Inclusive leadership and governance
Innovating with urban governance: municipal committees for inclusive, nature-based solutions
This policy brief explores the challenges and innovative opportunities for institutionalising participatory processes within municipal contexts. Specifically, we report on the creation of municipal committees, a proposal framed within the EU-funded project URBiNAT aimed at co-creating healthy corridors made up of a combination of nature-based solutions (NBS). The proposed committees aim to consolidate citizens’ engagement…
ICLD Årsredovisning 2021
Välkommen att ta del av vad ICLD gjorde under 2021 genom vår Årsredovisning. Årsredovisningen består av två delar. Del ett beskriver övergripande vår verksamhet genom exempel och fakta samt mer specifikt från de delar av världen där ICLD är aktiva. Del två innehåller den traditionella förvaltningsberättelsen. Trevlig läsning!
Beka – demokratihjälte från Georigen
Beka Asanidze, en advokat från Gori Kommun i Georgien, deltar i vårt ICLD-program för människorättsbaserat arbete. Vi vill presentera honom i vår serie om Hjältar inom Lokal Demokrati, för allt ambitiöst arbete han gör i sin hemstad för att öka ungdomars deltagande. Här är Bekas egna historia: ”Att bo i Gori kommun, som gränsar till…
Borås and Vracar – Serbia
Accessibility – organisation policy, structure and practice Both municipalities want to improve their capacity to reach out to and get input from people with disabilities, since they feel they are stuck in the ”old way” of getting and giving out information. This causes a risk to fail to include the perspectives of people with disabilities…
Reporting on the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals in Sweden: VLRs and their implications for local democracy
In 2021, four Swedish municipalities – Helsingborg, Malmö, Stockholm, and Uppsala – published their first Voluntary Local Reviews (VLRs), a report on the status of local implementation of the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). VLRs have become a common instrument for subnational governments to show progress in the achievement…
Toolbox for VLR, Voluntary Local Reviews
This toolbox provides support to local governments that are interested in monitoring and reporting on the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) using the Voluntary Local Reviews (VLRs), while contributing to local democracy. The stories and practical tips presented allow the reader to gain first-hand knowledge of the VLRs that local governments are developing…
