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Nudging for Sustainability: Insights for Sustainable Consumption
Regional focus: Kenya & Sweden / The Climate Action Network Time: October 2023 – April 2024 This small-scale project is the follow up on a Local Democracy Lab with Mombasa County and the region of Västerbotten, where they jointly asked researchers the question: ”How can we use nudging to promote sustainable consumption and waste management by civic…
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Just, plastic free transition and climate change resilience in Mombasa County
Regional focus: Eastern Africa / the Climate Action Network Time: December 2023-January 2025 Abstract: We explore the democratic and participatory spaces through which grassroots waste pickers in Mombasa engage with county government actors in managing plastic pollution. Drawing on environmental democracy and grassroots innovation frameworks, we interrogate the nature, creation, and effectiveness of participatory spaces—classified as invited,…
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Increasing Transparency in Local Governments: Implementation and Evaluation of Citizen Budgets in Uganda, Kenya, and Zimbabwe
Regional focus: Eastern Africa Time: October 2023 – June 2024 This action research project follows up on previous ICLD research by supporting local governments to implement a citizens budget and adapt the associated Toolbox to African experiences. Abstract: This research project investigates the implementation and impact of Citizen’s Budgets at the local level in selected countries. It…
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Local Democracy and Resilience in Ukraine: Learning from Communities’ Crisis Response in War
Regional focus: Ukraine/Eastern Europe Time: October 2023 – November 2024 Abstract Amidst the devastating impact of the full-scale Russian invasion, Ukraine has retained its sovereignty. Enabled by decentralization reforms from 2015-2020, local self-governance bodies have played a crucial role in Ukraine’s resilience, offering essential services and backing defense efforts. This phenomenon is puzzling in light of conflicting…
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Tactical Urbanism for inclusive transport
Regional focus: East Africa/Kenya Time: July 2023 – January 2024 Abstract: In 2010, Kenya adopted a new constitution that established 47 autonomous counties leading to an accelerated development of urban areas and an increased pressure and demand for inclusive and sustainable interventions to cater for the rising population and motorization rates. Flone Initiative conducted a safety audit…
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Opening the black box of political will: Local public authorities and anti-corruption efforts in Ukraine
Regional focus: Ukraine Time: January 2020 – June 2021 ”Institutional change requires political will. But what is political will, and where does it come from? The project focuses on local communication strategies and actor constellation as key elements to develop political will, and examines these dynamics in the context of Ukraine.” Describes Marcia Grimes from…
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Interrogating the inclusion and participation of vulnerable groups in Zimbabwe’s local democracy
Regional focus: Zimbabwe Time: January 2020 – June 2021 ”This study interrogates how different categories of vulnerability, and the physical, cultural, political and socioeconomic environment converge to influence inclusion and participation in local democracy.” Says Bernard Chazovachii from Great Zimbabwe University who is leading the research project. Abstract The popular voices of women, children and…
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Morality Policies and the Prospect for Inclusive Citizenship in Decentralized Indonesia: A Study of West Java
Regional focus: Indonesia Time: January 2020 – July 2021 Abstract This project aims at explaining why cities have become exclusive against minorities, while others stay relatively inclusive by carrying a comparative study on policy-making processes in nine cities in West Java, Indonesia. West Java demands particular attention not only due to the fact that it…
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Whose voice matters for what? Local government inclusion and social accountability in post-conflict contexts
Regional focus: Kenya and Lebanon Time: January 2020 – December 2022 Abstract While long-standing debates in the field of development have promoted participatory and inclusive approaches, post-conflict contexts offer additional challenges through continued divisions along former warring lines. As divisions also infiltrate the local level and its policy-making, local participation does not necessarily offer an…
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Mobilising Assets to Bridge the Accountability Gap: Applying asset-based and citizen-led development for social accountability and inclusive governance in Emfuleni, South Africa
Regional focus: South Africa Time: March 2020 – October 2021 Abstract South Africa has a robust and progressive policy framework for participatory local democracy, including provisions for citizen participation in local governance including the Integrated Development Plans (IDPs). Yet the practice of local democracy has been characterised by protest, polarization and disengagement. In Emfuleni Local…