The Local Democracy and Social Sustainability with a Gender Perspective programme is carried out by the ICLD and is open for applicants from Belarus, Bosnia Herzegovina, Kosovo, Georgia, Macedonia, Moldova, Serbia, Turkey and Ukraine. 

The main objective and rationale of the International Training Programme (ITP) is to contribute to the ongoing and new reform processes in the selected countries. The programme is directed towards professionals who work actively with issues related to local democracy, local development, decentralization and good governance with a gender perspective. 

The programme consists of seven phases, all aimed at developing and implementing the project for change. The programme is organized by the Swedish International Centre for Local Democracy in co-operation with leading scholars on local governance and experts from the Swedish public sector.

The closing date for the application is April 30th, 2013.

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