This project is part of the “Municipal Partnership for Human Rights” network, an international network of municipal partnerships between Swedish local authorities and their international counterparts in Southern Africa that are committed to achieving Agenda 2030 through a rights based approach and that are keen to work more systematically with human rights at a local…
The local government office has the assignment to investigate possibilities to start a municipal partnership to promote local democracy and international co-operation with focus on the Agenda 2030. During the time of finding a municipal partner, ICLD returned with an inquiry regarding Lund´s interest in participating in a new concept, a platform containing extended support…
The local government office has the assignment to investigate possibilities to start a municipal partnership to promote local democracy and international co-operation with focus on the Agenda 2030. During the time of finding a municipal partner, ICLD returned with an inquiry regarding Lund´s interest in participating in a new concept, a platform containing extended support…
The municipalities of Lobatse and Bollnäs are applying for the project as part of the network for human rights and local democracy. Both municipalities see the opportunity to jointly develop and learn more about including youth in the local society, with special emphasis on the local cultural heritage, as a way to build socially sustainable…
Culture as a path to development The municipalities of Åmål, Sweden, and Bergrivier, South Africa, have several common challenges. Our mutual focus is the high unemployment rate in our municipalities. Together we will focus our Inception phase and project planning around the target group ”unemployed young women and mothers with unfinished high-school education”. There are…
Human Rights 2.0 For over a year, representatives from Jönköping municipality and Stellenbosch have met digitally to get to know each other and discuss the municipalities’ various challenges. Workshops have also been carried out in both Stellenbosch and Jönköping with representatives from the municipalities’ various administrations and operations. In Jönköping, it was about specific areas/places…
Human Rights 2.0 For over a year, representatives from Jönköping municipality and Stellenbosch have met digitally to get to know each other and discuss the municipalities’ various challenges. Workshops have also been carried out in both Stellenbosch and Jönköping with representatives from the municipalities’ various administrations and operations. In Jönköping, it was about specific areas/places…
Culture as a path to development The municipalities of Åmål, Sweden, and Bergrivier, South Africa, have several common challenges. Our mutual focus is the high unemployment rate in our municipalities. Together we will focus our Inception phase and project planning around the target group ”unemployed young women and mothers with unfinished high-school education”. There are…
Tillsammans med kommunen Mogale City i Sydafrika driver Falun ett projekt som ska utveckla nya sätt att inkludera och delaktiggöra barn och unga i kommunens verksamheter. Samarbetet sker i ett nätverk där åtta svenska kommuner arbetar parallellt med varsin partnerkommun från Södra Afrika på ett tema relaterat till mänskliga rättigheter, så som tillgänglighet, jämställdhet eller…