Zambia
Alingsås and Chililabombwe, Zambia
Project: Equal value in the Democratic process After a pre-phase Alingsås and Chililabombwe in Zambia decided to continue collaborating around the subject Citizen Dialogue. In 2015, Alingsås and Chiliabombwe applied for continuing the project. The project was granted the steering group and the project group could continue the work during 2017. The project will face…
Agenda 2030 a given in all of Malmö’s partnerships
Malmö has a multicultural palette with which to work, with 181 nationalities represented in a concentrated space. This has obviously influenced the city, which lies on the threshold of Europe. “Separating global from local is virtually impossible here. Things that happen globally affect us too – that’s very apparent,” says Monika Månsson, a Project Manager…
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…
‘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…
Lidköping and Lusaka, Zambia
Project: Sustainable Municipalities in Concert Based on the preliminary study, Lidköping Municipality and Lusaka LCC focus their future cooperation on sustainable waste management. We want to carry out communication activities to raise awareness of young people, politicians and officials in the municipality as well as publicly on waste and recycling from an environmental and health…
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…
Many common points between Alingsås and Chililabombwe
Livingstone, in Zambia, was the meeting place for an international ICLD conference on municipal partnerships attended by politicians from Zambia and Sweden in December 2017. It was also an opportunity for ICLD’s steering group to share experiences and be motivated in their roles. “It’s exciting to find we have the same goals, but are working…
Malmö and Lusaka, Zambia
Project: Youth for Change Lusaka and Malmö are two cities with a young population. Together we have identified a need to develop better strategies for youth participation to make use of the potential and perspectives that young people possess. Inclusive processes will provide us with better policies, better decisions and increase local democracy. This is…
