Tangshan and Malmö share an economic background of reliance on old-style heavy industry, but both are moving towards the future in pursuit of a more sustainable urban fabric. In Malmö, pioneering sustainability concepts have been tried out in practice, in the transformation of part of the old industrial Western Harbour into housing, business and recreational…
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…
The project aims at several aspects of institutional Capacity development. The project will result in a changed profile in waste management for the community in Palu. The capacity for waste management will be strengthened through new developed systems for education on waste management. Through education and information as well as inviting NGO´s to discuss waste…
Overall Objective:Building a strategic well planned waste management focused on the specific area “Voi Central Business Area”, will serve as a model for developing the larger scale. By focusing on doing it step by step with great concern of the local possibilities today without forgetting planning for future development, we can see the overall objective…
The project aims to strengthen capacity around the institutionalisation of climate response considerations into municipal planning and processes in order to ensure that a city is able to effectively respond to both the challenges and opportunities arising from climate change. The project proposes to identify the barriers to ensuring effective climate response within a city,…
The Mwanga District shall contribute to the development of service-producing activities, of both private and public businesses, which seize the new possibilities that continuously arise in the municipality. The project shall develop a model of how service-producing activities, which seize the possibilities that already exist today within the municipality, can be developed in Mwanga. In…
The project’s overall objective is achieving a democratic and transparent planning process involving stakeholders at different levels in the field of wastewater and organic waste management. The project will allow both Thai Nguyen and Linköping to support each other in the process of raising and discussing problems related to regulatory and governing processes. The project…
The overall objective is the strengthening of youth leadership that has the expertise to work with local democratic development, leadership in multicultural environments and harsh environments of the sport as an arena. The following objectives will be implemented during the project: An internet-based training will be conducted for at least twenty leaders. Exchanges programs will…
Health inequity is a serious global problem and social determinants are strong predictors for health status. So is the place where you live; people in urban areas typically have better health than people in rural communities, where healthcare resources additionally are scarce. This project builds on the joint challenge of the two partners to provide…
2013-14 the project Sites and Stories was carried out, which aimed to develop local democracy by engaging people in local sites and stories and create pedagogical concepts for reflection on contemporary issues, such as democracy, societal challenges and dreams for the future. The project was a great success. Now Entebbe Municipality wants to take a…