58 results for “Covid-19”
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The corona pandemic has posed completely new challenges for municipalities around the world. Various municipal operations have been heavily burdened and that required finding new ways of working within an extremely short period of time. Two international project teams that have completed ICLD’s training programme Public Financial Management and Local Economic Development have, thanks to…
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60 researchers from 30 countries participated in the first Local Democracy Academy organized by ICLD at Umeå University, June 2019. As one year has passed, we would like to take this opportunity to reconnect and share some of the most exciting news from both the alumni and mentors. By bringing researchers together with local governments…
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Research is an integral part of the operation of ICLD. In a couple of interviews, we would like to feature some of our Advisory Group members who are researchers in the fields of local democracy and decentralisation. Today we meet Tomila Lankina, who is a Professor of International Relations at London School of Economics, and…
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To support municipalities in improving their protection of Human Rights (HR) at the local level, the ICLD has launched a new format for Municipal Partnerships. Selected municipalities in Sweden and the Southern Africa region will be matched by ICLD and conduct a three-year project on a topic of their choice related to Human Rights. The…
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“Andrew Tembo, a typical Zambian” as he presents himself during our first online meeting, warns me: ”I hope the internet will be friendly with me. Internet is a challenge in my country.” Today we will talk about how in the light of the coronavirus outbreak, the topic of Andrew’s research affected him personally.
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Article by John Gitonga, ICLD Alumni Coordinator, East Africa, June 2024 In this article, we celebrate a remarkable woman whose journey to top leadership is nothing short of extraordinary. Hon. Betty Ethel Naluyima, an alumna of the ICLD programme Women in Political Leadership, currently serves as the Woman Member of Parliament for Wakiso District in…
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To support municipalities in improving their protection of Human Rights (HR) at the local level, the ICLD is launching a new format for Municipal Partnerships this autumn. A few selected municipalities in Sweden and the Southern Africa region will be matched by ICLD and conduct a three year project on an topic of their choice…
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Three Swedish regions together with partner districts from Eastern Africa (Uganda and Kenya), are joining ICLD’s new project network “Municipal Partnerships for Equitable Health”. They are carrying out projects that will strengthen their inhabitants’ equitable access to health and will receive additional support and training opportunities from the ICLD. – We are determined to do all we can to support local governments in the wake of covid-19 and to ensure local democracy comes out strong after this difficult period. Our ambition…
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To collect best practices and inspire local politicians, ICLD wanted to highlight mayors who are true changemakers. Mayors from around the world who have made positive transformations for local democracy in their locality; leaders demonstrating commitment and action for equity, inclusion, transparency and/or accountability. We reached far and wide to ask people to nominate a…