Together with schoolars and practioners from a wide range of countries I participated at ICLDs international workshop ”The Future of Local Government in the New Development Agenda” at Visby, Gotland May 22nd-25th. A big variation of themes, issues, topics and cases were discussed at several sessions. Local governments and democratization at the local level may not be a panacea for success, but it is certainly one of the key factor for a fair, non-discriminatory sustainable development.