8 – Decent work and economic growth

  • Region Gotland – Berislav, Ukraine

    Region Gotland – Berislav, Ukraine

    Project: Growing Together for Resilient Futures The project aims at creating favorable conditions for the return of youth to Berislav community by providing new job opportunities, developing infrastucture, and supporting […]

  • Upplands-Bro and Maicao

    Upplands-Bro and Maicao

    Project: Inclusive Employment & Rights – Advancing LGBTIQ+ Equality through Local Policy Upplands-Bro Municipality in Sweden and its partner Maicao in Colombia are planning a mutual learning process on how […]

  • Our Childhood: A toolbox for local governments fostering child/youth inclusion

    Our Childhood: A toolbox for local governments fostering child/youth inclusion

    Our Childhood toolbox aims to support local governments in their attempts to sensitise and include children and youth in local (political) affairs while pursuing the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). […]

  • Team Balikesir empowers youth with autism

    Team Balikesir empowers youth with autism

    “With our ‘I’m Happy to Produce’ initiative, we empower young people with autism by providing meaningful work and fostering vibrant community involvement,” says Fatma Tabanlı from NGO OBİDEV, Turkey, and […]

  • Växjö and Vushtrri, Kosovo

    Växjö and Vushtrri, Kosovo

    The partners have been cooperating since 2013 on a variety of themes. In 2023, they were approved for a project addressing the issue of lack of accessibility of the municipal […]

  • Falun – Kolomyia, Ukraine

    Falun – Kolomyia, Ukraine

    Entrepreneurship project Kolomyia-Falun Falun and Kolomyia will together adress the low indicator of socio-economic life in Ukraine due to an underdeveloped financial culture. The is due to a lack of […]

  • The Role of Social Norms in Reducing Corruption in Education: A Case Study of Schools in Hanoi-Vietnam

    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 […]

  • Migrants in the Pandemic and the Challenge for Local Government

    This policy brief addresses a challenge for local government that has emerged with COVID-19,particularly in rural areas of developing countries. As the urban informal economy in India collapsed due to […]

  • Community Currencies as means of Local Economic Empowerment

    Community currencies have emerged as a tool for building more inclusive local economic development and governance. Grassroots organisations in Nairobi and Mombasa (Kenya) have been experimenting with this form of […]

  • Växjö and JB Marks, South Africa

    Växjö and JB Marks, South Africa

    Project: Public skills training to create new job opportunities and fight poverty This project is based on the municipal partnership between City of Växjö and JB Marks Local Municipality (South […]