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Youth Engagement
The project tackles the issue of the challenge of including youth in the local democratic processes. In today`s situation, the strategic and political decisions in the municipalities concerning youth are not always knowledge-based. The knowledge on the situation of youth, their opinions and how they lead their lives, is inadequate. In addition, the knowledge and…
Non-Discrimination in Local Governance
The ”Non-Discrimination in Local Governance” project aims to reduce intolerance amongst local communities especially related to vulnerable groups (different races/gender/displaced/refugees/foreigners/sexual orientation/disabled etc) and strengthen integration of these communities for a more united society and non discriminating community. The project objective is to strengthen municipal knowledge, understanding and capacities on issues of discrimination in order to…
Water and Sewage Treatment
This is a three-party cooperation where the municipality if Piesti in Rumania is the third part. This project comprises an exchange of knowledge and experiences in providing efficient management from a financial/technical aspect of investments, operations and long-term planning within water and sewage treatment. A prioritised issue, identified and relevant in the project, are the…
Bräcke kommun and Ivacevichi Municipality, Belarus
Local economic development through sustainable forestry. Bräcke municipality finished the inception phase in February 2009 and agreed to apply for a project about developing forestry in Ivacevichi, to build networks between representatives for the forestry in both municipalities and also exchange experiences of administrations with the aim to develop local government and self-government. The purpose…
School Development Project (upper pre-and sec level)
The collaborating project between Vara and Srikakulam concerns the development of didactic and pedagogical methodology within the field of mathematics in the two municipalities. The executed inception phase established a memorandum where declined results in mathematics in Vara, together with a high level of school “drop outs” in Srikakulam formed the foundation of the proposed…
Wake Up Call!
The purpose of the project is to decrease the number of HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases in both countries by increasing the knowledge. To introduce obligatory sexual education in Busia is a hope. Establishment of Counselling and guidance committees in the schools, Peer Education groups, and Straight Talk Clubs will be a key strategy…
Teacher and principle education
The background for this project is a big lack of skills among teachers and principles in South Africa. The reasons for this are, for instance, low status and the fact that many teachers have died in AIDS which have lead to the employment of young teachers with no education. The aim of this project would…
Development of Citizen NGO Network
The main objective of the project Development of Citizen NGO network is to build a sustainable structure for planning, executing and financing projects between NGO:s in Vänersborg and Omaruru. This can be done by using the existing structures and contacts, the result of ten years of successful cooperation between the two towns. To succeed in…
Kibaha Water Management Project
To cooperate with Kibaha Town Council (KTC) and Kibaha Education Centre (KEC) to achieve a sustainable water supply in Kibaha Education Centre (operational, maintenance and servicing) and a functioning water supply in the village Msangani. The overall project objective: People and institutions within the KEC have a fully functioning water supply with operation of the…
Theater Project
The overall objective of the project is to reduce poverty for people living with disablities. The specific objective is to strengthen the rights of people with disabilities to be part of society. A second objective is to increase understanding for and eliminate prejudice against people with disabilities.
