Environment/Climate change

  • Lusaka och Lidköping ökar ungdomars delaktighet på lokal nivå

    Lusaka och Lidköping ökar ungdomars delaktighet på lokal nivå

    Den zambiska huvudstaden Lusaka har sedan länge haft partnerskapsamarbete med Lidköpings kommun på temat ungdomsinflytande. Just nu har partnerskapet två pågående projekt som utöver ett starkt fokus på ungdomars delaktighet också handlar om engagemang i miljö och klimatfrågor. ”Kunskapen du får genom partnerskapssamarbetet är verkligen ovärderlig. Erfarenheten av att lära sig från andra människor är…

  • Nytt partnerskap beviljat: Karlskoga och Shepetivka, Ukraina

    Nytt partnerskap beviljat: Karlskoga och Shepetivka, Ukraina

    För första gången är nu Karlskoga kommun engagerad i ett partnerskapsamarbete via ICLD. Kommunen har nyligen beviljats en ettårig förberedelse tillsammans med den ukrainska kommunen Shepetivka. ”Vi är väldigt glada över att ha beviljats ett partnerskap genom ICLD, säger Tony Ring, kommunstyrelsens ordförande i Karlskoga. ”Tack vare stödet från ICLD får vi verktyg att utveckla…

  • New partnership approved: Karlskoga, Sweden and Shepetivka, Ukraine

    New partnership approved: Karlskoga, Sweden and Shepetivka, Ukraine

    Karlskoga Municipality in Sweden has been granted a one-year inception phase together with the Ukrainian municipality of Shepetivka. “We are very pleased to have been granted a partnership through ICLD,” says Tony Ring, Chairman of the Municipal Board in Karlskoga. “Thanks to ICLD’s support, we gain tools to develop our municipality while also helping to…

  • Karlskoga – Shepetivka, Ukraine

    Karlskoga – Shepetivka, Ukraine

    Inception With their inception for a project about equitable waste management, Karlskoga and Shepetivka are entering an ICLD-partnership for the first time, however, they have been entering a twinning agreement already in 2023 independently of the ICLD. The long-term goal for the partnership is to increase awareness about waste management and recycling for both parts.…

  • Karlskoga – Shepetivka, Ukraine

    Karlskoga – Shepetivka, Ukraine

    Inception With their inception for a project about equitable waste management, Karlskoga and Shepetivka are entering an ICLD-partnership for the first time, however, they have been entering a twinning agreement already in 2023 independently of the ICLD. The long-term goal for the partnership is to increase awareness about waste management and recycling for both parts.…

  • Strängnäs and Entebbe, Uganda

    Strängnäs and Entebbe, Uganda

    Project: Together for the influence for our young and old to improve based on climate change  Strängnäs Municipality and its partner Entebbe Municipal Council in Uganda are planning a one-year project to strengthen youth participation in environmental and climate decision-making. The project will empower young people, to actively contribute to local environmental strategies through community engagement, clean-up…

  • Strängnäs and Entebbe, Uganda

    Strängnäs and Entebbe, Uganda

    Project: Together for the influence for our young and old to improve based on climate change  Strängnäs Municipality and its partner Entebbe Municipal Council in Uganda are planning a one-year project to strengthen youth participation in environmental and climate decision-making. The project will empower young people, to actively contribute to local environmental strategies through community engagement, clean-up…

  • Västerås – Shatsk, Ukraine

    Västerås – Shatsk, Ukraine

    Project: From Waste to Resource The project ”From Waste to Resource” adresses waste management and circular economy, environmental education and how to communicate waste management issues to children from 5 to 6 in a kindergarten and youths from 7-17 in three pilot schools in the rural area. In Ukraine, there is great knowledge and experience…

  • Västerås – Shatsk, Ukraine

    Västerås – Shatsk, Ukraine

    Project: From Waste to Resource The project ”From Waste to Resource” adresses waste management and circular economy, environmental education and how to communicate waste management issues to children from 5 to 6 in a kindergarten and youths from 7-17 in three pilot schools in the rural area. In Ukraine, there is great knowledge and experience…

  • ”Know Your Neighbor” bygger starkare samhällen

    ”Know Your Neighbor” bygger starkare samhällen

    Initiativet ”Know Your Neighbor” har sedan lanseringen 2018 haft betydande inverkan för kommuner i Lusaka. Initiativet är ett projektresultat från ett av ICLD:s tidigare program och fokuserar på att mobilisera samhällen och främja samarbete, med tonvikt på att effektivt använda mänskliga resurser. Patrick Mwamba Salubusa, ledamot i Lusaka stadsfullmäktige för Kapwepwe Ward och tidigare deltagare…