At the ICLD Network meeting held in Tallinn this November, mayors and political leaders from both Ukraine and Sweden gathered to reflect on the future of their municipal partnerships. The discussion centred on how cooperation can become more resilient and sustainable, extending beyond individual projects, key people, and political cycles. The speakers shared a series…
Vitalii Bielobrov is Deputy Mayor of the ukrainian city Kherson, one of the cities that has suffered and continues to suffer greatly from the Russian invasion. Despite the hardships, the residents show remarkable resilience and solidarity. Many choose to stay, support one another, and continue fighting for their city. “In difficult times, you must have a…
Citizen Dialogue for Inclusive Reconstruction The partnership between Umeå and Kherson focuses on advancing democratic processes through inclusive urban planning, with citizen dialogue as a central pillar. A key achievement has been the development of an open-source digital tool that allows citizens to explore city maps and submit feedback directly on planned development initiatives. While…
Youth democracy in Umeå municipality and Cape Agulhas municipality In Cape Agulhas, youth leadership is not being adequately developed due to a lack of knowledge on local government matters and motivation. Municipal leaders are not mitigating this adequately which can compromise the democracies of the future. At the same time there is a lack of…
Project: Exploring gender equality and care: a territorial approach Umeå and Bogotá, Colombia, will together address the in Bogotá, around 1.2 million of women dedicate more than seven hours a day to unpaid work. The objectives are focused around Policy implementation as well as Information sharing on this issue: • To implement the cultural transformation…
Project: Partnership and Governance for Health and Resilience in relation to Climate Change and Environment in Kenyan Counties alongside Lake Victoria The project will establish a partnership between The County of Västerbotten and Kenyan counties in the Lake Victoria Basin area. The partnership will be governed by Center for Rural Medicine/Region Västerbotten, Umeå Municipality and…
Project: Service Design in Libraries The county organization in Kajiado, Kenya is planning for the first public library. The library will be a centre point for literature, information and much more. The library will be located in an area with a high number of non-reading population. Kajiado lacks capacity for governance, management and coordination of…
Project: Educators – Agents for Sustainable Development The main goal of the project is to establish better understanding among selected teachers in the pre-school and primary school on the 2030 agenda for sustainable development and on ESD which contributes to behavioural change, readiness and capacity to act for sustainable development. This project is also aimed at…
Project: Managers – Agents for Sustainable Development The main goal of the project is to increase the capacity among a selection of managers of school areas, schools and pre-schools to support education for sustainable development (ESD) which contributes to behavioural change, readiness and capacity to act for change based on the 2030 agenda for sustainable development.…
The project energy saving innovation in Urban housing will tackle the joint challenges of raising awareness/knowledge, engagement and participation in the perspective equality and democracy and how that can be a driver regarding energy saving actions and sustainable indoor environment in urban housing. By gathering project implementers linked to this field and relevant stakeholder we aim…