South Africa
Good learning experience for visitors from JB Marks
They’re very ambitious, they have multiple goals, and many of their challenges are shared. When Växjö and JB Marks Local Municipality from South Africa talk about municipal partnerships, the strategic objective ranges across the entire Agenda 2030 map. “We’ve created a project focus that will give us opportunities for collaboration. What we now need to…
‘Know Your Neighbour Project’ can bring change in Lusaka
The ‘Know Your Neighbour Project’ encourages residents of Kapwepwe Ward in Lusaka to know each other, to invite a neighbor to community meetings and to actively participate in local governance issues. “I wake up each morning feeling positive that the initiative is the right one, and it is long overdue”, says Charity Kalombo, part of…
Youth Access Project
This project is one of four interrelated and integrated projects that form part of one programme or suite of projects. In order to understand the project in this context please refer to the accompanying document titled “Concept Document to accompany applications to ICLD on behalf of City of Gothenburg and Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality for…
Landstinget Kronoberg – North West 405 Municipality
The goal of the project “Sports, culture and integration program”, SCIP: a strengthened, competent municipal department organization where the staff promotes and supports local initiatives for volunteering and association forming within sport, culture and integration work. The project aims to create knowledge, understanding and insight into how the municipality can encourage and support local initiatives…
Accessible cities 2017-2020
This project is one of four interrelated and integrated projects that form part of one programme or suite of projects. This project is the main project and it builds upon the work that has been previously done between NMBM and the City of Gothenburg. Based on the toolkit produced in the previous project we will…
Participation – A deeper understanding of the past builds a better future
Kalmar County Museum has developed a time travel methodology used by the Kalmar County regional federation and the Cape Winelands District in South Africa as part of their municipal partnership.
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 Coordination Structure to support vulnerable families
This new project is based on the partnership between the City of Växjö and North West 405 Municipality (former Tlokwe City Council) and suggests three years of cooperation (2017-2019) with active participation from regional authorities, labour office, the police, NGOs/CBOs etc. The project objective is to strengthen public capacity to provide support for family units…
A toolbox for success
The first partnership between Gothenburg in Sweden and Nelson Mandela Bay in South Africa was formed in 1999, since when a number of instructive projects have been conducted. In 2012, the two municipalities decided to take their partnership much further than ever before.
