Inclusive leadership and governance
International Team Finance
The partnership between Växjö municipality and Tlokwe city councils resulted to the project named “International Team Finance” that is a one year project with the goal of improving on local democracy and local administration. The key areas of implementation focuses on: the budgetary process – compilation and management, principles for municipal economy, revenue collection, debt…
Good Governance – Civic participation and planning for housing
Providing affordable, safe and comfortable housing is an essential aspect of service delivery for local governments. Housing forms one of the basic democratic rights. South Africa however, faces a housing crisis for the poor. Local municipalities like Buffalo City are still battling with informal settlements (shacks) and there seems to be no real progress on…
Women’s empowerment through development of local democracy
The objective of the project, which is a collaboration between Piteå and Chinsali Municipality in Zambia, is that: Officials and elected representatives in Chinsali have the capacity to involve women in the development of local democracy. When the three-year project is completed, the Municipality should have developed methods to involve women in development, and that…
Human Resources – municipal exchange around good leadership and future recruitment
The project “Human Resources – municipal exchange around good leadership and future recruitment” constitutes one-year cooperation between the City of Växjö (formal owner of the project), the Municipality of Älmhult and Tlokwe City Council (South Africa). The overall objective of the new project is to study municipal Human Resources work (HR work) in Sweden and…
Östhammars kommun – City of Poti Sakrebulo, Georgia
Develop Local Democracy by Creating Public Engagement and Involvement in Community and Civil Society Development The overall objective is that citizens are taking active part in the decision making process and their engagement/participation contributes to a more local democratic society – a more democratic local society and good governance. The citizens will learn how to…
Demokratiutveckling genom Fullmäktige
The two-year project is based on a mutual problem analysis where the municipalities have challenges in their work with, and in, the city council. In general terms, it´s about challenges in administration/coordination, transparency and participation, which also affects the accountability to the citizens. The two municipalities have different challenges that they want to develop in…
Good Governance and Decision Making
The overall objective of the Good Governance Decision Making project is a more democratic society – improved decision making powers of local government, its citizens and groups within the community in order to find sustainable ways to meet social, economic and environmental needs and improve the quality of lives for all who live in the…
Resident Dialogue
This project tries to find new solutions for change, development and renewal of the municipal work in order to establish and maintain trust between the community and residents. Project objective:To develop new methods that invite people to participate, make them heard and influence the direction of the future in the communication between local authorities and…
