Capacity Building Project
The City of Växjö, Sweden, and the An Giang Province, Vietnam, is having a cooperation about sharing knowledge, competence and experience related to environmental issues and sustainable development. This two-year project, called Capacity Building, is targeting the areas of public ownership, transparency, climate and environment, waste and financing of projects.
Organisering och utveckling av daglig verksamhet
The two-year year project aims to increase knowledge about the formation of daily activity centers and strengthen the municipal organization in order for it to integrate individuals with disabilities so that they can to a larger extent participate in society as full citizens. The target group is to be offered meaningful activities and occupation and…
Spatial planning with focus on water and energy
One of the goals for this project is to achieve a deeper knowledge about long-term sustainable development in the fields of spatial planning/district planning. Another goal is to increase the knowledge about water- and energy issues and the relation between spatial planning and environment. In the project, knowledge about the planning process and its means…
Learning Center
Arvidsjaur Municipality will together with Mwanga District create an active Learning Center with the objective to increase knowledge on both individual – and group level and thereby fight poverty, increase equality, create a sustainable society and develop local democracy.The Learning Center will be based on the needs of knowledge and experiences required in Mwanga District…
Leseding – give light (Adult education 2)
Leseding is a two-year project sprung from a previous project focusing on Adult Education in South Africa and Sweden. The two areas of focus are career guidance and curriculums. The South African side wish to develop their career guidance using “the Växjö-model” of Centralen as a starting point (www.centralen.vaxjo.se). In South Africa career guidance today…
City Clusters in Sleman
The project aims at several aspects of institutional capacity development. The project will result in a changed profile in waste management for the community in Palu. The capacity for waste management will be strengthened through new developed systems for education on waste management. Through education and information as well as inviting NGO´s to discuss waste…
Inner City Planning
The overall objective is the identification of the role of a well-conceived vision and strategic objectives for the city that will lead to strategies for the future development of the inner city areas in an optimal manner. The City of Gothenburg is organized in respect of the RiverCity Gothenburg project which has outlined a vision…
Developing strategies and methods for participatory planning
The project’s overall objective is achieving a democratic and transparent planning process involving stakeholders at different levels in the field of wastewater and organic waste management. The project will allow both Thai Nguyen and Linköping to support each other in the process of raising and discussing problems related to regulatory and governing processes. The project…
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…
Young people’s voices in developing a youth centre
This is a one-year project resulting from the cooperation between Vimmerby municipality and Mukono town council in Uganda. The projects goal is to enhance youth’s and children’s awareness of democratic, cultural and ethical rights and their potential in Mukono and in Vimmerby. Both Vimmerby municipal and Mukono city council will achieve the goal through building…
