Participatory democracy, citizen dialogues and budgeting

  • Citizens Budget: Make the budget understandable for every citizen

    Citizens Budget: Make the budget understandable for every citizen

    A Citizen’s budget is a short document that shows the budget of local government in a way that is easy to understand by any citizen. This toolbox provides support to local governments that are interested in creating a Citizens Budget. It contains the basic steps in the process and inspiring examples, which fully equips the…

  • Citizens Budget: Make the budget understandable for every citizen

    Citizens Budget: Make the budget understandable for every citizen

    A Citizen’s budget is a short document that shows the budget of local government in a way that is easy to understand by any citizen. This toolbox provides support to local governments that are interested in creating a Citizens Budget. It contains the basic steps in the process and inspiring examples, which fully equips the…

  • Strängnäs-Emboreet,Tanzania

    Strängnäs-Emboreet,Tanzania

    Project: Social Sustainability Strängnäs and Emboreet previously had a partnership between the years 2012-2016. In their new project, they intend to increase both Emboreet’s and Strängnäs’s ability to take young people’s ideas into account and thereby increase the level of democratic dialogues with adults in the village and higher decision-making organs to formulate strategies and…

  • Strängnäs-Emboreet,Tanzania

    Strängnäs-Emboreet,Tanzania

    Project: Social Sustainability Strängnäs and Emboreet previously had a partnership between the years 2012-2016. In their new project, they intend to increase both Emboreet’s and Strängnäs’s ability to take young people’s ideas into account and thereby increase the level of democratic dialogues with adults in the village and higher decision-making organs to formulate strategies and…

  • Child-Focused Cities Analytical Framework

    Child-Focused Cities Analytical Framework

    This research project, aiming to develop an analytical tool to address the Sustainable Development Goals from a child rights perspective, is divided into multiple steps. Phase two, conducted in 2023-2024 is described first while phase 1, which served to build the conceptual groundwork for the analytical framework, is described after. Phase 2 – Child-Focused Cities…

  • Child-Focused Cities Analytical Framework

    Child-Focused Cities Analytical Framework

    This research project, aiming to develop an analytical tool to address the Sustainable Development Goals from a child rights perspective, is divided into multiple steps. Phase two, conducted in 2023-2024 is described first while phase 1, which served to build the conceptual groundwork for the analytical framework, is described after. Phase 2 – Child-Focused Cities…

  • Borås and Vracar – Serbia

    Borås and Vracar – Serbia

    Accessibility – organisation policy, structure and practice Both municipalities want to improve their capacity to reach out to and get input from people with disabilities, since they feel they are stuck in the ”old way” of getting and giving out information. This causes a risk to fail to include the perspectives of people with disabilities…

  • Borås and Vracar – Serbia

    Borås and Vracar – Serbia

    Accessibility – organisation policy, structure and practice Both municipalities want to improve their capacity to reach out to and get input from people with disabilities, since they feel they are stuck in the ”old way” of getting and giving out information. This causes a risk to fail to include the perspectives of people with disabilities…

  • Programme objectives

    Human Rights Based Approach The main objective of this training programme is to strengthen the ongoing change processes that contribute to social and economic development and to strengthen the institutions in the selected municipalities and regions. This will be achieved through participating municipalities integrating their work with human rights so that equality, participation, transparency and…

  • Programme objectives

    Human Rights Based Approach The main objective of this training programme is to strengthen the ongoing change processes that contribute to social and economic development and to strengthen the institutions in the selected municipalities and regions. This will be achieved through participating municipalities integrating their work with human rights so that equality, participation, transparency and…