Växjö Kommun
Demokratiutveckling genom Fullmäktige
The two-year project is based on a mutual problem analysis where the municipalities have challenges in their work with, and in, the city council. In general terms, it´s about challenges in administration/coordination, transparency and participation, which also affects the accountability to the citizens. The two municipalities have different challenges that they want to develop in…
Promotion of Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women
The one-year project “Promotion of Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women” has been implemented in close cooperation between the two official partners the City of Växjö and Tlokwe City Council. The overall objective of the project has been to highlight current prerequisites for gender equality in Sweden and South Africa, and examine what concrete actions…
Tlokwe Inclusivity Disability Sector II
The two-year project aims to build capacity on local and regional level in order to start and develop daily activities for persons with mental and learning disability coming from the previously disadvantaged areas in Potchefstroom. Today there is a problem that young adults with disabilities after finishing school have nowhere to go and they end…
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…
Municipal work to empower children and youths in lines with a Gender Equality perspective
The overall objective of the new project is to empower children and youths in Växjö and Potchefstroom to become informed, aware and responsible citizens. The realization of the overall objective will lead to inclusion, partaking, social engagement and the strengthening of gender equality and overall democratic values. As opposite, it will reduce risks of indifference,…
International Team Finance 2
The overall objective is to raise the level of competence among the participants with regards to the areas of focus. Finding and sharing good methods for the municipal financial work within the nine identified areas. Striving towards ensuring that tax and rate payers’ money is used in the most effective, efficient and economical manner possible.…
Tshwaraganang – Library project, Year 2
Tshwaraganang, library project, year 2 is a continuation of a previous project focusing on library issues with the long term aim to develop the libraries to have a service delivery at the libraries that matches the needs of the citizens regardless of where they live. The project aim has been to reach a deeper knowledge…
Capacity Building Project
The City of Växjö, Sweden, and the An Giang Province, Vietnam, is having a cooperation about sharing knowledge, competence and experience related to environmental issues and sustainable development. This two-year project, called Capacity Building, is targeting the areas of public ownership, transparency, climate and environment, waste and financing of projects.
Paving way for support and skills-training of dropouts
The project objective sets a good and dynamic cooperation between public and voluntary actors when it comes to identifying, approaching and supporting young males and females, which have dropped out of school/education and gone into open unemployment. After two years of working together, the project partners have mapped internal relations, clarified responsibilities, exchanged best practices…
Avfallshantering och återvinning – lokal utveckling för global hållbarhet
The overall objective is to contribute to a greater sustainability by reducing the environmental impact from waste. In a perspective of 10-15 years; this means to have a well-developed professional organization of waste management, recycling and reuse, and to be able to reduce the amount of garbage that the citizens consume. This provides benefits both…
