The purpose of the Swedish International Centre for Local Democracy (ICLD) is to support local democratic development by various means through cooperative ventures in a range of countries. Activities include research and development cooperation, training, and partnership between Swedish public stakeholders (primarily municipalities), and their counterparts in partner countries.
Every year, several hundreds of people are directly involved in the ICLD’s activities. For cooperation to run smoothly, all participants are required to work for solidarity, and mutual trust and respect. It is important to consider how our conduct in different contexts can be perceived.Participating in any of the ICLD’s activities requires personal responsibility. Partners represent not only their organizations but also their country and ICLD.
This Code of Conduct applies to everyone who carries out work on behalf of ICLD: staff, experts,consultants and other people involved in different ICLD programmes, hereafter called associated personnel.