Inclusive leadership and governance

  • 2018 – Capacity and Social Capital for Local Government, Education Development

    2018 – Capacity and Social Capital for Local Government, Education Development

    Application is to continue the ongoing project between Makunduchi and Sundsvall municipality (ICLDs dnr 2015-0113). The application is aiming for to continue the work in progress to increase and strengthen Makunduchi Ward Council to have social capacity, knowledge, experience and tools to work with the challenge to development of Makunduchi and especially educational development and…

  • Choisir la démocratie: la gestion des ressources naturelles pour les décideurs, bailleurs de fonds, et agents de terrain

    Appuyer la démocratie locale pour la gestion des forêts est essentiel à l’amélioration du bien-être des populations. Les autorités forestières au niveau national recrutent souvent des experts qui ne rendent pas compte aux populations vivant en zone forestière. Beaucoup de décisions relatives aux forêts devraient être prises au niveau local. Cette note d’orientation politique propose…

  • Co-production of Services in Informal Settlements

    In many informal settlements, a large number of informal sector waste pickers collect and separate household waste, providing an important service. However, waste pickers represent one of the most excluded, impoverished and disempowered segments of society. This study explores the challenges and potential solutions for the co-production of participatory waste management services in informal settlements,…

  • Impacting Local Democracy: Capacity Building of Local Governments in Zimbabwe

    Local governments are key democratic institutions. In Zimbabwe, they have received considerable capacity development since independence through programmes using different approaches. One of the actors providing capacity building for local governments in Zimbabwe is Sweden, through the Swedish International Centre for Local Democracy (ICLD). Since the turn of the century, capacity building for local governments has proceeded within a context of: Having…

  • Choosing Democracy: Natural Resource Management for Environmental Policy Makers, Donors and Practitioners

    Supporting local democracy in forestry is crucial for enhancing local people’s wellbeing. Most public decisions in forestry remain centralized. Forestry authorities on the national level often hire experts who are not accountable to the to the local people living in and around the forests. Many decisions related to forests should be transferred to the local…

  • Zmijivka – Pilot village in a period of transition 2017 – 2020

    Zmijivka – Pilot village in a period of transition 2017 – 2020

    The background is that in 1930 Gotland receive the majority of the returning Swedes from Gammalsvenskbyn in Ukraine, after they arrived in Sweden in 1929. The Swedish villagers have been a very substantial part of Gotland since. After Ukraine’s liberation in 1991 written a twinning agreement between the Municipality of Gotland and Gammalsvenskby 2001. Since…

  • Environment protection NORELD 2016

    Environment protection NORELD 2016

    This project proposal is a result of the Inception phase which the parties had in 2015. The municipalities have decided to apply for a continued partnership within the area of solid Waste management. The overall objective of the project is to contribute to a sustainable and cleaner environment by supporting the administration and the inhabitants…

  • Kontaktcenter; utveckling av service och tillgänglighet

    Kontaktcenter; utveckling av service och tillgänglighet

    The two-year project is based on a problem analysis where the cooperation of the municipalities respectively Contact Centers are faced with a need for development regarding their work. It is about the overall development of availability, service, treatment, new technology and work environment that will affect citizens’ contact with local democracy. The results may also…

  • Proceedings of the Workshop: Workshop on Devolution and Local Development in Kenya

    On June 26 2014, a workshop was held on devolution and local development at the Nairobi Safari Club in Nairobi, Kenya, to discuss the historic devolution reforms one year after their implementation. The workshop was organised by Agnes Cornell, Aarhus University, and Michelle D’Arcy, Trinity College Dublin, with funding from the Swedish International Centre for…

  • Proceedings of the Workshop: State of the Art of Local Governance – Challenges for the Next Decade

    Skriften är ett resultat av en konferens som arrangerades av ICLD i Visby 29-30 april 2010. Konferensen samlade akademiker och beslutsfattare inom området lokal demokrati och lokal styrning för diskussioner på temat ”State of the Art of Local Governance – Challenges for the Next Decade”. Konferensen hade två syften: Ambitionen var att tillhandahålla ett forum…