Local economic development, innovation and livelihoods
Partnerskap på väg till ökad lokal demokrati, IQA rapport 2014
Kommunalt Partnerskap är ett Sida- finansierat program som genom kunskaps- och erfarenhetsutbyte mellan kommuner, regioner och landsting, (hädanefter benämnt kommun) bidrar till hållbar lokal demokratiutveckling i Sveriges samarbetsländer för utvecklingssamarbete och i Sverige. Under 2014 genomfördes 16 djupstudier, Internal Quality Assesment (IQA), av projekt inom programmet Kommunalt Partnerskap. Syftet med studierna är att undersöka hur…
HAI Tourism – Development Center 2
Tanzania is one of Africa’s largest tourist countries with many years of experience, where some parts of the country is far beyond Sweden in development regarding tourism. Though, Hai district is for the moment not contributing to the strong tourism industry in Tanzania, and is mostly used as a passage for tourists aiming for other…
SEKOS; Socialt Entreprenörskap Kosovo
This project proposal means a two-year implementation between the City of Växjö and Komuna Vushtrri, in which also Coompanion Kronoberg, social enterprises, networks and the Linnaeus University will participate. The project takes its starting-point from the development of social entrepreneurship in Sweden, which has not yet reached Kosovo. The municipal function to support businesses in…
Capacity building for Sustainable Ecotourism
Region Västerbotten and Elgeyo Marakwet and The county of Elgeyo Marakwet in Kenya have worked together in an inceeptionphase and identified a joint area of cooperation relevant for both parties; capacity building for sustainable ecotourism. The main goal of the project is to establish capacity in the County Government of Elgeyo Marakwet to harness tourism…
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…
Dragi Gradi Sandviken Subotica
The aim of the project is to Sandviken Municipality in cooperation with the Federation of Sandviken establishing a partnership with the public party in Subotica. The aim is to strengthen the capacity of Subotica Trade Association and its members in Norra Backa District of Serbia. The partnership formed in accordance with the”Letter of Intent” which…
Swedish Lapland Chinese Center in Kalix
Municipality of Kalix has during the last 10 years reduced the numbers of inhabitants and and therefore, an increasingly amount of work is put into different fields for turning this negative trend. One of the more strategic and important fields in this matter is the need of internationalization for Kalix. Today, a great number of…
YEE – Young Entrepreneurs in new Europe
Young Entrepreneurs in New Europe, YEE, is a project form that successfully has been evaluated and improved in the municipality of Ale during a nine years period. Due to a mixture of participants with different nationalities, a uniquely creative and entrepreneurial environment is created, which contributes to a positive and dynamic process development within the…
Local Growth/Energy
Energy distribution is, despite of enormous amounts of solar energy and at times very good conditions for wind energy, a very large obstacle in the development of Tanzania and Mwanga District. Lack of energy, in addition to technical barriers and general problems, creates deforestation of solid fuel and illegal logging in order to produce coal…
