This project tries to find new solutions for change, development and renewal of the municipal work in order to establish and maintain trust between the community and residents. Project objective:To develop new methods that invite people to participate, make them heard and influence the direction of the future in the communication between local authorities and…
In 1930 Gotland received the majority of the returning Swedes from Gammalsvenskbyn in Ukraine that had arrived in Sweden the year before. These Swedish villagers have been a very substantial part of Gotland society ever since. The Ukraine was liberated in 1991 and in 2001 a sister cities’ agreement between the Municipality of Gotland and…
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…
Kalix and Kampala want to move further with the started work concerning sustainable development and participatory local democracy at primary school level, initiated and approved by Sala Ida in May 2008 (Reported to Sala Ida June 2009). Kalix strives to cover a broader diversity of perspectives on sustainable development directed to teachers, students and school-management…
The project is focusing on development of a strategy program for waste to energy, focusing on rice waste to energy which would be carried out during a time span of three years. Rice straw and rice husk are a potential natural biomass source for energy production. As of now, only a small part of rice…
The waste in the region is not taken care of in an environmental, economic and social acceptable way. The region doesn’t have any excising waste managing plan. The Kavango Regional Council’s and the town council’s capacity to handle waste management in an administrative acceptable way is not enough developed. The overall objective of the project…
The overall objective of the project is to create conditions towards the insight that a new democratic governance structure must be implemented to achieve societal change in all spheres and sectors. The preparatory phase, between the municipality of Lidköping and Novi Grad Sarajevo, ended up in a cooperation project called Enterprise Democracy. The project has…
The project will contribute to reducing poverty in Rombo district, Tanzania by introducing new democratic tools for anchoring, implementation and capacity building that contribute to increased civic participation and democratic possibilities for influence. Through the use of education, information/pilot plants in order to help increase locally produced renewable energy that streamline working methods and long-term…
Continuing the partnership between Gaborone and Västerås this is a knowledge and experience exchange project within waste management. The overall objective is to achieve improved community resilience and a more sustainable environment in Gaborone and in Västerås. The aim is to: introduce source separation of recyclable waste in a pilot area of approximately 1200 households…