South Africa

  • More Living-Active Age

    More Living-Active Age

    In previous projects between the Cape Winelands District Municipality, South Africa and the Regional Council in Kalmar County has the importance of the local heritage for social cohesion and community development played an important role. The focus has been on young people and the local population. An obvious result of this has been the formation…

  • Public Relations, Best Practices 3

    Public Relations, Best Practices 3

    This is a one year project resulting from the previously established cooperation between the municipality of Växjö and Tlokwe city council. The project has been operational for two years and this is the third year of implementation. The aim of the project is to improve on the standards of local democracy and administration in Tlokwe…

  • Co-operation in air quality management and permetting between City of Göteborg and Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality

    Co-operation in air quality management and permetting between City of Göteborg and Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality

    The bill of rights contained in the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 (Act 108 of 1996) is the cornerstone of democracy in South Africa. The Constitution places responsibility on the state to respect, protect and promote the rights of all people – including the right to an environment that is not harmful…

  • Good Governance and Decision Making

    Good Governance and Decision Making

    The overall objective of the Good Governance Decision Making project is a more democratic society – improved decision making powers of local government, its citizens and groups within the community in order to find sustainable ways to meet social, economic and environmental needs and improve the quality of lives for all who live in the…

  • Politician Project: Leadership, Coalitions & Voters

    Politician Project: Leadership, Coalitions & Voters

    The overall objective (10-15 years) is to strengthen democracy and structures of good governance at local and regional level in the two regions (Kronoberg/southern Småland and Tlokwe). The long-term objective includes highly attractive political parties, competent party workers and good leaders with the skill to cooperate with other parties and communicate with the citizens/community. In…

  • Tshwaraganang Library Project

    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,…

  • Human Resources – municipal exchange around good leadership and future recruitment

    Human Resources – municipal exchange around good leadership and future recruitment

    The project ”Human Resources – municipal exchange around good leadership and future recruitment” constitutes one-year cooperation between the City of Växjö (formal owner of the project), the Municipality of Älmhult and Tlokwe City Council (South Africa). The overall objective of the new project is to study municipal Human Resources work (HR work) in Sweden and…

  • Renewable Energy Pilot

    Renewable Energy Pilot

    The overall objective of the project is improved organizational structures and preparedness for energy-related issues. With the help of this project we see that in 10-15 years the following has happened: When the project is finalized, both Gävle Energi and Buffalo City will have exchanged methods for improving energy efficiency, established pre-requisites for implementation of…

  • Project for Rescue Service

    Project for Rescue Service

    This new project is a logical continuation of the ICLD funded inception project Rescue Service between Region Kronoberg and Tlokwe City Council which was very successful. The main problem of this project is how can the Rescue Service (Fire Brigade Service) get a more effective rescue operation with existing resources. There are many factors that…

  • SIPP – A pragmatic dialogue on Sustainable Integrated Planning Practice

    SIPP – A pragmatic dialogue on Sustainable Integrated Planning Practice

    This is a one-year project resulting from the partnership between Väjxö and Tlokwe municipalities. The objective of the project is to develop a Sustainable Integrated Planning Practice within the field of Town Planning. The activities planned for are geared to address the following areas: High density urban design Urban energy saving Rental housing models Application…