Swedish partner: Strängnäs kommun

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 policies within the thematic topic of the environment and climate change.

Project Area

EducationEnvironment/Climate changeInclusive leadership and governance

Sustainable Development Goals

10 - Reduced inequalities12 - Responsible consumption and production13 - Climate action4 - Quality education

Topic

Child rights and youth participationParticipatory democracy, citizen dialogues and budgeting

Swedish partner

Strängnäs kommun

International partner

Emboreet, Simanjiro

Strängnäs and Ilala, Tanzania

Project: Youth Council

In Ilala municipality in Dar es Salaam, the youth have no opportunity to bring forward their opinions and ideas. The City Council don’t know how the youth’s situation looks like in Dar es Salaam.

The project aims to start student councils in three schools in Ilala, which later transfers into a youth council that communicates with the City Council.

The three schools will then educate the other schools in Ilala on how to work with student councils. Strängnäs municipality has a long tradition of dialogue with youth, but needs to learn new ways to ensure that the youths opninions and ideas are utilized early in the process.

Project Area

Inclusive leadership and governance

Sustainable Development Goals

16 - Peace, justice and strong institutions

Swedish partner

Strängnäs kommun

International partner

Dar es Saalam

Quality education

The project objective is to enhance pupils council and develop entrepreneurial learning.
All classes are represented in pupils council. The expected results are that more pupils dare and are able to communicate in English and more pupils are active to analyze how to solve problems.

The overall objective is to create independent youth who dare to express their opinions in dialogue with elders and will take part in decisions for the future.

Project Area

Inclusive leadership and governance

Swedish partner

Strängnäs kommun

International partner

Simanjiro District

Student Democracy

Emboreet: A school youth council for younger children is established, where the students have the courage to share their opinions regarding the school and the development of the village. Students in standard 1-4 should be a part of the council and have a grownup for support and help to arrange meetings. The school youth council should increase the influence in the village government, and their ideas and suggestions on solutions should be respected by the village government.

Strängnäs: A work group is created with a defined responsibility regarding one area/matter that effects the youths. The group should consist of one politician from the majority and one from the opposition, affected public servant and chosen youths. The mission is to agree regarding a decision which is made in consensus.

Project Area

Inclusive leadership and governance

Swedish partner

Strängnäs kommun

International partner

Emboreet, Simanjiro