• 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…

  • Using Social Norms to Fight Corruption in Local Governments

    This policy brief looks into the role of social norms to fight corruption in the school system in the Cau Giay district in Hanoi. An ongoing research project has conducted multiple ethnographic field studies in schools and included parents, teachers, and other school personnel in the research data. Their experiences and reflections are the core…

  • City-to-City Peer Learning to Accelerate Localization of the Sustainable Development Goals and the New Urban Agenda

    This policy brief presents challenges and experiences ofdifferent cities and the possible strategies to accelerate theachievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) andthe New Urban Agenda as stipulated in the United Nationsdecade of action, to be addressed globally, locally and by thepeople. They are based on findings oftwo comparative projects undertaken by Mistra Urban Futures,an international…

  • 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,…

  • 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:

  • Proceedings of the academy

    Proceedings of the academy

    Over the course of five days, between December 14-18, ICLD organized the Local Democracy Academy, a place where representatives of local governments and researchers from all over the world meet to share and exchange ideas. The theme – Global Disruptions and Local Democracy for a Post-Covid World – generated a lot of interest, and the…

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