Inclusive leadership and governance

  • Our existence matter: Experiences and belonging of urban space from street hawkers perspective

    The study examines the experiences of street hawkers and contributes to the current but lessrepresented debate on hawkers’ ways of appropriating the urban space through space modificationand codification that serve greatly their capitalist purposes and how those daily activities influencetheir sense of belonging to the urban public space. The hawkers in the study area; LaNkwantanang-Madina…

  • Breaking the walls: the first Pride March in Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Pride Marches are usually considered as the most important manifestations of LGBTI activismand politics, either as festive and commercial celebrations or protests against violations ofhuman rights of the LGBTI population. The first BiH Pride March from September 2019successfully took the form of the latter, under heavy security measures and without anyincidents in Sarajevo. Bosnia is…

  • Inclusive and sustainable waste governance: strengthening innovative linkages between local governments and waste picker organisations

    This policy brief focuses on how local governments can develop more inclusive, democratic and sustainable waste governance by partnering with, and strengthening the role of, grassroots waste picker organizations and networks. Informed by action-research in Argentina, Brazil, Kenya, Nicaragua, and Tanzania, it shows how waste picker organisations are resilient forms of organizing which have contributed…

  • Mainstreaming Migrant Rights for Gender Equality: Lessons from Lisbon and Barcelona

    Mainstreaming Migrant Rights for Gender Equality: Lessons from Lisbon and Barcelona

    Mainstreaming, a governance strategy based on coordination between government levels and the involvement of various policy sectors and actors (including institutional, private and civil society), is often adopted by local governments in different policy realms, including in managing migration and integration at the local level. Overall, mainstreaming migrant integration has the potential to enhance migrants´…

  • Conducting Municipal Council Meetings with Social Distance

    This paper studies how COVID-19 related social distancing affects Swedish local council meetings and the situation for elected representatives. It is based on interviews with local political advisors, a professional group employed to assist elected representatives in their political work. Social distancing has affected the political agenda and the ways of organising local politics; digital…

  • Checklist for dialogue with children and young people

    Checklist for dialogue with children and young people

    This checklist is intended to facilitate the dialogue process between civil servants and children and young people. The checklist should preferably be used at an early stage in a process involving issues that affect children and young people, whether directly or indirectly. It can, for example, be used when drawing up new plans, budgets, projects,…

  • Admission requirements

    Invited countries All countries on the OECD-DAC listed ODA-eligible countries, are eligible for the programme, but if a local election is held during the year when the training takes place, the country is temporarily taken off the list. This is also aplicable if the country is having av election between August and December the current…

  • Programme structure

    The training consists of three compulsory workshops, of which all three are full time scheduled trainings. Periods between workshops are homebased. The total duration of the programme is 12 months. When will cohort 12 take place:The Inception workshop will be held in late January 2026The Swedish Phase workshop will most likely take place in May 2026The Final workshop will take place…

  • Programme objectives

    The programme aims to provide the following changes in the participant:  During the training, the participant will work on her change process and implement a strategy to make the local authority equitable, participatory, transparent and accountable.  Benefits: What we will offer: How? Change process The participant is expected to develop and work with a change process of…

  • Women’s Political Leadership Programme – final evaluation report

    Women’s Political Leadership Programme – final evaluation report

    Final evaluation report of ICLD international training programme Women’s Political Leadership 2017-2019 The purpose and objective of this evaluation has been: