The Zambian capital, Lusaka, has long had a partnership with the municipality of Lidköping on the theme of youth influence. Currently, the partnership has two ongoing projects that, in addition to a strong focus on youth participation, also address engagement in environmental and climate issues. “The knowledge you gain through the partnership collaboration is truly…
Empowering Youth in Municipal Governance In Lusaka there is inadequate communication and awareness programs on young people’s rights as well as lack of willingness by the duty bearers (Institutions) to prioritize the young people’s rights in the decision-making processes in Local Governance. In Lidköping, youth are underrepresented in local policy-making processes, and there is an…
Project:Climate smart and resilient municipalities Lidköping and City of Lusaka Our municipalities have underdeveloped sufficient collaboration within and outside the organizations, effective cross-sectoral working methods need to be developed to mobilize resources for climate action.We will implement initiatives to develop collaboration methods and coordinate actors in our municipalities to prevent and cope with climate change.…
Project: Sustainable Municipalities in Concert Based on the preliminary study, Lidköping Municipality and Lusaka LCC focus their future cooperation on sustainable waste management. We want to carry out communication activities to raise awareness of young people, politicians and officials in the municipality as well as publicly on waste and recycling from an environmental and health…
The overall objective of the project is to create conditions towards the insight that a new democratic governance structure must be implemented to achieve societal change in all spheres and sectors. The preparatory phase, between the municipality of Lidköping and Novi Grad Sarajevo, ended up in a cooperation project called Enterprise Democracy. The project has…