4 – Quality education
The Role of Social Norms in Reducing Corruption in Education: A Case Study of Schools in Hanoi-Vietnam
This research report presents empirical findings from an ethnographic study of the role of informal social norms in reducing corruption in public and private schools in Hanoi. The study begins by building a theoretical framework that inculcates the significance of local informal social norms in analysing/understanding corruption and designing counteraction strategies, especially at the sub-national…
Håbo, Livingstone and Victoria Falls – Zambia/Zimbabwe
Youth Rights Connect Håbo, Livingstone and Victoria Falls municipalities are carrying out an Inception to have the opportunity to jointly develop a project plan closely linked to human right topics youth rights to participation, education and well being and Agenda 2030, Goals: 1 No Poverty, 3 Good health and Well-being, 4 Quality Education and 5…
Closing or keeping open public schools during COVID-19 in Serbia: finding the middle way
This policy brief offers a practical, feasible action plan for how to preserve and enhance the provision of public education in deprived suburban neighbourhoods during a pandemic. Based on critical insights collected in the past year at the urban periphery of Belgrade (Serbia), the brief suggests a shift in perceiving public schools in deprived suburban…
Bollnäs and Lobatse, Botswana
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…
Umeå and Cau Giay, Vietnam
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…
Umeå and Cau Giay, Vietnam
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.…
Växjö and Vushtrri, Kosovo
Project: Sustainability education in preschool/primary school The purpose of the three-year project (2019-2021) is to strengthen the organizational capacity of the municipalities to educate preschool/primary school students in Vushtrri and Växjö about the environment and sustainability. For Växjö, it entails developing working methods and cross-border cooperation, both locally and globally. For Vushtrri’s part, it is…
Härryda and Homa Bay, Kenya
Project: Young people’s influence and choice of working life and education Structures in both municipalities will be created in order to give the pupils better ’decision competence’ and knowledge about working life, job demands and entrepreneurship. Many young people in both municipalities are lacking a sense of empowerment to influence their future. In HomaBay many…
Lidingö and Quelimane, Mozambique
Project: Education project Our common project idea is to work with sustainable development in the long run. Several of our interim goals, which should be achieved in the project, are also part of the UN’s goals in Agenda 2030. Our joint work is supposed to be based on teaching about sustainable development in some of…
