Inclusive leadership and governance

  • Gendering Decentralization in Cambodia

    Cambodia’s democratic decentralization reform is commonly regarded as the most deep-cutting public sector reform and the politically most significant democratic development in Cambodia since 1993. The reform rearranges power structures, creates space for a more pluralistic political representation, addresses gender equality in local politics, and triggers articulation of new political views. However, the reforms continue…

  • Mapping Spaces for democratic participation in South Aceh, Indonesia

    This report by Leena Avonius, Olle Törnquist and Fadhli Ali is the third report to be published in ICLD’s Research Report series. Avonius et al examines to what extent democratic local governance reforms have become effective and visible in the South Aceh district in Indonesia. The study seeks to answer if, and to what extent,…

  • When Local Government Strikes it Rich

    Elected local councils all across the developing world have long suffered from insufficient funding which deeply undermines their capacity to take constructive action. Local councils in most of India’s 28 states have long faced this problem. This is a study, based on extensive field research, of a major new anti-poverty program in India – the…

  • Farce of the Commons: Humor, Irony, and Subordination through a Camera’s Lens

    This report by Jesse Ribot is the second one to be published in ICLD’s Research Report series. Ribot argues convincingly that local democracy has a material basis and thus stresses the need for local governments to have both decision making powers and adequate funds to respond to local people’s needs. This report emerged from the…

  • Inclusion of persons with functional disorders in working life

    Inclusion of persons with functional disorders in working life

    This project focuses on the inclusion of all persons in working life. Due to a number of inhibiting factors many persons with disability cannot find work.

  • Human Resources – municipal exchange around good leadership and future recruitment

    Human Resources – municipal exchange around good leadership and future recruitment

    The project ”Human Resources – municipal exchange around good leadership and future recruitment” constitutes one-year cooperation between the City of Växjö (formal owner of the project), the Municipality of Älmhult and Tlokwe City Council (South Africa). The overall objective of the new project is to study municipal Human Resources work (HR work) in Sweden and…

  • Student Democracy

    Student Democracy

    Emboreet: A school youth council for younger children is established, where the students have the courage to share their opinions regarding the school and the development of the village. Students in standard 1-4 should be a part of the council and have a grownup for support and help to arrange meetings. The school youth council…

  • The School Compass – Finalization of a municipal comparison

    The School Compass – Finalization of a municipal comparison

    The aim is to create, try and evaluate a method for comparison in the purpose to ease understanding about leadership and operation control during partnership projects between different countries and also focus on the management results concerning structural quality, process quality and result quality. The focus is on education. We have translated and transformed a…

  • Lika villkor och möjligheter genom ökad tillgänglighet

    Lika villkor och möjligheter genom ökad tillgänglighet

    The overall project objective is to contribute to ensure that all citizens have equal rights and opportunities to participate in a society that is accessible to everyone regardless of ability/capability. In about 10-15 years; there is a fully functioning organization to include an accessibility perspective, all employees have expertise on the issue and there is…

  • Management and implementation of a strategic plan

    Management and implementation of a strategic plan

    This is a three-year period project in the field of local administration and local democracy resulting from the cooperation from Hörby and Karasburg municipalities respectively. The project’s goal is to improve on the municipal governance and administration and in particular, the planning system in Karasburg municipality. The objective is to develop a detailed, timely and…