Kenya
Lycksele and Homa Bay, Kenya
Project: Sustainable water and waste management as a way of promoting public health The project objective is to produce a comprehensive plan for integrated waste and water management in Homa Bay County with focus on waste management supporting public health in the county. The project is linked to another project with a specific focus on…
Leadership in Local Governance
The training focuses on exploring ways of making governance in the municipality equitable and inclusive. The participants will work on a change project and implement a strategy to make the municipality equitable, participatory, transparent and accountable. By strengthening the capacity of selected teams and by strengthening the networks available to them, the training aims to…
Borlänge and Lodwar, Kenya
Project: Inclusive municipalities for refugees Borlänge and Lodwar municipalities have succefully implemented an inception phase project (dnr 2017-0049) that laid foundation for a long-term partnership between the two municipalities. The focus of the inception phase project was to create a municipal partnership that foster a democratic inclusion of refugees. The two municipalities met in Borlänge…
Arvika and Uasin Gishu, Kenya
Project: Action plan for equity in safe drinking water access The main problem in Moi’s Bridge, a town belonging to Uasin Gishu County, is low access to safe drinking water. The Constitution of Kenya stipulated that the responsibility of providing safe drinking water lies with the County. The inception phase showed that inequity prevails in…
Härryda and Homa Bay, Kenya
Project: Young people’s influence and choice of working life and education Structures in both municipalities will be created in order to give the pupils better ’decision competence’ and knowledge about working life, job demands and entrepreneurship. Many young people in both municipalities are lacking a sense of empowerment to influence their future. In HomaBay many…
Lodwar och Borlänge står inför liknande utmaningar
Lodwar i Kenya och Borlänge i Sverige, två kommuner geografiskt placerade ungefär 6000 kilometer från varandra står inför liknande utmaningar: hur man framgångsrikt integrerar flyktingar i sina samhällen och skapar möjligheter för dem att hitta en väg till framgångsrika och produktiva liv.
Transparency-rapport om Kenya skapar engagemang
Transparency International Kenya presenterade under ICLD:s ”International Municipal Partnership Conference: Transparency in Local Government” sina resultat från en studie genomförd 2016.Undersökningen visar att medvetenheten om politikernas roller är låg bland invånarna.– Jag tror att samhällsutbildning före och efter val kan skapa en större medvetenhet om folkvalda ledares roller och ansvar, säger Yvonne Anyango.
Partnerskap för bättre sjukvård
I Homa Bay vid Victoriasjön, en av de fattigaste delarna av Kenya, har Roland Gustafsson hittat likheter med Västerbottens sjukvårdsutmaningar.– Det handlar om att både ta emot och ge information så människor kan få makt över sin egen hälsa, säger han.Ett kommunalt samarbete kan inspirera parterna att erbjuda en mer jämlik vård.
Governing through development narrative in the era of ’Africa Rising’
Interrogating the county integrated development plan of Kisumu, Kenya.The findings of the study indicate that ‘mosaic’ planning, public participation and narratives of devolution are the mechanisms by which power operates in the field of development in Kisumu county.
