Zambia
Dorotea – Livingstone, Zambia, City of Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
Project regarding Youth Inclusion The problem to address as stated Livingstone is Limited capacity to include youths in decision making processes. Victoria Falls define the problem Low involvement of youth in community issues. In Dorotea the young population has low trust in politicians; approximately 30% of our young people aged 13-16 state that they trust…
From kitchen confidence to Local Democracy Champion
In the heart of Zambia, a passionate advocate for local democracy and gender equality is making waves. Meet Humphrey Pailande, a man whose journey from a small family in Kabwe to becoming a force for positive change in Chilanga District is nothing short of inspirational. In this article, we dive into Humphrey’s background, his current…
Let’s get together and make change: Towards a Child-Focused Cities Analytical Framework
Children live in cities and local communities, implying that they have proximity to the local government rather than the national government. The interaction of children with their governments happens at the local level. And, children experience the realisation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the local sphere of government. Yet, children are relegated to the…
It Takes Two to Tango: Perceptions and motivations towards campaign clientelism in Zambia
Various studies on clientelism usually start from a common puzzle: Why is campaign clientelism widely practised by politicians even when they have no means of ensuring reciprocity from the voters? Similarly, why is campaign clientelism widespread amongst voters despite its numerous negative consequences on societies, democracy, and development? These puzzles have motivated my research, where…
Lidköping and Lusaka, Zambia
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.…
Child-Focused Cities Analytical Framework
This research project, aiming to develop an analytical tool to address the Sustainable Development Goals from a child rights perspective, is divided into multiple steps. Phase two, conducted in 2023-2024 is described first while phase 1, which served to build the conceptual groundwork for the analytical framework, is described after. Phase 2 – Child-Focused Cities…
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…
Haparanda and Solwezi – Zambia
Empowering of women and youth in local democracy and development work Haparanda and Solwezi are carrying out this Inception to have the opportunity to jointly develop a project plan closely linked to issues of inequality and empowering of women. The partners intend to find strengthening approaches to improve developmental inequalities through equitable service delivery without…
Programme structure
Inclusive Local Governance The training consists of four compulsory workshops, of which all four are full time scheduled trainings. Periods between workshops are homebased. The total duration of the programme is 18 months. When:The inception workshop will be held during week 10, March, 2022 in Johannesburg, South Africa.The Sweden Phase workshop will take place during…
