Environment/Climate change
Solid Waste Management
The local governments of Åmål and Manafwa municipalities have identified environmental management as one of the priority areas for municipal partnership. The key area of the cooperation is capacity building in the field of environmental planning, including elaborating on appropriate methods and tools for administration and management of environmental strategies and actions and this is…
Piteå and An Giang – Sustainable Municipalities
The project is focusing on development of a strategy program for waste to energy, focusing on rice waste to energy which would be carried out during a time span of three years. Rice straw and rice husk are a potential natural biomass source for energy production. As of now, only a small part of rice…
Sustainable Waste Management
The capacity to handle waste according to the demands stated in the environment legislation act by Uganda which has to be implemented within the organization of Lugazi Town Council. The aim of the project: an analysis of the landfill in Lugazi to be completed with regard to leachate management and environmental hazardous contents; a workshop…
Development of Lüderitz Sewage Treatment Plant
This partnership project is aimed at addressing environmental and climate management issues. The main purpose of the project is to explore how the waste water plant in Lüderitz, Namibia, can be developed through finding specific methods for using the sludge as an energy source and for re-using the treated water. The project is in the…
Dialogue and cooperation-towards a democratic sustainable and environmental friendly local development
The overall objective of the project is to create a democratic local society in Wuhan and that the municipality is working in a structured way to ensure a sustainable environment in the City of Wuhan. The cooperation between Wuhan and Borlänge also strives to contribute to a positive democratic development, through increased understanding of dialogue…
Waste Management Vietnam
In 2010, collaboration between the An Giang province and the city of Växjö in the area of climate change and environmental awareness was initiated. Since then we have strengthened our collaboration by visiting each other to learn more about our different challenges and possibilities. We have participated and conducted different workshops that has strengthened their…
Potential Alternative Energy Sources for Swakopmund
This is a three-year project resulting from the cooperation between Malmö municipality and Swakompund in Namibia. The cooperation is in the field of environmental management and this is aimed at improving on the usage of different sources of energy other than coal. The objectives of the project are to provide hot water for the townships…
City Clusters in Sleman
The project aims at several aspects of institutional capacity development. The project will result in a changed profile in waste management for the community in Palu. The capacity for waste management will be strengthened through new developed systems for education on waste management. Through education and information as well as inviting NGO´s to discuss waste…
Awareness III – Local Sustainable Marin Food
The City of Malmö recently adopted the new Global Goals For Sustainable Development and made a commitment to implement them on a local level. This project also has an aim to promote partnerships between “North and South” which is in line with the goal ”Partnerships for the goals” (no. 17). This project specifically focuses on…
Revamping Waste Management in Swakopmund through Recycling and Re-use
The objectives of the project are to recycle waste in a structured way, reduce the waste at the landfill and to create jobs for unemployed citizens. This will be done in two ways: Start recycling of household waste in the residential areas, where the households can separate the recyclable waste themselves. This will decrease the…
