South Africa
Tshwaraganang Library Project
This is a one year project resulting from the cooperation between Växjö municipality and Tlokwe city council in the area of culture and leisure. The project itself is called “Tshwaraganang – library project; and the goal of the project is to raise the level of competence and awareness regarding library services including: marketing the library,…
Young Entrepreneurs
Reduce youth unemployment and increase the number of young people creating their own jobs as well as jobs for others trough starting enterprises, thus also supporting themselves and paying taxes. Develop an entrepreneurial spirit, mentality, confidence and skill of the school going youth to enable them, when entering the labour market, to create their own…
Adult education in contruction
This is a one year project resulting from an earlier established partnership between Söderhamn municipality and Ugu municipality in South Africa. The project is in the field of adult education and the main focus is on construction and development work. In South Africa there is a great shortage of skilled construction workers, while unemployment is…
Ambulance Services
The Ambulance services in Buffalo City and Gävle were earlier involved in the project “Disaster management”. It was successful and it opened our eyes to issues in the ambulance organization in both South Africa and Sweden, but more importantly it showed how both countries could assist each other to develop the ambulance services. The projects…
The Blåklockan – Masimayane partnership to strengthen responses to violence against women
The overarching vision and longterm objective is to end violence against women and girls in South Africa and Sweden. This project will contribute to the awareness of and prevention of violence against women and girls. And also contribute to strengthen the support mechanisms for women and children who do have experienced violence in Gävle and…
Co-operation in air quality management and permetting between City of Göteborg and Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality
The bill of rights contained in the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 (Act 108 of 1996) is the cornerstone of democracy in South Africa. The Constitution places responsibility on the state to respect, protect and promote the rights of all people – including the right to an environment that is not harmful…
SIPP – A pragmatic dialogue on Sustainable Integrated Planning Practice
This is a one-year project resulting from the partnership between Väjxö and Tlokwe municipalities. The objective of the project is to develop a Sustainable Integrated Planning Practice within the field of Town Planning. The activities planned for are geared to address the following areas: High density urban design Urban energy saving Rental housing models Application…
Promotion of Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women
The one-year project “Promotion of Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women” has been implemented in close cooperation between the two official partners the City of Växjö and Tlokwe City Council. The overall objective of the project has been to highlight current prerequisites for gender equality in Sweden and South Africa, and examine what concrete actions…
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…
Waste Management Development in Langeberg Municipality
The project aims to improve waste management in Langeberg Municipality in terms of their ongoing strategic planning and national goal “Zero Waste by 2020”. South Municipalities in South Africa face major challenges to provide citizens with an efficient service delivery in areas such as waste management. Langeberg has been selected by the Cape Winelands District…
