Kenya

  • Region Östergötland and Uasin Gishu, Kenya

    Region Östergötland and Uasin Gishu, Kenya

    Developing cancer health care through institutional collaboration The project aims to address the problems associated with unequal cancer care and low institutional capacity. Several causes to the main problem were identified: deficiencies regarding organisational structure, level of public knowledge, care availability and accessibility, limited resources, ethical considerations, political guidance, and more. These causes can be…

  • Öckerö and Homa Bay, Kenya

    Öckerö and Homa Bay, Kenya

    Project: Children’s right to participation Det sökta projektet har som mål dels att gemensamt arbeta för att ge förutsättningar, ett ökat engagemang i politiska frågor och viljan att delta i beslutsprocesser bland barn och unga i våra olika kommuner. Dels att öka och fördjupa kunskapen om Barnkonventionen bland Barn- och utbildningsnämnden och Barn- och utbildningsförvaltningens…

  • Upplands-Bro and Muranga, Kenya

    Upplands-Bro and Muranga, Kenya

    Project: Youth Participation Upplands-Bro and Muranga County are in many ways two very different municipalities in different parts of the world. At the same time, there are in many ways a similar problem of the often low participation of young people in the local community in general and in cultural and leisure activities in particular.…

  • Organising grassroots initiatives for a more inclusive governance: constructing the city from below

    With ever increasing numbers of people moving to urban areas, the world is facing increasing pressure on both ecological and human environments. Most of this growth is occurring in unplanned and underserved settlements in low- and middle-income countries. As the authors say, the resources and approaches needed to incorporate people and citizen-led initiatives into a…

  • Community Currencies as means of Local Economic Empowerment

    Community currencies have emerged as a tool for building more inclusive local economic development and governance. Grassroots organisations in Nairobi and Mombasa (Kenya) have been experimenting with this form of local monies. Communities in informal settlements in Kisumu have shown interest in introducing their own community currency. Challenges remain concerning the best diffusion strategy of…

  • Norrköping and Uasin Gishu, Kenya

    Norrköping and Uasin Gishu, Kenya

    This project builds on the results and methods of a previous project on solid waste management. It focuses on further implementation and completion of activities aimed to increase capacity building for a County-owned waste management company and adress issues of governance and coordination structures. Project: Environment protection NORELD 2020 Norrköping Municipality and Uasin Gishuy County…

  • Västernorrland and Mombassa, Kenya

    Västernorrland and Mombassa, Kenya

    This project between Mombasa and Västernorrland seeks to improve the capacity of the two organizations to achieve a more sustainable consumption pattern and solid waste management. Project: Promoting sustainable consumption and waste management Mombasa and Västernorrland initated their partnership in 2013. Following their previous project, Building capacity to address literacy challenges and enhance democratic engagement…

  • Programme objectives

    Leadership in Local Governance The main objective of this training programme is to improve local and institutional governance. This will be achieved through exploring ways of making local governance in the involved municipalities equitable and inclusive. The participants will work on a change project together during the training and implement a strategy to make the…

  • Admission requirements

    Leadership in Local Governance Invited countries Kenya, Botswana, South Africa, Zambia and Namibia. Target group Only candidates nominated by the appropriate organization (municipality, city, region) and in accordance with national rules will be considered. The programme is primarily intended for individuals who have key positions in local governments and who are actively involved in a…

  • Region Västerbotten and Homa Bay, Kenya

    Region Västerbotten and Homa Bay, Kenya

    Governance in providing accessible, affordable, equitable and quality health care service to the citizens The main objective is to establish structures and processes for a high-quality functional management, collaboration and coordination function/unit for equitable health care in Homa Bay County. Regarding the Centre for Rural Medicine (CRM) which is a department within The County Council…