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Results from the Municipal Partnerships – IQA report 2017
June 8, 2020
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…
From Exclusion to Inclusion: The Understanding, Capacity, and Will to Change Local Government Practices
April 2, 2020
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…
Governance for Urban Services in Asia
April 2, 2020
Governance for Urban Services – Access, Participation, Accountability and Transparency, a book supported by ICLD funding, has recently been published by Springer. Edited by Shabbir Cheema, PhD, the book examines the process through which marginalized groups including migrants and minorities participate in local decision-making and the extent to which they benefit from services and facilities…
Assessing the awareness, adoptability and sustainability of improved pellet cook stoves of low income households in Lusaka, Zambia.
March 27, 2020
In order to attain sustainable development, there is need for clean and reliable energy. Woodfuel (charcoal and firewood) make up over 70 percent of the national energy consumption in Zambia as only about 25 percent of the population has access to electricity. It is among the most important domestic fuels for low income households in…
“Having the freedom to having freedom”. Youth Participatory Assessment of Accessibility in Port Elizabeth, South Africa
March 27, 2020
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…
Peace in the peaks? Changes in water and land distribution in Colombia’s southern highlands during the Post-Peace Agreement phase
March 23, 2020
Governance of environmental resources plays a key role in enhancing or hindering progress towards peace in post-conflict societies. Two years after the signing of the Peace Agreement between the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the government of Colombia, new dynamics on natural resource and land-use are leading to environmental harm in some regions.…
ICLD Country Briefs
February 19, 2020
The ICLD Country Briefs is a publication series that investigates local democracy in the 19 countries where the ICLD municipal partnership programme operates. In these reports the authors elaborate on possibilities and barriers for local democracy and municipal partnerships. The reports give insights into the local contexts, and the capabilities of local governments which are…
ICLD Country Briefs 2019
February 19, 2020
The ICLD Country Briefs is a publication series that investigates local democracy around the world. In these reports the authors elaborate on the state of local democracy and ties the information to ICLD’s programmes. The reports provide insights into the local contexts, and the possibilities and barriers for successful decentralisation. The information and views expressed…
A Northern Democracy – Introduction to Central and Local Governance in Sweden
February 18, 2020
Since 2009, The Swedish International Centre for Local Democracy (ICLD) receives a large number of visitors from various countries. As professionals from the public and private sector these visitors are involved in different cooperation activities within the ICLD such as the International Training Programmes, Municipal Partnerships or study visits in general. To meet the need…
20 years of partnership – Nelson Mandela bay municipality and Gothenburg city
December 16, 2019
This booklet is a record of important work done during the twenty-year partnership between City of Gothenburg in Sweden and Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality in South Africa from 1999 to 2019. This booklet complements two previous publications: 10 Years of Development Cooperation – The Urban Development Programme 1996-2007 and Swedish-South African Cooperation and Partnership/Friendship –…