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Sites and Stories
To improve the socio-economic well-being and develop the communities by engaging people in the democratic process on local stories and historical sites. The project objective is to create sustainable educational programs together with communities and schools on heritage and culture, local sites and stories, engaging people in interviews, drama, time travels as a way to…
Cooperation Malmö-Swakopmund part 2 – ESD
The overall objective is: A sustainable city with engaged citizens. The project objective is: Learners and pedagogues are more aware of what a sustainable city is and how they can contribute in creating it. The specific objectives are:
Creating a supportive environment for health and learning
The proportion of children and young people with mental illness and disorders is increasing both in Sweden and in China. There is also, in both countries, an increase in lifestyle-related diseases such as overweight and obesity, even among adolescence. These risk factors affect both the motivation to maintain a healthy lifestyle as well as the…
Local energy approach
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…
Participation and voice implementation
Through the feasibility study ”Participation and voice” we have been able to identify the problem and basis for a collaborative project between the municipalities regarding democracy issues for young people. The feasibility study’s results show many similar challenges, but with different strengths of the partners. A clear deficiency and thereby focus of the project is…
The right to influence for children and youth
The project ‘The right to influence for children and youth’ aims to improve the knowledge of UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and to engage more young people in local democratic work in both participating municipalities. The project will primarily focus on working with young people aged 13-18 in certain schools and…
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,…
Revamping Waste Management in Swakopmund through Recycling and Re-use
The objectives of the project are to recycle waste in a structured way, reduce the waste at the landfill and to create jobs for unemployed citizens. This will be done in two ways: Start recycling of household waste in the residential areas, where the households can separate the recyclable waste themselves. This will decrease the…
Influence and participation – a democratic and human right
In a democratic society of today all people should have the same influence and participation no matter what age, social situation or life circumstances they might have. Everybody must be included in society and get a good chance to live a meaningful and long life. The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health, known more…
Cooperative Company – an opportunity
As a result of the inception phase for a municipality partnership, which was completed in summer 2009, the Municipality Office, the Department for Culture and Leisure and the Department for Employment and Social Services in Karlstad have the intention of running two projects in cooperation with the Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality. The two municipalities of Gaziantep…
