South Africa
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…
Project for Rescue Service
This new project is a logical continuation of the ICLD funded inception project Rescue Service between Region Kronoberg and Tlokwe City Council which was very successful. The main problem of this project is how can the Rescue Service (Fire Brigade Service) get a more effective rescue operation with existing resources. There are many factors that…
Water Management
In UGU District, as in South Africa in general, to communicate information between the producer of piped drinking water and the consumers is a major problem, especially in the rural areas. Major reasons for this are the lack of junior engineering staff who can work with information and education, and the fact that information on…
Public Relations, Best Practices 3
This is a one year project resulting from the previously established cooperation between the municipality of Växjö and Tlokwe city council. The project has been operational for two years and this is the third year of implementation. The aim of the project is to improve on the standards of local democracy and administration in Tlokwe…
Youth Engagement
The project tackles the issue of the challenge of including youth in the local democratic processes. In today`s situation, the strategic and political decisions in the municipalities concerning youth are not always knowledge-based. The knowledge on the situation of youth, their opinions and how they lead their lives, is inadequate. In addition, the knowledge and…
Inner City Planning
The overall objective is the identification of the role of a well-conceived vision and strategic objectives for the city that will lead to strategies for the future development of the inner city areas in an optimal manner. The City of Gothenburg is organized in respect of the RiverCity Gothenburg project which has outlined a vision…
Paving way for support and skills-training of dropouts
The project objective sets a good and dynamic cooperation between public and voluntary actors when it comes to identifying, approaching and supporting young males and females, which have dropped out of school/education and gone into open unemployment. After two years of working together, the project partners have mapped internal relations, clarified responsibilities, exchanged best practices…
Non-Discrimination in Local Governance
The ”Non-Discrimination in Local Governance” project aims to reduce intolerance amongst local communities especially related to vulnerable groups (different races/gender/displaced/refugees/foreigners/sexual orientation/disabled etc) and strengthen integration of these communities for a more united society and non discriminating community. The project objective is to strengthen municipal knowledge, understanding and capacities on issues of discrimination in order to…
Waste Management and Implementation
The project aims to decrease poverty in Ulundi by increasing the municipal capacity on waste management to give the population a safer and healthier habitat, to increase the population’s ability to influence their own situation. To establish a sustainable waste management and growth in Ulundi, the project also includes capacity building on services to cooperatives…
Tlokwe Inclusivity Disability Sector II
The two-year project aims to build capacity on local and regional level in order to start and develop daily activities for persons with mental and learning disability coming from the previously disadvantaged areas in Potchefstroom. Today there is a problem that young adults with disabilities after finishing school have nowhere to go and they end…
