Inclusive leadership and governance
Civil dialogue to create an attractive image of Jinja
An attractive image of a city creates many possibilities to attract residents, investments and tourists. Developing the dialogue with the residents to reach this has been identified as a key issue in the Jinja-Skellefteå partnership. The objective of this project is that staff & politicians in JMC have the capacity in using an inclusive public…
Good Governance – Civic participation and planning for housing
Providing affordable, safe and comfortable housing is an essential aspect of service delivery for local governments. Housing forms one of the basic democratic rights. South Africa however, faces a housing crisis for the poor. Local municipalities like Buffalo City are still battling with informal settlements (shacks) and there seems to be no real progress on…
LYPP (Local Youth Policy Program)
The overall project objective is to increase young people’s democratic influence. Today there is a democratic deficit of the two parties and they find it difficult to get young people to want to get involved in local democracy. To achieve this, it should be carried out a survey on site in HCM where young people…
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…
Quality education
The project objective is to enhance pupils council and develop entrepreneurial learning. All classes are represented in pupils council. The expected results are that more pupils dare and are able to communicate in English and more pupils are active to analyze how to solve problems. The overall objective is to create independent youth who dare…
Östhammars kommun – City of Poti Sakrebulo, Georgia
Develop Local Democracy by Creating Public Engagement and Involvement in Community and Civil Society Development The overall objective is that citizens are taking active part in the decision making process and their engagement/participation contributes to a more local democratic society – a more democratic local society and good governance. The citizens will learn how to…
Zmejevka Agriculture 2016-2019
In 1930 Gotland received the majority of the returning Swedes from Gammalsvenskbyn in Ukraine that had arrived in Sweden the year before. These Swedish villagers have been a very substantial part of Gotland society ever since. The Ukraine was liberated in 1991 and in 2001 a sister cities’ agreement between the Municipality of Gotland and…
Democracy through Theatre
The project Democracy Through Theatre (henceforth referred to as DTT) levels at a reciprocal exchange of experiences, a competence progress and a deepened knowledge about human rights, democracy and equality. The DTT project will develop forms and methods to strengthen local democracy through initiation and reinforcement of democratic processes for teachers, principals, educationalists, youth at…
Public Relations Best Practice – Internal Communications
By changing the present approach of inadequate internal communication at the Tlokwe City Council to an ongoing, two-way symmetric approach in which the latest technology is utilized by qualified, well-resourced officials to reach strategic communication goals which includes well-informed and motivated officials. This should result in better service delivery, which in turn supports the democratic…
Sites & Stories II, March 2016
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…
