69 results for “Covid-19”
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Knowledge and working methods developed from the cooperation between Region Västerbotten and Yogyakarta are today being used to communicate about Covid-19 in Indonesia. – It is fantastic to see how ICLD’s international municipal partnerships contribute to the global fight against the spread of viruses, says Johan Lilja, secretary general of ICLD.
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ICLD > Events > Local Democracy Crosspolination Local Democracy Cross-pollination The main objective of the seminar series “Cross-pollination” was to facilitate continuous structured learning, knowledge-sharing and exchange of practical experience among teams in ICLD’s programmes across the world in a deliberate effort to address key emerging issues and challenges as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. This meeting series…
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ICLD Annual Report 2025
PublicationsICLD’s Annual Report 2025 provides an overview of the organisation’s activities and achievements during the year. The first section highlights selected activities and results from 2025, illustrated with photographs and key figures. The second section contains the Directors’ Report, which provides a more detailed account of the organisation’s operations. It also includes the Income Statement…
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Article by John Gitonga, ICLD Alumni Coordinator We are proud to highlight ICLD Alumni Ms. Vexinah Mueni who participated in ICLD training programme Inclusive Political leadership 2019-2020. The training helped her to become a Transparency Integrity award winner! Ms. Vexinah Mueni comes from Machakos County, a Semi-Arid region in the lower Eastern part of Kenya.…
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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…