Social care and wellbeing

  • Bergs Kommun – Krolevets, Ukraine

    Bergs Kommun – Krolevets, Ukraine

    Inception The partnership between Berg Municipality and Krolevets began through ICLD’s matchmaking process at the Visby event Almedalsveckan in June 2025. Since then, two bilateral meetings with senior political leaders and ICLD representatives have laid the groundwork for collaboration. The partnership is now in the process of developing their project idea in the ICLD-funded inception-phase.…

  • Västerås – Shatsk, Ukraine

    Västerås – Shatsk, Ukraine

    Project: A Safer Future for Children The project ”A safer future for children” seeks to address the problem of insufficient awareness and capacity to protect and fulfill children’s rights in rural and small communities, particularly in the context of war and crises. This issue affects community resilience and children’s access to education, safety, and psychological…

  • Lessebo and Guatemala city, Guatemala

    Lessebo and Guatemala city, Guatemala

    Project: Partnership for equality Lessebo and Guatemala city, Guatemala, will together address the lack of involvement of young women (16 to 30 years old) in decision-making and political community participation in Guatemala City. The objectives in Guatemala City are focused around Policy planning as well as Community participation on this issue: • Policies and regulations…

  • Provisions of social workers to victims of internal child trafficking in Uganda: A case study of children living on the streets of Kampala City

    Provisions of social workers to victims of internal child trafficking in Uganda: A case study of children living on the streets of Kampala City

    Human trafficking has become a serious global challenge in the recent past. Regarded as a global epidemic, it has triggered an increase in numbers of children living on the streets especially in countries where internal trafficking in children is a common social vice. This has resulted into a syndemic as a social evil in human…

  • Västerås – Shatsk

    Västerås – Shatsk

    Strengthening Child Rights and Inclusive Communication The partnership between Västerås and Shatsk has deepened through two exchange visits to Västerås, with a strong emphasis on children’s rights—particularly in relation to the right to safety in bomb shelters. The collaboration has contributed to interregional knowledge sharing, capacity building, and civic engagement, especially among youth. A notable…

  • Care Blocks Bogotà

    Care Blocks Bogotà

    This learning case sets out in the city of Bogotá, Colombia. Through the personal story of Graciela, the case examines unpaid care work from an intersectional perspective and reflects on how Bogotá’s Secretariat for Women’s Affairs implemented ”Care blocks” to in 2020. The material can be read on its own but is intended as basis…

  • Älmhult, Växjö and JB Marks, South Africa

    Älmhult, Växjö and JB Marks, South Africa

    Project: Partnership to fight gender-based violence Forthcoming project application pertains to the current partnership between Municipality of Älmhult and City of Växjö and JB Marks Local Municipality. The proposal stretches over three years (2023-2025) and consists of 15 activities in total. This involves a wide group of stakeholders, such as multiple municipal departments, regional organisations…

  • Securing the Right to Housing and Services in eThekwini’s Informal Settlements

    Securing the Right to Housing and Services in eThekwini’s Informal Settlements

    Key Concepts: Spatial Inequality, Right to Housing Like other major cities in South Africa, Durban’s eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality faces a growing population fuelled by migration from both rural areas and neighbouring countries. Many new residents find shelter in informal settlements which are, although real communities, often overcrowded and unsafe, lacking critical infrastructure. The municipality’s Human…

  • Växjö kommuns internationella projektarbete i Sydafrika och Kosovo

    Växjö kommuns internationella projektarbete i Sydafrika och Kosovo

    Växjö kommun deltar sedan flera år inom tre kommunala partnerskap tillsammans med Sydafrika, Kosovo och Vietnam. Kommunala partnerskap bygger på ömsesidiga och resultatorienterade projektsamarbeten som finansieras via svenska ICLD. De projekt som initieras och genomförs stärker både kommunorganisation och anställda med mål om att bidra till FN:s Agenda 2030 och dess 17 hållbarhetsmål. Läs mer…

  • Climate change is not the cause, migration is not the problem: Local representation and precarious young farmers leaving Senegal

    This project examines the role of local governments  in generating or reducing the current trend in which vulnerable people are migrating out of areas where climate variability is viewed as a driver of outmigration. The project seeks to identify means to make policy and practical responses to climate change supportive of local democracy – to…