Inclusive leadership and governance

  • Leadership in Local Governance

    Leadership in Local Governance

    The training focuses on exploring ways of making governance in the municipality equitable and inclusive. The participants will work on a change project and implement a strategy to make the municipality equitable, participatory, transparent and accountable. By strengthening the capacity of selected teams and by strengthening the networks available to them, the training aims to…

  • The Elite Choice – ‘Unpacking the Elite’ in Mukungule Chiefdom, Zambia

    Community-based natural resource management has been advocated for by many scholar and environmentalists to improve natural resourcesmanagement, equity, and justice for local people. However, its implementation on the ground does not always reach the intended goal. This is because poor policies have led to unaccountable leaders that empower elite control and capture. Studies perceive elites…

  • Borlänge and Lodwar, Kenya

    Borlänge and Lodwar, Kenya

    Project: Inclusive municipalities for refugees Borlänge and Lodwar municipalities have succefully implemented an inception phase project (dnr 2017-0049) that laid foundation for a long-term partnership between the two municipalities. The focus of the inception phase project was to create a municipal partnership that foster a democratic inclusion of refugees. The two municipalities met in Borlänge…

  • Gotland and Kibaha, Tanzania

    Gotland and Kibaha, Tanzania

    Project: Gender Equity project This project’s aims at reducing gender inequality in decision making bodies in Kibaha Education Center and Kibaha Town Council. Through the problem analysis a high level of gender inequality was revealed. The definition of Decision-making bodies in this application is politicians and management at different levels from street leaders all the…

  • Beyond state regulation of informality: understanding access to public space by street vendors in Bogotá

    Abstract:Selling goods and providing services in public spaces is one of the most accessible occupations for many urban poor. However, use of public space for such occupations is often prohibited by local regulations, excluding street vendors from legally using this space for their survival. While significant research has been devoted to state efforts to control…

  • Resultat inom kommunala partnerskap, IQA-rapport 2017

    Hur arbetar man med komplexa områden som ansvarsutkrävande på lokal nivå? ICLD besökte två partnerskap och inspirerades av metoder som fördjupat arbete i politiska koalitioner och tydliggörande för medborgarna av vilka ansvar som den lokala nivån har i förhållande till den regionala.     ICLD strävar efter att följa upp resultaten av partnerskapen och kommunicera…

  • Trans-Saharan labour emigration from Niger: Local governance as mediator of its underlying causes and consequences

    This report reviews the existing literature of trans-Saharan labour emigration from Niger both conducted by Nigeriens but also by other West Africans, given Niger’s importance as a country of transit. The literature on labour emigration from the Sahelian region, as in other parts of the world, is dominated by studies that emphasise particular causes (drought,…

  • Exploring coordination in a multi-agency partnership approach to prevention of gender-based violence in Zambia

    This study identifies factors that fosters and hinders coordination among key agencies operating in one-stop centre in Zambia such as the police, health and social welfare that provide coordinated medical, social and legal services to the victims of gender-based violence. This is a primary qualitative study in which data was collected using interviews from participants…

  • Governing through development narrative in the era of ’Africa Rising’

    The findings of the study indicate that ‘mosaic’ planning, public participation and narratives of devolution are the mechanisms by which power operates in the field of development in Kisumu county. Master Thesis written at Lund University.

  • Refugee women’s economic empowerment through self-reliance?

    This qualitative study focused on refugee women’s economic empowerment in Uganda, a country known for its progressive refugee policies built upon the notion of self-reliance. Master Thesis written at the University of Gothenburg.