Uganda
Gender Mainstreaming
Are you a local government official? Do you want to develop gender equality in your municipality and contribute to gender-equal lives for all citizens? This 18 months International Training Programme offers a training in how to gender mainstream local democracy. You will have the opportunity to work on a change process from your own local…
What could be more important than something that affects every woman and every man?
Fair distribution of power, influence and resources for women and men is the fifth of the UN’s sustainable development goals. Many regard it as one of the most important goals and it is the focus of a new ICLD training programme. “I want to see gender equality analysis skills developed at the local level, together…
Vimmerby and Mukono, Uganda
Project: New options for youth employement This partnership works on developing vocational and study guidance for young people. Both in Mukono Municipality and in Vimmerby municipality. The needs of both municipalities look very different, but so does our knowledge of this field and where we can complement and learn from each other in a very…
Public Financial Management and Local Economic Development
This programme has been finalised in June 2023 Are you a local government official in decision making position? Do you want to learn more about financial management and how to support local development? If the answer is yes – this programme is for you! This 18-month programme offers training in public financial management and local…
New start Leksand and Soroti- fighting unemployment
Soroti Municipality and Leksands kommun has identified two common challenges: There are groups in the community that are more burdened with long term unemployment than other groups. There are material resources being thrown away as waste instead of being recycled and used. To become employed when having been outside the work market for a long…
Women’s Political Leadership
Open for applications from 5 May If you are a local political leader in any of the OECD-DAC listed ODA-countries, a woman and most importantly, a driver for change – this programme is for you. The 12-months training focuses on developing political leadership skills and is open only to women leaders who hold an elected or appointed…
Defining Waste Management
The aims and goals in this project differ in according to the three focus areas. Because of the projects focus on the soft issues it can be difficult to determine the actual goal as this can shift during a process like this. The goals will therefore aim to the execution of the project. Organisation of…
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…
Sites and Stories
To improve the socio-economic well-being and develop the communities by engaging people in the democratic process on local stories and historical sites. The project objective is to create sustainable educational programs together with communities and schools on heritage and culture, local sites and stories, engaging people in interviews, drama, time travels as a way to…
Civil dialogue to create an attractive image of Jinja
An attractive image of a city creates many possibilities to attract residents, investments and tourists. Developing the dialogue with the residents to reach this has been identified as a key issue in the Jinja-Skellefteå partnership. The objective of this project is that staff & politicians in JMC have the capacity in using an inclusive public…
