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  • Håbo, Livingstone and Victoria Falls – Zambia/Zimbabwe

    Håbo, Livingstone and Victoria Falls – Zambia/Zimbabwe

    Youth Rights Connect Håbo, Livingstone and Victoria Falls municipalities are carrying out an Inception to have the opportunity to jointly develop a project plan closely linked to human right topics youth rights to participation, education and well being and Agenda 2030, Goals: 1 No Poverty, 3 Good health and Well-being, 4 Quality Education and 5…

  • Falkenberg, Sundays river valley och Sarah Baartman district – South Africa

    Falkenberg, Sundays river valley och Sarah Baartman district – South Africa

    Building bridges The partners state that children and youth exclusion often is perpetuated by poverty and inequality, which limit access to resources and opportunities for young people to improve their social mobility and economic prospects. For the South African partners the objectives are to gain capability to: No interventions or activities for youth shall be…

  • Empowering Local Governments as Network Hubs in Facing Covid-19

    Emergencies such as the COVID-19 pandemic can create tensions between national and local government when these are attempting to apply strategies to manage an urgent or major situation. This policy brief highlights the role of cities during the pandemic in terms of providing a link among citizens, and to the national government. Coordinating and connecting…

  • Region Stockholm and Jinja City, Uganda

    Region Stockholm and Jinja City, Uganda

    Child Thrive: Neonatology, Child Rights, Emergency Care & Child Neurology (4 projects) Region Stockholm, through Astrid Lindgren Children’s Hospital (ALB), and Jinja City in Uganda, together with Non-Governmental Organisations in both countries, have established a partnership driving four interconnected projects. These projects share the joint objective of improving the quality of care for children, with…

  • Region Östergötland and Uasin Gishu, Kenya

    Region Östergötland and Uasin Gishu, Kenya

    Developing cancer health care through institutional collaboration The project aims to address the problems associated with unequal cancer care and low institutional capacity. Several causes to the main problem were identified: deficiencies regarding organisational structure, level of public knowledge, care availability and accessibility, limited resources, ethical considerations, political guidance, and more. These causes can be…

  • Local Democracy in Health Emergency

    This paper analyzes how local governments along with local communities have responded to the health emergency during the pandemic COVID-19. We conducted both content analysis and in-depth interviews to gather data. While the government followed a regulatory approach to enforce lockdown and health measures, we found that an inclusive and resilient community model may be…

  • Älmhult and JB Marks, South Africa

    Älmhult and JB Marks, South Africa

    Project: Strategic Planning of Green Open Spaces in Growing Cities Det föreslagna projektet bygger på en gemensam problemanalys där varken Älmhults kommun eller JB Marks kommun har en politiskt antagen grönstrukturplan. Det försvårar prioriteringar, allokering av ekonomiska medel samt hindrar en optimal användning av gröna ytor för att gynna miljön och samhället i stort. Därmed…

  • Region Västerbotten and Homa Bay, Kenya

    Region Västerbotten and Homa Bay, Kenya

    Governance in providing accessible, affordable, equitable and quality health care service to the citizens The main objective is to establish structures and processes for a high-quality functional management, collaboration and coordination function/unit for equitable health care in Homa Bay County. Regarding the Centre for Rural Medicine (CRM) which is a department within The County Council…

  • Lycksele and Homa Bay, Kenya

    Lycksele and Homa Bay, Kenya

    Project: Sustainable water and waste management as a way of promoting public health The project objective is to produce a comprehensive plan for integrated waste and water management in Homa Bay County with focus on waste management supporting public health in the county. The project is linked to another project with a specific focus on…

  • Borlänge and Chisinau, Moldova

    Borlänge and Chisinau, Moldova

    Project: Increase the competence of the teachers in the areas of Autism & ADHD Internationally, around 1 in 68 children are now diagnosed an autism spectrum. In Chisinau, Moldova, there 150 children with autism registered at the municipality until 2016. Many of them have ADHD at the same time. Those children enjoy the equal right…