Kalix and Masaka, Uganda
Project name: Student-oriented learning The project addresses the issue of limited access to quality education and opportunities for students in Masaka, Uganda. Many students face challenges in fully developing their potential, leading to high dropout rates, lack of motivation, and inadequate preparation for the labor market. The overarching goal is to increase civic participation and…
Växjö and JB Marks, South Africa
Projekt: Efficient and Responsive Traffic Planning The new project focuses on the promotion of road safety by increasing the mobility for children, minorities, underrepresented groups, and the socety as a whole. The project streaches over three years and is based on the SDG no 11. Sustainable cities and communities. The aim with the…
Region Gotland and Kibaha Town Council
Project: Together against Gender Based Violence The project focuses on tackling gender-based violence (GBV) in Kibaha and Region Gotland with a specific focus on societal cooperation to address this urgent concern. It aims to enhance knowledge and implementation of national strategies, identifying gaps in gender desks and administrative levels at the village level in Kibaha.…
Västerås City and Gaborone City Council
Continuing the partnership between Gaborone and Västerås this is a knowledge and experience exchange project within waste management and sustainable consumption. The overall objective is to achieve improved community resilience and a more sustainable environment in Gaborone and in Västerås. This will be achieved by targeting three organisational areas: The project will provide the partners…
Karlskrona – Chortkiv
Democratic Resilience through Life long learning The partnership between Karlskrona and Chortkiv builds on a long-standing collaboration centred around Litorina Folk High School. It has evolved into a project focused on adult education for older citizens—a group heavily impacted by the war in Ukraine. In Chortkiv, the initiative plays a tangible role in improving health,…
Växjö and Vushtrri, Kosovo
Växjö and Vushtrri partnership is embarking on a new project that seeks to improve accessibility to municipal services and information by effectively managing municipal archives. The project identifies three key beneficiary groups: citizens in rural areas, ethnic minorities, and students/researchers at universities. These groups face challenges in accessing information and documents due to factors such…
Lidköping and Lusaka, Zambia
Project:Climate smart and resilient municipalities Lidköping and City of Lusaka Our municipalities have underdeveloped sufficient collaboration within and outside the organizations, effective cross-sectoral working methods need to be developed to mobilize resources for climate action.We will implement initiatives to develop collaboration methods and coordinate actors in our municipalities to prevent and cope with climate change.…
Robertsfors och Machakos, Kenya
Project: Climate action As per the Kenya National Climate Change Action Plan, Kenya’s 2010 Constitution and Vision 2030, the importance of participation of the diversity of the Kenyan people in environmental matters such as climate change is noted. This is specifically entrenched in Article 69(1) (e) the Constitution 2010, which states, that “the state shall…
Region Västerbotten, Umeå Municipality and Kisumu County, Kenya
Project: Partnership and Governance for Health and Resilience in relation to Climate Change and Environment in Kenyan Counties alongside Lake Victoria The project will establish a partnership between The County of Västerbotten and Kenyan counties in the Lake Victoria Basin area. The partnership will be governed by Center for Rural Medicine/Region Västerbotten, Umeå Municipality and…
Region Västerbotten and Homa Bay, Kenya
Project: Governance for youth health in Homa Bay County Homa Bay County and Region Västerbotten via Centre for rural medicine are finalizing their project on leadership and governance for the provision of equitable health care. The main objective of this project was to strengthen the structures and processes for a high-quality functional management, collaboration, and…
