas of developing countries. As the urban informal economy in India collapsed due to the pandemic, large numbers of people have been returning to their villages of origin in rural areas. However, some of their skills are not relevant…

  • Refugee local integration: Local governments as stakeholders in the implementation of the Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework in Uganda

    In 2016, member states of the United Nations, by consensus, adopted the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants, in which they also agreed to the Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework (CRRF). The framework, arguing for a multi-stakeholder inclusive approach that includes local authorities, was suggested to be a progressive step in establishing an international regime…