Umeå and Kherson Partnership projects

Area of Cooperation: Rebuilding Sustainable Cities Umeå and Kherson join forces to strategize urban reconstruction amidst the war’s devastation. Prioritizing gender-inclusive urban planning and digitalization, they aim for lasting positive…

Local Governments in Ukraine: constraints and opportunities for peace and democracy Events

…supports local democracy in Ukraine through municipal partnerships, training programmes and research. In this talk we will have a conversation among scholars and local government officials in Ukraine to provide…

Höör and Kopychynitsi, Ukraine Partnership projects

Project: Höör and Kopychyntsi Youth Empowerment Initiative Höör and Kopychyntsi, Ukraine, will together address the lack of youth involvement in local decision-making. Youth have low awareness of the democratic processes…

Being a local politician during wartime Posts

Ukraine specifically, since the launch of the programme. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is causing unimaginable human suffering with a tragic loss of life, the civilian displacement of millions, and immense…

ICLD signs MoU for a broader knowledge exchange with Ukrainian municipalities Posts

…of support for Ukraine in development aid. Johan Lilja, ICLD Secretary General. The AATC represents more than 800 Ukrainian municipalities, representing about two-thirds of Ukraine’s municipalities. The AATC presents itself…

Women to Ukraine (W2U) Marathon Events

…war on women of Ukraine. ICLD programme officer Jim Enström will participate in a paneldiscussion Women empowerment and solidarity in face of (war) challenges 27 March 14.25-15.00. Maria Tyshchenko, ICLD…

Networking Human Rights Champions Posts

…year, Kopychyntsi from Ukraine signed a twin city agreement with the Swedish municipality Höör in connection to ICLD:s inception workshop for the programme. Kopychyntsi from Ukraine signed a twin city…

Mariestad and Kamyanets-Podilskiy, Ukraine and Ukmerge, Lithuania Partnership projects

Project: Sustainable municipalities The project aims to discuss and work with the main problem – how to improve unsustainable solutions for cities and communities (number 9 and 11 in UN global…

The Necessity of Talking the Talk: The functions of Communication for Anti-Corruption Political Will and Policy Development in Ukrainian Local Government Publications

…among key stakeholders in six local settings in Ukraine showing sustained reform effort between 2014 and 2021. The analysis identifies key communicative tasks that, taken together, induce initial commitments to…

Six million SEK to research on local democracy Posts

…increase the influence of vulnerable people in local decision-making. The projects will be conducted in Kenya, Lebanon, North Macedonia, South Africa, Ukraine and Zimbabwe. “With this grant we will be…