Inclusive leadership and governance

  • Handbook for Municipal Partnerships

    This handbook is for anyone interested in, or currently working with theMunicipal Partnership Programme (in Sweden and partnership countries).It provides guidance for planning a new project using the Logical FrameworkApproach (LFA) and is tailored for actors in municipal partnerships. It alsoprovides support for a few of the challenges that a partnership may encounter.

  • Participation of women with disabilities in local government decision making structures

    Participation of women with disabilities in local government decision making structures: Unpacking the Silent Voice. A qualitative study conducted in Lusaka, Zambia Participation of each and every person in governance system is a fundamental human right and a basic condition for democratic tenets in society regardless of their physical and socio-economic status in society. Persons…

  • Understanding corruption through social norms

    Understanding corruption through social norms – A field study about corrupt behaviour in local institutions in Lusaka Research shows that conventional policy interventions aiming to reduce corruption have yielded little success. Shifting the focus from macro level aspects of corruption to focus on micro-level aspects, such as social norms and individual decision-making processes, has recently…

  • To grip or to slip: smallholder inclusion in sustainable palm oil certifications in Riau, Indonesia

    Increasing global focus on sustainable palm oil (SPO) initiatives has led to discussions of smallholder integration at the bottom of the supply chain. In 2019, the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) introduced a new standard for independent smallholders. Meanwhile, through Presidential Regulation no. 44 of 2020, the President of Indonesia recently made Indonesian Sustainable…

  • Results from the Municipal Partnerships – IQA report 2017

    In 2017/2018, the ICLD followed up on two municipal partnerships to see how they wereworking with issues related to accountability in local government. The report aims to convey key findings from these partnerships that can be of interest to other local governments. The two partnerships chosen for this follow-up were two long term partnerships which…

  • Programme structure

    Leadership in 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 12 months. When:The inception workshop will be held December 5 – December 10, 2020.The follow-up workshop will take place April 19 – April…

  • Programme objectives

    Leadership in Local Governance The main objective of this training programme is to improve local and institutional governance. This will be achieved through exploring ways of making local governance in the involved municipalities equitable and inclusive. The participants will work on a change project together during the training and implement a strategy to make the…

  • Admission requirements

    Leadership in Local Governance Invited countries Kenya, Botswana, South Africa, Zambia and Namibia. Target group Only candidates nominated by the appropriate organization (municipality, city, region) and in accordance with national rules will be considered. The programme is primarily intended for individuals who have key positions in local governments and who are actively involved in a…

  • From Exclusion to Inclusion: The Understanding, Capacity, and Will to Change Local Government Practices

    In a recently published book by Springer: “New Urban Agenda in Asia-Pacific” learnings from local democracy work within the work of ICLD is highlighted in a chapter written by Björn Möller, Quality Assurance Manager. Local governments’ proximity to the citizens, and their understanding of the specific needs of the communities they govern, allow them to…

  • “Having the freedom to having freedom”. Youth Participatory Assessment of Accessibility in Port Elizabeth, South Africa

    This study explores the subjective definitions of access to the city in a group of young people in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Through semi-structured interviews, workshops, and participative observation those definitions emerged. Departing from the concept of perceived accessibility, it came apparent that those definitions gravitate around three essential elements: availability of safe and affordable…