South Africa
Sustainable Communities – public participation, densification and the planning of public open spaces
Sustainable Communities Planning (SCP) is a methodology developed by Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality (NMBM) designed to increase levels of sustainability and integration in the urban areas. It promotes a participatory approach to urban planning. Although the SCP methodology covers a broad spectrum of planning issues related to the Millennium Development Goals, this project aims to…
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.…
Exchange of competences and experience for a better quality and patient safety in health care
The overall project objective is exchange of knowledge and experience in the field of quality and patient safety, which in turn can help to improve health and reduce patient injuries, a better quality of life for citizens. By comparing the work with quality and patient safety between Kronoberg County Council, Växjö and Tlokwe City Council,…
Methods and Leadership
The cooperation around methods and leadership has been going on between the two municipalities since May 2008 and has developed to be the solid ground in the cooperation. The projects goals is to make the municipal work distinct and develop the work regarding 3 focus areas: organization, steering and target fulfillment. The overall results, through…
Waste Management Strategy, for the Municipality of Ulundi
The main objective for our project ”Waste Management Strategy”, is that Ulundi will have a Waste Mangement strategy based on the conditions for the Municipality of Ulundi. We hope Waste Mangement will provide more opportunities to have an income, especially for women although gender equality is a basic element for the whole project. During this…
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…
Good Governance – Civic participation and planning for housing
Providing affordable, safe and comfortable housing is an essential aspect of service delivery for local governments. Housing forms one of the basic democratic rights. South Africa however, faces a housing crisis for the poor. Local municipalities like Buffalo City are still battling with informal settlements (shacks) and there seems to be no real progress on…
Young Entrepreneurs
Reduce youth unemployment and increase the number of young people creating their own jobs as well as jobs for others trough starting enterprises, thus also supporting themselves and paying taxes. Develop an entrepreneurial spirit, mentality, confidence and skill of the school going youth to enable them, when entering the labour market, to create their own…
Voices of Reason
The goal for youth in Drakenstein and Kungsbacka, to have a deeper understanding of their history and society and that the channels of influence have been created, has partly been achieved during the year. During the project year, we have jointly created a good platform for further development. The project succeeded in sharing experiences that…
Leseding – give light (Adult education 2)
Leseding is a two-year project sprung from a previous project focusing on Adult Education in South Africa and Sweden. The two areas of focus are career guidance and curriculums. The South African side wish to develop their career guidance using “the Växjö-model” of Centralen as a starting point (www.centralen.vaxjo.se). In South Africa career guidance today…
