Social care and wellbeing
Youth Policy (based on the LUPP Survey)
After a project concerning youth, culture and social conditions in our both municipalities we felt a need to develop our results and use a more scientific approach. We heard about the LUPP survey, a local follow-up of youth policy in municipalities. It is developed in Sweden by the Swedish National Board of Youth Affairs and…
Collaboration Municipality – Local NGO’s
One of the reasons for the project is to strengthen the umbrella organisation in Åmål called Samverket. It is a centre that coordinates the local voluntary work in order to unite and help the people who need it. Groups that are a part of Samverket are among others elderly, youth, immigrants who are not yet…
Thematic Job Shadowing in the Field of Social Inclusion
The general objective is to make our municipalities become national “best practices” where inclusion and equality foster sustainable growth. The aim of the project is to supply each other’s organisations with an analysis of and recommendations on sectors which can be improved in order to increase social inclusion. This will be done through informal examination…
Social inclusion of children and young adults with disabilities
The project’s long-term goal is to improve living conditions and isolation for children and young adults with disabilities in Vitebsk region, Belarus. The objectives in the coming years is to develop information to society about disability, find the quality of life for families with disabled family members, and develop the resources of society for people…
Promoting Youth Participation
The projects overall objective is to expand and deepen the dialogue between local authorities, civil society and youth. It seeks to expand the possibilities for youth between 15-30 to participate in the development of the local community. We want to make a contribution into improvement of dialogue between young people, youth NGO:s and local authorities…
Citizen dialogue Project
The Municipality of Alingsås and The Municipality of Chililabombwe in Zambia have decided to continue collaborating around the subject of Citizen Dialogue. The project addresses communication issues that are relevant in both municipalities: How do we find new ways and methods to improve our communication with the target group? Alingsås will work with the target…
More Living-Active Age
In previous projects between the Cape Winelands District Municipality, South Africa and the Regional Council in Kalmar County has the importance of the local heritage for social cohesion and community development played an important role. The focus has been on young people and the local population. An obvious result of this has been the formation…
Östhammars kommun – City of Poti Sakrebulo, Georgia
Social inclusion – Developing the municipal service for elderly people and disabled children in Poti. The project focuses on the social area and concentrates upon education of staff at the “Poti rehabilitation centre” and the teachers. The aim of the project is to strengthen the children age 7-12 at the Poti rehabilitation centre and in…
Children’s Great Growth
This is a three-party cooperation and the third part is Ukmerge, Lithuania. The aim of the project is transferring of knowledge and exchange of experiences in order to strengthen the possibilities for children in Kamyanets-Podilskyi Ukraine, Ukmerge Lithuania and in Herrljunga Municipality to get a good growth. The starting point of the project is to…
Equal Opportunities
To work with/for civil rights is one of the basic principles for a democratic development of the society and is relevant irrespective of economic and cultural context. In the project we will work with issues that affect people with disabilities. We believe that both municipalities will be able to develop the democratic processes or/and the…
