The International Institute for Local Development was founded to enlarge and promote the roles and involvement of local stakeholders in development efforts. We work globally through regional offices in Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa and the USA.
IILD promotes integrative models that make vertical and horizontal connections between actors and interventions, promoting ownership, management and sustainability by considering peculiarities in history, preferences and culture. The local understanding of local issues then becomes the starting block for strategic planning, policy making and the design of development interventions.
IILD also works at the engagement of the private sector, volunteers, governments and donors, generally activating the space in which collaboration takes place, to provide the right structure for expertise and funding in development interventions.
