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Umeå and Cau Giay, Vietnam
Project: Managers – Agents for Sustainable Development The main goal of the project is to increase the capacity among a selection of managers of school areas, schools and pre-schools to support education for sustainable development (ESD) which contributes to behavioural change, readiness and capacity to act for change based on the 2030 agenda for sustainable development.…
Piteå and Chinsali, Zambia
Project: Empowerment of disadvantaged groups through local democracy In Chinsali there is low participation of women in local democracy and lack of trust for the municipality among the public. There is a lack of tools, knowledge/awareness and recourses within the municipal organization. In Piteå social economical and geographic factors leads to lower trust and lower…
Resident Dialogue 2.0
The short-term aim of this project is to develop an existing partnership related to residents’ dialogues between the municipalities Jinan and Västerås. It means meeting residents’ needs and continuously improve efficiency and availability with focus on Contact Centre and Hotline12345, the single point of entry for residents who want to contact Västerås and Jinan, respectively. Jinan…
Vänersborg and Chobe, Botswana
Project: ECOWAMA36 Continuing the partnership between Chobe District and Vänersborg Municipality, this is a knowledge and experience exchange project within solid waste management. The overall objective is to achieve improved community resilience and a more sustainable environment in Chobe District and in Vänersborg. The project objective: Enhanced conditions for a more efficient and sustainable solid…
Växjö and JB Marks, South Africa
Project: Development of an Energy Plan in Line with Agenda 2030 “Development of an Energy Plan in Line with Agenda 2030” is a two-year project (2019-2020) based on the municipal partnership between Växjö Energi, Växjö municipality (Sweden) and JB Marks Local Municipality (South Africa). The project is based on the Sustainable Development Goal no 7:…
Växjö and An Giang, Vietnam
Project: Sustainable water management (Blue Vietnam) An Giang province in Vietnam and the Municipality of Växjö in Sweden, have implemented several partnership projects since 2010. This time, the partners have identified water management as the most relevant area for further cooperation and have in a thorough stakeholder and problem analysis prepared an implementation project that…
Åmål kommun – Dunhuang
The work with digital concepts for an increased safety, service and participation for elderly, have been an envisaged area of cooperation for a long time between the Municipality of Åmål and the City of Dunhuang. The cities face similar challenges where the proportion of elderly increases at the same time as the aging population grows.…
Växjö and JB Marks, South Africa
Project: Public skills training to create new job opportunities and fight poverty This project is based on the municipal partnership between City of Växjö and JB Marks Local Municipality (South Africa). The three-year proposal (2019-2021) consists of 15 activities and involves also regional partners, labour-office, university, civil society and private business sector. The project objective…
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…
Växjö and Vushtrri, Kosovo
Project: Sustainability education in preschool/primary school The purpose of the three-year project (2019-2021) is to strengthen the organizational capacity of the municipalities to educate preschool/primary school students in Vushtrri and Växjö about the environment and sustainability. For Växjö, it entails developing working methods and cross-border cooperation, both locally and globally. For Vushtrri’s part, it is…
