Social care and wellbeing
Social Inclusion 2.0 – Network for Impaired Youth Access to Culture & Sports
The international cooperation work ”Social Inclusion 2.0 – Network for access of young people with disabilities to culture and sports” is a project that implements the pre-study carried out by our partnership on how especially vulnerable groups in Chobe District in northern Botswana are included in the society more than before. The project focuses on…
Creating a Better Life for the Elderly
In a democratic society, the senior citizens regardless of their race, religion, gender, social status should enjoy the same rights to social securities. Borlänge and Wuhan are facing different challenges with elderly care due to the rapid development of aging population. Instead of moving to the pension house, many seniors can live an independent life…
New Coordination Structure to support vulnerable families
This new project is based on the partnership between the City of Växjö and North West 405 Municipality (former Tlokwe City Council) and suggests three years of cooperation (2017-2019) with active participation from regional authorities, labour office, the police, NGOs/CBOs etc. The project objective is to strengthen public capacity to provide support for family units…
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.
The Blåklockan – Masimayane partnership to strengthen responses to violence against women
The overarching vision and longterm objective is to end violence against women and girls in South Africa and Sweden. This project will contribute to the awareness of and prevention of violence against women and girls. And also contribute to strengthen the support mechanisms for women and children who do have experienced violence in Gävle and…
Social Welfare and NGO Partnership
The partnership between Åmål and Manafwa municipalities was established with the objective of establishing links between NGOs and CBOs in Åmål and Manafwa. The aim of the project is to: improve on social welfare services in the two municipalities improve interaction between municipal authorities and civil society and create awareness about social welfare challenges in…
Thematic Job Shadowing in the Field of Social Inclusion
The general objective is to make our municipalities become national “best practices” where inclusion and equality foster sustainable growth. The aim of the project is to supply each other’s organisations with an analysis of and recommendations on sectors which can be improved in order to increase social inclusion. This will be done through informal examination…
Development of HIV/Aids preventive intervention part 2
This is a two year project resulting from previously established cooperation between Vänersborgs and Omaruru municipalities. The project is in the field of social issues and is specifically aimed at addressing HIV and AIDs related issues. The project aims at creating a comprehensive strategy for local preventive work, creating support groups and developing educational programmes…
Collaboration Municipality – Local NGO’s
One of the reasons for the project is to strengthen the umbrella organisation in Åmål called Samverket. It is a centre that coordinates the local voluntary work in order to unite and help the people who need it. Groups that are a part of Samverket are among others elderly, youth, immigrants who are not yet…
New Time
This is a project resulting from a cooperation agreement between Botkyrka municipality and the municipality of Ordu. The project named “new time” is in the field of social issues and the main goal is to improve on the social welfare service in Ordu and at the same time, ensure that both municipalities benefit from the…
