The Swedish International Center for Local Democracy (ICLD) seeks research proposals on Local Democracy in a number of low and middle-income countries worldwide, including India. Grants may be up to 700 000 SEK per proposal and year during the period of 2013 to 2015 (provided that ICLD will be allocated funds by the Swedish International Development Coopeartion Agency, Sida). A project may be supported for one, two or three years. Research proposals and applications for grants should be submitted not later than April 30, 2013.
The ICLD’s purpose, as part of Swedish development co-operation, is to promote local democracy in low and middle-income countries. In this context, local democracy principally concerns decentralization, strengthening of local institutions, human rights and collaboration between local actors. Decentralization entails devolution of finance, functionaries, and decision making power to local elected political bodies, both rural and urban. Combating poverty through a rights-based and participatory approach is a priority. Capacity building is a key word. ICLD calls for research projects of relevance to local politicians, civil servants and citizens striving to improve local democracy.
In Asia, research focusing on the following countries are eligible for ICLD funding: India, Indonesia, China and Vietnam.
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Two students from KI took part in the collaboration at PIMS during four weeks in October-November 2012. They participated in a Certificate Course in Social Health and Development and took part in the Physiotherapy programme practically and theoretically. Two teachers from PIMS will visit KI during three weeks in May 2013. They will teach and be involved in the international CHBR course, 7,5 ECTS credits by contributing in discussions.
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The multidisciplinary event has now been documented and published as a beautifully designed book, entitled ”Bhopal 2011. Landscapes of Memory”, edited by Amritha Ballal, and Jan af Geijerstam (photo), one of the leading Swedish researchers invlved in the project. The documentation has been conceptualized as an action-research initiative – an academic exercise involving students, researchers and institutions from Bhopal and across the world, with a public interface which sought to increase awareness on the ongoing socio-cultural and environmental challenges facing the Union Carbide site. The event uniquely provided an open, neutral platform for local citizens, visitors, survivors, activists, government officials, students and academicians to engage with the conflicted, real-time issues facing the site. In doing so, it drew attention to the possibilities and challenges of inclusive processes for the remediation of the site and the protection of its cultural heritage. Landscapes of Memory addresses issues of inclusive heritage, participatory urban development, cultural rights and memory that underpin the narrative of the Bhopal gas tragedy, which are shared by many other sites and communities across the world. and its shared legacy in our collective consciousness.
A Joint call for proposals on Strategic Indo-Swedish Cooperative Innovation Programme in the field of Health has been launched by the Department of Biotechnology (
Professor Adil Najam, Vice Chancellor of the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) in Pakistan, visited the Centre for Climate Science and Policy Research (CSPR) at Linköping University, Campus Norrköping, on 15 February 2013. He acted as opponent for PhD student Mathias Friman, based at the 
Professor Najam, being an expert in international diplomacy and development, is also the Frederick S. Pardee Professor of Global Public Policy at Boston University, USA. His research interests include sustainable development, Muslim and South Asian politics, environmental politics in developing countries, and philanthropy among immigrant communities in the United States. Much of his work has focused on longer-term global policy problems, especially those related to human well-being and sustainable development.
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